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<title>Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T00:37:42+00:00</published>
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types</title>
<updated>2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>kees@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-21T07:49:23+00:00</published>
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>safesetid: move initcalls to the LSM framework</title>
<updated>2025-10-22T23:24:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul Moore</name>
<email>paul@paul-moore.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-02-18T22:23:21+00:00</published>
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Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Micah Morton &lt;mortonm@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: John Johansen &lt;john.johhansen@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Micah Morton &lt;mortonm@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: John Johansen &lt;john.johhansen@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>lsm: replace the name field with a pointer to the lsm_id struct</title>
<updated>2025-10-22T23:24:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul Moore</name>
<email>paul@paul-moore.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-02-12T19:45:06+00:00</published>
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Reduce the duplication between the lsm_id struct and the DEFINE_LSM()
definition by linking the lsm_id struct directly into the individual
LSM's DEFINE_LSM() instance.

Linking the lsm_id into the LSM definition also allows us to simplify
the security_add_hooks() function by removing the code which populates
the lsm_idlist[] array and moving it into the normal LSM startup code
where the LSM list is parsed and the individual LSMs are enabled,
making for a cleaner implementation with less overhead at boot.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: John Johansen &lt;john.johansen@canonical.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar &lt;zohar@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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Reduce the duplication between the lsm_id struct and the DEFINE_LSM()
definition by linking the lsm_id struct directly into the individual
LSM's DEFINE_LSM() instance.

Linking the lsm_id into the LSM definition also allows us to simplify
the security_add_hooks() function by removing the code which populates
the lsm_idlist[] array and moving it into the normal LSM startup code
where the LSM list is parsed and the individual LSMs are enabled,
making for a cleaner implementation with less overhead at boot.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: John Johansen &lt;john.johansen@canonical.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar &lt;zohar@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>safesetid: check size of policy writes</title>
<updated>2025-01-05T03:46:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leo Stone</name>
<email>leocstone@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-17T18:26:57+00:00</published>
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syzbot attempts to write a buffer with a large size to a sysfs entry
with writes handled by handle_policy_update(), triggering a warning
in kmalloc.

Check the size specified for write buffers before allocating.

Reported-by: syzbot+4eb7a741b3216020043a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=4eb7a741b3216020043a
Signed-off-by: Leo Stone &lt;leocstone@gmail.com&gt;
[PM: subject tweak]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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syzbot attempts to write a buffer with a large size to a sysfs entry
with writes handled by handle_policy_update(), triggering a warning
in kmalloc.

Check the size specified for write buffers before allocating.

Reported-by: syzbot+4eb7a741b3216020043a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=4eb7a741b3216020043a
Signed-off-by: Leo Stone &lt;leocstone@gmail.com&gt;
[PM: subject tweak]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>lsm: mark the lsm_id variables are marked as static</title>
<updated>2023-11-13T03:54:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul Moore</name>
<email>paul@paul-moore.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-11-10T17:09:33+00:00</published>
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As the kernel test robot helpfully reminded us, all of the lsm_id
instances defined inside the various LSMs should be marked as static.
The one exception is Landlock which uses its lsm_id variable across
multiple source files with an extern declaration in a header file.

Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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As the kernel test robot helpfully reminded us, all of the lsm_id
instances defined inside the various LSMs should be marked as static.
The one exception is Landlock which uses its lsm_id variable across
multiple source files with an extern declaration in a header file.

Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>LSM: Identify modules by more than name</title>
<updated>2023-11-13T03:54:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Casey Schaufler</name>
<email>casey@schaufler-ca.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-09-12T20:56:46+00:00</published>
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Create a struct lsm_id to contain identifying information about Linux
Security Modules (LSMs). At inception this contains the name of the
module and an identifier associated with the security module.  Change
the security_add_hooks() interface to use this structure.  Change the
individual modules to maintain their own struct lsm_id and pass it to
security_add_hooks().

The values are for LSM identifiers are defined in a new UAPI
header file linux/lsm.h. Each existing LSM has been updated to
include it's LSMID in the lsm_id.

The LSM ID values are sequential, with the oldest module
LSM_ID_CAPABILITY being the lowest value and the existing modules
numbered in the order they were included in the main line kernel.
This is an arbitrary convention for assigning the values, but
none better presents itself. The value 0 is defined as being invalid.
The values 1-99 are reserved for any special case uses which may
arise in the future. This may include attributes of the LSM
infrastructure itself, possibly related to namespacing or network
attribute management. A special range is identified for such attributes
to help reduce confusion for developers unfamiliar with LSMs.

LSM attribute values are defined for the attributes presented by
modules that are available today. As with the LSM IDs, The value 0
is defined as being invalid. The values 1-99 are reserved for any
special case uses which may arise in the future.

Cc: linux-security-module &lt;linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn &lt;serge@hallyn.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mickael Salaun &lt;mic@digikod.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: John Johansen &lt;john.johansen@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Nacked-by: Tetsuo Handa &lt;penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp&gt;
[PM: forward ported beyond v6.6 due merge window changes]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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Create a struct lsm_id to contain identifying information about Linux
Security Modules (LSMs). At inception this contains the name of the
module and an identifier associated with the security module.  Change
the security_add_hooks() interface to use this structure.  Change the
individual modules to maintain their own struct lsm_id and pass it to
security_add_hooks().

The values are for LSM identifiers are defined in a new UAPI
header file linux/lsm.h. Each existing LSM has been updated to
include it's LSMID in the lsm_id.

The LSM ID values are sequential, with the oldest module
LSM_ID_CAPABILITY being the lowest value and the existing modules
numbered in the order they were included in the main line kernel.
This is an arbitrary convention for assigning the values, but
none better presents itself. The value 0 is defined as being invalid.
The values 1-99 are reserved for any special case uses which may
arise in the future. This may include attributes of the LSM
infrastructure itself, possibly related to namespacing or network
attribute management. A special range is identified for such attributes
to help reduce confusion for developers unfamiliar with LSMs.

LSM attribute values are defined for the attributes presented by
modules that are available today. As with the LSM IDs, The value 0
is defined as being invalid. The values 1-99 are reserved for any
special case uses which may arise in the future.

Cc: linux-security-module &lt;linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn &lt;serge@hallyn.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mickael Salaun &lt;mic@digikod.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: John Johansen &lt;john.johansen@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Nacked-by: Tetsuo Handa &lt;penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp&gt;
[PM: forward ported beyond v6.6 due merge window changes]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>SafeSetID: fix UID printed instead of GID</title>
<updated>2023-06-21T00:26:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alexander Mikhalitsyn</name>
<email>aleksandr.mikhalitsyn@canonical.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-05-03T06:43:44+00:00</published>
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pr_warn message clearly says that GID should be printed,
but we have UID there. Let's fix that.

Found accidentally during the work on isolated user namespaces.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Mikhalitsyn &lt;aleksandr.mikhalitsyn@canonical.com&gt;
[PM: fix spelling errors in description, subject tweak]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
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pr_warn message clearly says that GID should be printed,
but we have UID there. Let's fix that.

Found accidentally during the work on isolated user namespaces.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Mikhalitsyn &lt;aleksandr.mikhalitsyn@canonical.com&gt;
[PM: fix spelling errors in description, subject tweak]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore &lt;paul@paul-moore.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>LSM: SafeSetID: Add setgroups() security policy handling</title>
<updated>2022-07-15T18:24:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Micah Morton</name>
<email>mortonm@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-06-08T22:27:27+00:00</published>
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The SafeSetID LSM has functionality for restricting setuid()/setgid()
syscalls based on its configured security policies. This patch adds the
analogous functionality for the setgroups() syscall. Security policy
for the setgroups() syscall follows the same policies that are
installed on the system for setgid() syscalls.

Signed-off-by: Micah Morton &lt;mortonm@chromium.org&gt;
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The SafeSetID LSM has functionality for restricting setuid()/setgid()
syscalls based on its configured security policies. This patch adds the
analogous functionality for the setgroups() syscall. Security policy
for the setgroups() syscall follows the same policies that are
installed on the system for setgid() syscalls.

Signed-off-by: Micah Morton &lt;mortonm@chromium.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>LSM: SafeSetID: Mark safesetid_initialized as __initdata</title>
<updated>2021-06-10T16:52:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Austin Kim</name>
<email>austindh.kim@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-06-08T23:09:29+00:00</published>
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Mark safesetid_initialized as __initdata since it is only used
in initialization routine.

Signed-off-by: Austin Kim &lt;austindh.kim@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Micah Morton &lt;mortonm@chromium.org&gt;
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Mark safesetid_initialized as __initdata since it is only used
in initialization routine.

Signed-off-by: Austin Kim &lt;austindh.kim@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Micah Morton &lt;mortonm@chromium.org&gt;
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