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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.1.10.0808281156110.20135@tundra.namei.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:57:25 +1000 (EST)
From: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
cc: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>,
"Andrew G. Morgan" <morgan@...nel.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] file capabilities: Add no_file_caps switch
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> Quoting James Morris (jmorris@...ei.org):
> > On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, David Howells wrote:
> >
> > > (2) Neuter sys_capset(). I've been holding this off for the next merge
> > > window as it isn't a bugfix, unlike (1). Perhaps I should ask James to
> > > push it to Linus. James?
> >
> > Linus only pulled the PF_SUPERPRIV fix once the sys_capset change was
> > removed from the patch. It really does need to be a bugfix at this stage.
>
> Ok, sorry, of course that makes sense. I was just confused about where
> the patch was originally heading.
>
> Would it be appropriate to put the capset neutering patch in your
> security-testing tree, James, or does that feed straight into
> linux-next?
It's already in the next-creds branch, but it could be added to the next
branch (which will be pushed to Linus in the next merge window). Both
branches are in linux-next.
--
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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