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# 1ac731c5 31-Aug-2023 Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>

Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

Prepare input updates for 6.6 merge window.


Revision tags: v6.5, v6.5-rc7, v6.5-rc6, v6.5-rc5, v6.5-rc4, v6.5-rc3
# 50501936 17-Jul-2023 Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>

Merge tag 'v6.4' into next

Sync up with mainline to bring in updates to shared infrastructure.


Revision tags: v6.5-rc2, v6.5-rc1, v6.4, v6.4-rc7
# db6da59c 15-Jun-2023 Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-misc-next-fixes

Backmerging to sync drm-misc-next-fixes with drm-misc-next.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>


# 03c60192 12-Jun-2023 Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org>

Merge branch 'drm-next' of git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm into msm-next-lumag-base

Merge the drm-next tree to pick up the DRM DSC helpers (merged via
drm-intel-next tree). MSM DSC v1.2 patche

Merge branch 'drm-next' of git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm into msm-next-lumag-base

Merge the drm-next tree to pick up the DRM DSC helpers (merged via
drm-intel-next tree). MSM DSC v1.2 patches depend on these helpers.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org>

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Revision tags: v6.4-rc6
# 5c680050 06-Jun-2023 Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>

Merge tag 'v6.4-rc4' into wpan-next/staging

Linux 6.4-rc4


# 9ff17e6b 05-Jun-2023 Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@intel.com>

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-gt-next

For conflict avoidance we need the following commit:

c9a9f18d3ad8 drm/i915/huc: use const struct bus_type pointers

Signed-off-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-gt-next

For conflict avoidance we need the following commit:

c9a9f18d3ad8 drm/i915/huc: use const struct bus_type pointers

Signed-off-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@intel.com>

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Revision tags: v6.4-rc5, v6.4-rc4, v6.4-rc3
# 9c3a985f 17-May-2023 Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-next

Backmerge to get some hwmon dependencies.

Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>


Revision tags: v6.4-rc2
# 50282fd5 12-May-2023 Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech>

Merge drm/drm-fixes into drm-misc-fixes

Let's bring 6.4-rc1 in drm-misc-fixes to start the new fix cycle.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech>


# ff32fcca 09-May-2023 Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech>

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-misc-next

Start the 6.5 release cycle.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech>


Revision tags: v6.4-rc1
# 72eaa096 24-Apr-2023 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Merge tag 'selinux-pr-20230420' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/selinux

Pull selinux updates from Paul Moore:

- Stop passing the 'selinux_state' pointers as function argum

Merge tag 'selinux-pr-20230420' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/selinux

Pull selinux updates from Paul Moore:

- Stop passing the 'selinux_state' pointers as function arguments

As discussed during the end of the last development cycle, passing a
selinux_state pointer through the SELinux code has a noticeable
impact on performance, and with the current code it is not strictly
necessary.

This simplifies things by referring directly to the single
selinux_state global variable which should help improve SELinux
performance.

- Uninline the unlikely portions of avc_has_perm_noaudit()

This change was also based on a discussion from the last development
cycle, and is heavily based on an initial proof of concept patch from
you. The core issue was that avc_has_perm_noaudit() was not able to
be inlined, as intended, due to its size. We solved this issue by
extracting the less frequently hit portions of avc_has_perm_noaudit()
into a separate function, reducing the size of avc_has_perm_noaudit()
to the point where the compiler began inlining the function. We also
took the opportunity to clean up some ugly RCU locking in the code
that became uglier with the change.

- Remove the runtime disable functionality

After several years of work by the userspace and distro folks, we are
finally in a place where we feel comfortable removing the runtime
disable functionality which we initially deprecated at the start of
2020.

There is plenty of information in the kernel's deprecation (now
removal) notice, but the main motivation was to be able to safely
mark the LSM hook structures as '__ro_after_init'.

LWN also wrote a good summary of the deprecation this morning which
offers a more detailed history:

https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/927463/dcfa0d4ed2872f03

- Remove the checkreqprot functionality

The original checkreqprot deprecation notice stated that the removal
would happen no sooner than June 2021, which means this falls hard
into the "better late than never" bucket.

The Kconfig and deprecation notice has more detail on this setting,
but the basic idea is that we want to ensure that the SELinux policy
allows for the memory protections actually applied by the kernel, and
not those requested by the process.

While we haven't found anyone running a supported distro that is
affected by this deprecation/removal, anyone who is affected would
only need to update their policy to reflect the reality of their
applications' mapping protections.

- Minor Makefile improvements

Some minor Makefile improvements to correct some dependency issues
likely only ever seen by SELinux developers. I expect we will have at
least one more tweak to the Makefile during the next merge window,
but it didn't quite make the cutoff this time around.

* tag 'selinux-pr-20230420' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/selinux:
selinux: ensure av_permissions.h is built when needed
selinux: fix Makefile dependencies of flask.h
selinux: stop returning node from avc_insert()
selinux: clean up dead code after removing runtime disable
selinux: update the file list in MAINTAINERS
selinux: remove the runtime disable functionality
selinux: remove the 'checkreqprot' functionality
selinux: stop passing selinux_state pointers and their offspring
selinux: uninline unlikely parts of avc_has_perm_noaudit()

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Revision tags: v6.3, v6.3-rc7, v6.3-rc6, v6.3-rc5, v6.3-rc4, v6.3-rc3
# f22f9aaf 17-Mar-2023 Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>

selinux: remove the runtime disable functionality

After working with the larger SELinux-based distros for several
years, we're finally at a place where we can disable the SELinux
runtime disable fun

selinux: remove the runtime disable functionality

After working with the larger SELinux-based distros for several
years, we're finally at a place where we can disable the SELinux
runtime disable functionality. The existing kernel deprecation
notice explains the functionality and why we want to remove it:

The selinuxfs "disable" node allows SELinux to be disabled at
runtime prior to a policy being loaded into the kernel. If
disabled via this mechanism, SELinux will remain disabled until
the system is rebooted.

The preferred method of disabling SELinux is via the "selinux=0"
boot parameter, but the selinuxfs "disable" node was created to
make it easier for systems with primitive bootloaders that did not
allow for easy modification of the kernel command line.
Unfortunately, allowing for SELinux to be disabled at runtime makes
it difficult to secure the kernel's LSM hooks using the
"__ro_after_init" feature.

It is that last sentence, mentioning the '__ro_after_init' hardening,
which is the real motivation for this change, and if you look at the
diffstat you'll see that the impact of this patch reaches across all
the different LSMs, helping prevent tampering at the LSM hook level.

From a SELinux perspective, it is important to note that if you
continue to disable SELinux via "/etc/selinux/config" it may appear
that SELinux is disabled, but it is simply in an uninitialized state.
If you load a policy with `load_policy -i`, you will see SELinux
come alive just as if you had loaded the policy during early-boot.

It is also worth noting that the "/sys/fs/selinux/disable" file is
always writable now, regardless of the Kconfig settings, but writing
to the file has no effect on the system, other than to display an
error on the console if a non-zero/true value is written.

Finally, in the several years where we have been working on
deprecating this functionality, there has only been one instance of
someone mentioning any user visible breakage. In this particular
case it was an individual's kernel test system, and the workaround
documented in the deprecation notice ("selinux=0" on the kernel
command line) resolved the issue without problem.

Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>

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