linux-kernel - Re: security: introduce file caps

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Date:	Fri, 24 Nov 2006 00:21:44 +0100
From:	Chris Friedhoff <chris@...edhoff.org>
To:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Chris Friedhoff <chris@...edhoff.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@...gai.gr.jp>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Subject: Re: security: introduce file caps

I can confirm this behavior, but only in the interaction of xinit and X.
ping and ntpdate behave with a patched kernel but
CONFIG_SECURITY_FS_CAPABILITIES=n like expected, even with empty or
wrong capabilities. Tested with 2.6.18.3 kernel

Chris



 On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:41:59 -0600
"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com> wrote:

> Quoting Andrew Morton (akpm@...l.org):
> > On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:12:03 +0100
> > Chris Friedhoff <chris@...edhoff.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > xinit respects capabilities (at least i guess), so when the system has
> > > capability-support, the binary /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit neeeds the
> > > capability cap_kill even when no capability extended attribute exists
> > > for this binary.
> > >
> > > setfcaps cap_kill=ep /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit
> > >
> > > I documented this here:
> > > http://www.friedhoff.org/fscaps.html#Xorg,%20xinit,%20xfce,%20kde
> > >
> > > and for more:
> > > http://www.friedhoff.org/fscaps.html
> > >
> > 
> > Even when CONFIG_SECURITY_FS_CAPABILITIES=n?
> 
> No, the patch shouldn't change behavior when
> CONFIG_SECURITY_FS_CAPABILITIES=n, though of course I see why it did.  I
> will send a fixed patch tomorrow or this weekend.
> 
> sorry,
> -serge


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Chris Friedhoff
chris@...edhoff.org
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