netdev - Re: [RFC][PATCH v3] Unprivileged: Disable raising of privileges

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Date:	Fri, 1 Jan 2010 11:28:41 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>,
	"Andrew G. Morgan" <morgan@...nel.org>,
	Bryan Donlan <bdonlan@...il.com>,
	Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet@...rsen.dk>,
	Michael Stone <michael@...top.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, David Lang <david@...g.hm>,
	Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@...tkopp.net>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu>,
	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>,
	"C. Scott Ananian" <cscott@...ott.net>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Bernie Innocenti <bernie@...ewiz.org>,
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	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
	Samir Bellabes <sam@...ack.fr>,
	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH v3] Unprivileged: Disable raising of privileges

> > Added bprm->nosuid to make remove the need to add
> > duplicate error prone checks.  This ensures that
> > the disabling of suid executables is exactly the
> > same as MNT_NOSUID.
> 
> Another fine example of why we have security hooks so that we don't get a
> kernel full of other "random security idea of the day" hacks.

well... new unshare functionality depends on this. if unshare is
important enough, this may not be lsm.

(and disablenetwork *should* depend on this)
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