linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selinux: remove ptrace

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Message-ID: <Xine.LNX.4.64.0803271018180.5606@us.intercode.com.au>
Date:	Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:18:51 +1100 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selinux: remove ptrace_sid

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Roland McGrath wrote:

> This changes checks related to ptrace to get rid of the ptrace_sid
> tracking.  It's good to disentangle the security model from the
> ptrace implementation internals.  It's sufficient to check against
> the SID of the ptracer at the time a tracee attempts a transition.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
> Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>

Applied to 
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/selinux-2.6.git#for-akpm


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James Morris
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