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Message-ID: <87mytx91y6.fsf@olafdietsche.de>
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:54:09 +0100
From: Olaf Dietsche <olaf+list.linux-kernel@...fdietsche.de>
To: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
Cc: Olaf Dietsche <olaf+list.linux-kernel@...fdietsche.de>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
Andrew Morgan <morgan@...nel.org>,
Stephen Smalley <sds@...ch.ncsc.mil>,
Chris Wright <chrisw@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.23: Filesystem capabilities 0.17
"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com> writes:
> Quoting Olaf Dietsche (olaf+list.linux-kernel@...fdietsche.de):
>> This patch implements filesystem capabilities. It allows to
>> run privileged executables without the need for suid root.
>>
>> Changes:
>> - updated to 2.6.23
>> - fix const correctness
>> - fix secureexec
[...]
> given that file capabilities are now in 2.6.23, could you explain the
> benefits of this version? Should we consider switching it out for
> yours?
It's just another version, works without xattr and, most important:
it's mine :-)
> If we stick with the current upstream file capabilities patch, should we
> port your SECURE_HACK to it? I actually thought that fixing
> bprm_secure_exec() sufficed?
Fixing bprm_secure_exec() is sufficient. SECURE_HACK is just a
leftover, when there was no AT_SECURE and accordingly libc (< 2.3.6)
ignored bprm_secure_exec().
Regards, Olaf.
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