Documentation/security/lsm.rst

37 The Linux Security Modules (LSM) project was started by WireX to develop
38 such a framework. LSM was a joint development effort by several security
46 LSM Framework
49 The LSM framework provides a general kernel framework to support
50 security modules. In particular, the LSM framework is primarily focused
54 the infrastructure to support security modules. The LSM framework is
58 `LSM Capabilities Module`_.
60 The LSM framework includes security fields in kernel data structures and
67 The LSM security fields are simply ``void*`` pointers.
98 LSM hooks are maintained in lists. A list is maintained for each
103 The LSM framework provides for a close approximation of
108 The LSM framework does not provide a mechanism for removing hooks that
122 LSM Capabilities Module