linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] smackfs load append mode fix

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Date:	Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:11:48 +1100 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
cc:	LKLM <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	LSM <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] smackfs load append mode fix - resend unmundged.

On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Casey Schaufler wrote:

> From: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
> 
> Given just how hard it is to find the code that uses MAY_APPEND
> it's probably not a big surprise that this went unnoticed for so
> long. The Smack rules loading code is incorrectly setting the
> MAY_READ bit when MAY_APPEND is requested.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>

Reviewed-by: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>


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