[PATCH v3 14/22] security: define kernel_read_file hook

Mimi Zohar zohar at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Feb 11 11:35:55 PST 2016


On Thu, 2016-02-11 at 08:54 -0800, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> On 2/3/2016 11:06 AM, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > The kernel_read_file security hook is called prior to reading the file
> > into memory.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey at schaufler-ca.com>
> 
> Being able to deny the read prior to performing any
> real work makes a lot of sense.

Thanks, Casey!

Mimi




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