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Facilitating secure file creation

US9158930B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23Claims

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Assignee

Red Hat, Inc. · US

Inventors

Eric L. Paris · Raleigh, US
Daniel J. Walsh · Lansdale, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 12, 2012
Grant date	Oct 13, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 30, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2221/2149
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An operating system identifies a request of a process to create, in a file system of the computing device, a new object. The operating system creates an object label for the new object, identifies one or more security policy rules applicable to the process, and verifies whether the process is authorized to create the new object with the object label in the file system of the computing device using the applicable security policy rules. When the process is authorized to create the new object with the object label, the operating system creates the new object with the object label in the file system of the computing device. When the process is not authorized to create the new object with the object label, an error message is generated.

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