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    Revert "ima: limit file hash setting by user to fix and log modes" · f5acb3dc
    Mimi Zohar authored
    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: default avatarPatrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com>
    Cc: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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