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Commit 2fb1c9a4 authored by Mimi Zohar's avatar Mimi Zohar
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evm: prohibit userspace writing 'security.evm' HMAC value


Calculating the 'security.evm' HMAC value requires access to the
EVM encrypted key.  Only the kernel should have access to it.  This
patch prevents userspace tools(eg. setfattr, cp --preserve=xattr)
from setting/modifying the 'security.evm' HMAC value directly.

Signed-off-by: default avatarMimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
parent 14503eb9
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