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

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 11.03.16 at 16:39, <dgdegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.

So doesn't this leave the system again in an insecure state then?

Jan


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