Revert "ima: limit file hash setting by user to fix and log modes"
BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1771826 Userspace applications have been modified to write security xattrs, but they are not context aware. In the case of security.ima, the security xattr can be either a file hash or a file signature. Permitting writing one, but not the other requires the application to be context aware. In addition, userspace applications might write files to a staging area, which might not be in policy, and then change some file metadata (eg. owner) making it in policy. As a result, these files are not labeled properly. This reverts commit c68ed80c, which prevents writing file hashes as security.ima xattrs. Requested-by: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com> Cc: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (cherry picked from commit f5acb3dc) Signed-off-by: Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@canonical.com> Acked-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Juerg Haefliger <juergh@canonical.com>
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