Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] flask: change default state to enforcing

[Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/11/2016 04:07 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > > > On 10.03.16 at 19:30, <dgdegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This change will cause the boot to fail if you do not specify an XSM
> > policy during boot; if you need to load a policy from dom0, use the
> > "flask=late" boot parameter.
> And what mode is the system in until that happens? From the
> command line doc, I understand it would be in not-enforcing
> mode, but that seems contrary to the code (already before
> your change) setting flask_enforcing to 1 in that case.
The FLASK code does not deny any actions until a policy has been loaded,
so the flask_enforcing value only takes effect then.  With flask=late,
userspace code can also adjust the value (xl setenforce) before loading
the policy.

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Daniel De Graaf
National Security Agency

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