Security: Introduce security= boot parameter

Add the security= boot parameter. This is done to avoid LSM
registration clashes in case of more than one bult-in module.

User can choose a security module to enable at boot. If no
security= boot parameter is specified, only the first LSM
asking for registration will be loaded. An invalid security
module name will be treated as if no module has been chosen.

LSM modules must check now if they are allowed to register
by calling security_module_enable(ops) first. Modify SELinux
and SMACK to do so.

Do not let SMACK register smackfs if it was not chosen on
boot. Smackfs assumes that smack hooks are registered and
the initial task security setup (swapper->security) is done.

Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <[email protected]>
Acked-by: James Morris <[email protected]>
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Ahmed S. Darwish 2008-03-06 18:09:10 +02:00 • committed by James Morris
commit 076c54c5bc
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@ -366,6 +366,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
possible to determine what the correct size should be.
This option provides an override for these situations.
security= [SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
security module asking for security registration will be
loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
as if no module has been chosen.
capability.disable=
[SECURITY] Disable capabilities. This would normally
be used only if an alternative security model is to be