linux-kernel - Re: [ linus-git ] prctl(PR_SET_KEEPCAPS, ...) is broken for some configs, e.g. CONFIG_SECURITY

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Date:	Sun, 8 Jun 2008 11:06:30 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Andrew Morgan <morgan@...nel.org>
Cc:	Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [ linus-git ] prctl(PR_SET_KEEPCAPS, ...) is broken for some
 configs, e.g. CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX

On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:10:26 -0700 Andrew Morgan <morgan@...nel.org> wrote:

> Nacked-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@...nel.org>
> 
> In a configuration in which you are not using capabilities, what is the
> "keep capabilities" operation supposed to do? Lie to you?
> 
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10748

I totally agree with comment 11 there. Quite a number of people have already
hit this and more surely will.  How can we help them (and hence us)?
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