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Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 18:17:26 +0000
From: "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@...el.com>
To: Jann Horn <jann@...jh.net>, "kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com"
	<kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>
CC: "linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org"
	<linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>, "keescook@...omium.org"
	<keescook@...omium.org>, "spender@...ecurity.net" <spender@...ecurity.net>,
	"jmorris@...ei.org" <jmorris@...ei.org>, "Schaufler, Casey"
	<casey.schaufler@...el.com>, "Leibowitz, Michael"
	<michael.leibowitz@...el.com>, "Roberts, William C"
	<william.c.roberts@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [RFC] [PATCH 2/5] task_unshare LSM hook


> Why would you have an LSM hook just for the unshare() syscall given that
clone() exposes nearly the same functionality?

My trace of thought was like this: Clone creates new process, so we have two
options: 

-  do one more hook here also (or have a joint hook) and then also add the
info about this process into the hardchroot info list

or 

- do not add this child process to the list and therefore we don't need
updated pointers on fs for it, but just treat it as a child (since it would
be chrooted to the same location unless it calls unshare, chroot, pivot_root
or similar).

I went with the second approach to minimize the hooks changes needed and
number of processes to store in internal list. 

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