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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst index c980dfe9abf1..9842e21afd4a 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst @@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ MAC extensions, other extensions can be built using the LSM to provide specific changes to system operation when these tweaks are not available in the core functionality of Linux itself. -Without a specific LSM built into the kernel, the default LSM will be the -Linux capabilities system. Most LSMs choose to extend the capabilities -system, building their checks on top of the defined capability hooks. +The Linux capabilities modules will always be included. This may be +followed by any number of "minor" modules and at most one "major" module. For more details on capabilities, see ``capabilities(7)`` in the Linux man-pages project. @@ -30,6 +29,14 @@ order in which checks are made. The capability module will always be first, followed by any "minor" modules (e.g. Yama) and then the one "major" module (e.g. SELinux) if there is one configured. +Process attributes associated with "major" security modules should +be accessed and maintained using the special files in ``/proc/.../attr``. +A security module may maintain a module specific subdirectory there, +named after the module. ``/proc/.../attr/smack`` is provided by the Smack +security module and contains all its special files. The files directly +in ``/proc/.../attr`` remain as legacy interfaces for modules that provide +subdirectories. + .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 |