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Linus Torvalds 4253eb09d2 Merge tag 'selinux-pr-20260814' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/selinux
Pull selinux updates from Paul Moore:

 - Convert a __get_free_page() call into a kmalloc() call

   We had some very old code that called out to __get_free_page() for
   allocating a pathname. There is no reason this couldn't be done with
   a call to kmalloc() so we've done the conversion and now there is one
   less __get_free_page() caller in the kernel.

 - Limit the number of retired/unknown DCCP netlink messages

   While DCCP is gone from the kernel, there are still userspace tools
   which try to talk to the kernel about DCCP sockets which were
   generating SELinux related log noise (unrecognized netlink message).
   This pull request both limits the log messages to just the first
   instance and also explains to the user that DCCP support has been
   removed.

 - Convert the SELinux strlcat() calls to seq_buf_XXX() calls

   As part of the effort to drop the strlcat() API from the kernel, the
   SELinux/IMA code was converted over to using seq_buf_XXX() calls.

 - Only calculate the SELinux IMA configuration string length once

   Previously each call to generate a SELinux configuration string for
   IMA would have to calculate the length of the string. While the
   contents of the string will likely change over the lifetime of the
   system, the length of the string will not. Calculate the string
   length once at boot and reuse the length value throughout the
   lifetime of the system.

 - Further validation of the SELinux policy at policy load time

   Perform additional sanity checks on the policy constraints and types.

 - Proper cleanup and error handling for selinuxfs init failures

   We were not properly cleaning up some state in the case where
   selinuxfs fails to initialize properly. It's somewhat of an academic
   exercise as a failure to initialize selinuxfs will cause the system
   to fail on boot, but it's arguably better to make sure we do things
   the proper way.

 - Various code cleanups

   Convert integer flags to boolean types and drop an uncessary goto
   from the SELinux code.

* tag 'selinux-pr-20260814' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/selinux:
  selinux: validate constraint expression attr and op at load time
  selinux: compute the IMA configuration settings string length once at boot
  selinux: replace strlcat() with seq_buf in selinux_ima_collect_state()
  selinux: suppress warning flood for retired DCCP netlink messages
  selinux: tighten type validation during policy load
  selinux: drop unnecessary goto and label from avc_alloc_node()
  selinux: convert int flags to bool flags in ss/services.c
  selinux: clean up selinuxfs resources on init failure
  selinux: hooks: use kmalloc() to allocate path buffer
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