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config: add KERNEL_LSM symbol

Message ID 20200902003245.3315830-1-mail@aparcar.org
State Accepted
Delegated to: Daniel Golle
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Series config: add KERNEL_LSM symbol | expand

Commit Message

Paul Spooren Sept. 2, 2020, 12:32 a.m. UTC
The LSM (Linux security mechanism) list is the successor of the now
legacy *major LSM*. Instead of defining a single security mechanism the
LSM symbol is a comma separated list of mechanisms to load.

Until recently OpenWrt would only support DAC (Unix discretionary access
controls) which don't require an additional entry in the LSM list. With
the newly introduced SELinux support the LSM needs to be extended else
only a manual modified Kernel cmdline (`security=selinux`) would
activate SELinux.

As the default OpenWrt Kernel config sets DAC as default security
mechanism, SELinux is stripped from the LSM list, even if
`KERNEL_DEFAULT_SECURITY_SELINUX` is activated. To allow SELinux without
a modified cmdline this commit sets a specific LSM list if
`KERNEL_SECURITY_SELINUX` is enabled.

The upstream Kconfig adds even more mechanisms
(smack,selinux,tomoyo,apparmor), but until they're ported to OpenWrt,
these can be ignored.

To compile SELinux Kernel support but disable it from loading, the
already present options `KERNEL_SECURITY_SELINUX_DISABLE` or
`KERNEL_SECURITY_SELINUX_BOOTPARAM` (with custom cmdline `selinux=0`)
can be used. Further it's possible to edit `/etc/selinux/config`.

Signed-off-by: Paul Spooren <mail@aparcar.org>
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 config/Config-kernel.in | 14 +++-----------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/config/Config-kernel.in b/config/Config-kernel.in
index 4eaaa4afae..1f677fd1f5 100644
--- a/config/Config-kernel.in
+++ b/config/Config-kernel.in
@@ -1133,18 +1133,10 @@  config KERNEL_SECURITY_SELINUX_DEVELOP
 	bool "NSA SELinux Development Support"
 	depends on KERNEL_SECURITY_SELINUX
 
-choice
-	prompt "First legacy 'major LSM' to be initialized"
+config KERNEL_LSM
+	string
+	default "lockdown,yama,loadpin,safesetid,integrity,selinux"
 	depends on KERNEL_SECURITY_SELINUX
-	default KERNEL_DEFAULT_SECURITY_SELINUX
-
-	config KERNEL_DEFAULT_SECURITY_SELINUX
-		bool "SELinux"
-
-	config KERNEL_DEFAULT_SECURITY_DAC
-		bool "Unix Discretionary Access Controls"
-
-endchoice
 
 config KERNEL_EXT4_FS_SECURITY
 	bool "Ext4 Security Labels"