CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY: Ext3 Security Labels

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY has multiple definitions:

Ext3 Security Labels found in fs/ext4/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY:

• prompt: Ext3 Security Labels
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_EXT3_FS
• defined in fs/ext4/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 4.3–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.12, 6.13-rc+HEAD

Help text

This config option is here only for backward compatibility. ext3 filesystem is now handled by the ext4 driver.

Ext3 Security Labels found in fs/ext3/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY:

• prompt: Ext3 Security Labels
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR
• defined in fs/ext3/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.28–2.6.39, 3.0–3.19, 4.0–4.2

Help text

Security labels support alternative access control models implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option enables an extended attribute handler for file security labels in the ext3 filesystem.

If you are not using a security module that requires using extended attributes for file security labels, say N.

Ext3 Security Labels found in fs/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY:

• prompt: Ext3 Security Labels
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR
• defined in fs/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.70–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.27

Help text

Security labels support alternative access control models implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option enables an extended attribute handler for file security labels in the ext3 filesystem.

If you are not using a security module that requires using extended attributes for file security labels, say N.

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