Article 6B78V [$] Unprivileged BPF and authoritative security hooks

[$] Unprivileged BPF and authoritative security hooks

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When the developers of the Linux security module (LSM) subsystem findthemselves disagreeing with other kernel developers, it tends to be becausethose other developers don't think to - or don't want to - add securityhooks to their shiny new subsystems. Sometimes, though, the addition ofnew hooks by non-LSM developers can also create some friction. AndriiNakryiko's posting of a pair ofBPF-related security hooks raised a couple of interesting questions,one of which spurred a fair amount of discussion, and one that did not.
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