linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] smackfs load append mode fix

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Date:	Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:29:03 +1100 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
cc:	LKLM <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	LSM <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] smackfs load append mode fix - resend unmundged.

On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Casey Schaufler wrote:

> From: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
> 
> Given just how hard it is to find the code that uses MAY_APPEND
> it's probably not a big surprise that this went unnoticed for so
> long. The Smack rules loading code is incorrectly setting the
> MAY_READ bit when MAY_APPEND is requested.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>

The patch was still corrupt (and you didn't format the subject line 
properly).

A fixed version for Linus may be pulled via:

The following changes since commit e4a7ca29039e615ce13a61b9c6abfb2aa394e9a1:
  Linus Torvalds (1):
        Merge git://git.kernel.org/.../gregkh/usb-2.6

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6 for-linus

Casey Schaufler (1):
      smack: smackfs load append mode fix

 security/smack/smackfs.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)


-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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