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Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:15:15 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morgan <morgan@...nel.org>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, viro@....linux.org.uk, hch@...radead.org,
	Trond.Myklebust@...app.com, sds@...ho.nsa.gov,
	casey@...aufler-ca.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	selinux@...ho.nsa.gov, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] CRED: Move the effective capabilities into the cred struct

Andrew Morgan <morgan@...nel.org> wrote:

> OOC If we were to simply drop support for one process changing the
> capabilities of another, would we need this patch?

Well, the patch could be less, but there's still the possibility of a kernel
service wanting to override the capabilities mask.

David
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