linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] file capabilities: Introduction

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Message-ID: <20070517055747.GA15474@in.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 17 May 2007 11:27:47 +0530
From:	Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@...ibm.com>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	jeffschroeder@...puter.org, Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Karl MacMillan <kmacmillan@...talrootkit.com>,
	KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@...gai.gr.jp>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] file capabilities: Introduction

On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 08:00:11PM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Following are two patches which have been sitting for some time in -mm.
> > 
> > Where "some time" == "nearly six months".
> > 
> > We need help considering, reviewing and testing this code, please.
> 
> I did quick scan, and it looks ok. Plus, it means we can finally start
> using that old capabilities subsystem... so I think we should do it.

FWIW, I looked through it recently as well, and it looked reasonable enough
to me, though I'm not a security expert. I did have a question about
testing corner cases etc, which Serge has tried to address.

Serge, are you planning to post an update without STRICTXATTR ? That should
simplify the second patch.

Regards
Suparna

> 
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Suparna Bhattacharya (suparna@...ibm.com)
Linux Technology Center
IBM Software Lab, India

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