linux-kernel - Re: non-critical security bug fix

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Date:	Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:11:41 -0400
From:	Serge Aleynikov <serge@...idt.net>
To:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: non-critical security bug fix

Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> Are you able to modify the source of the application you bought?  If so,
> you can trivially fix it to do what you need by doing a cap_set_proc
> after the suid as I described before, i.e.
> 
> 	ret = setuid();
> 	caps = cap_from_text("cap_net_raw=e");
> 	ret = cap_set_proc(caps);
> 
> Is that an option?

Unfortunately that product doesn't come with sources.  :-(

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Serge Aleynikov
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