linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH] file posix capabilities

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Message-ID: <20060829195814.GA12981@sergelap.austin.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:58:14 -0500
From:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
To:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	Joshua Brindle <method@...too.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	Nicholas Miell <nmiell@...cast.net>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, chrisw@...s-sol.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] file posix capabilities

Quoting Seth Arnold (seth.arnold@...e.de):
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 04:39:12PM -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> > +int cap_task_kill(struct task_struct *p, struct siginfo *info,
> > +				int sig, u32 secid)
> > +{
> > +	if (info != SEND_SIG_NOINFO && (is_si_special(info) || SI_FROMKERNEL(info)))
> > +		return 0;
> > +
> > +	if (secid)
> > +		/*
> > +		 * Signal sent as a particular user.
> > +		 * Capabilities are ignored.  May be wrong, but it's the
> > +		 * only thing we can do at the moment.
> > +		 * Used only by usb drivers?
> > +		 */
> > +		return 0;
> > +	if (current->uid == 0 || current->euid == 0)
> > +		return 0;
> 
> uid/euid checks feel out of place in the capabilities code.

Wow, good point.

Will fix.

thanks,
-serge
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