linux/security
Michael LeMay e51f6d3437 [PATCH] keys: allocate key serial numbers randomly
Cause key_alloc_serial() to generate key serial numbers randomly rather than
in linear sequence.

Using an linear sequence permits a covert communication channel to be
established, in which one process can communicate with another by creating or
not creating new keys within a certain timeframe.  The second process can
probe for the expected next key serial number and judge its existence by the
error returned.

This is a problem as the serial number namespace is globally shared between
all tasks, regardless of their context.

For more information on this topic, this old TCSEC guide is recommended:

	http://www.radium.ncsc.mil/tpep/library/rainbow/NCSC-TG-030.html

Signed-off-by: Michael LeMay <mdlemay@epoch.ncsc.mil>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26 09:58:18 -07:00
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keys [PATCH] keys: allocate key serial numbers randomly 2006-06-26 09:58:18 -07:00
selinux [PATCH] keys: sort out key quota system 2006-06-26 09:58:18 -07:00
capability.c kbuild: un-stringnify KBUILD_MODNAME 2006-01-06 21:17:50 +01:00
commoncap.c [PATCH] make cap_ptrace enforce PTRACE_TRACME checks 2006-03-25 08:22:56 -08:00
dummy.c [PATCH] keys: sort out key quota system 2006-06-26 09:58:18 -07:00
inode.c Merge branch 'master' of /home/trondmy/kernel/linux-2.6/ 2006-06-24 13:07:53 -04:00
Kconfig [LSM-IPSec]: Security association restriction. 2006-01-03 13:10:24 -08:00
Makefile [PATCH] add securityfs for all LSMs to use 2005-07-08 18:48:41 -07:00
root_plug.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
seclvl.c [PATCH] Bug fixes and cleanup for the BSD Secure Levels LSM 2006-03-23 07:38:03 -08:00
security.c [PATCH] refactor capable() to one implementation, add __capable() helper 2006-03-25 08:22:56 -08:00