@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ Requires kernel 3.14 minimum.
For the *selinux* target platform adds new *xperm* rules as explained in the
[**Extended Access Vector Rules**](xperm_rules.md#extended-access-vector-rules)
-section. This is to support 'ioctl whitelisting' as explained in the
+section. This is to support ioctl allowlists as explained in the
[***ioctl* Operation Rules**](xperm_rules.md#ioctl-operation-rules) section.
Requires kernel 4.3 minimum.
For modular policy support requires libsepol 2.7 minimum.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ a fixed 32 bits to permission sets in 256 bit increments: *allowxperm*,
The rules for extended permissions are subject to the 'operation' they
perform with Policy version 30 and kernels from 4.3 supporting ioctl
-whitelisting (if required to be declared in modular policy, then
+allowlists (if required to be declared in modular policy, then
libsepol 2.7 minimum is required).
**The common format for Extended Access Vector Rules are:**
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Conditional Policy Statements
### *ioctl* Operation Rules
-Use cases and implementation details for ioctl command whitelisting are
+Use cases and implementation details for ioctl command allowlists are
described in detail at
<http://marc.info/?l=selinux&m=143336061925628&w=2>, with the final
policy format changes shown in the example below with a brief overview
@@ -118,9 +118,8 @@ tclass=udp_socket permissive=0
Notes:
-1. Important: The ioctl operation is not 'deny all' ioctl requests
- (hence whitelisting). It is targeted at the specific
- source/target/class set of ioctl commands. As no other *allowxperm*
+1. Important: The ioctl operation is not 'deny all', it is targeted at the
+ specific source/target/class set of ioctl commands. As no other *allowxperm*
rules have been defined in the example, all other ioctl calls may
continue to use any valid request parameters (provided there are
*allow* rules for the *ioctl* permission).
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> --- src/types_of_policy.md | 2 +- src/xperm_rules.md | 9 ++++----- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)