linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] System Wide Capability Bounding Set

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Message-Id: <B5F8D700-2471-4C88-B4EB-5A44F3529492@mit.edu>
Date:	Thu, 6 Jan 2011 11:44:48 -0500
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU>
To:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc:	eparis@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, serue@...ibm.com,
	sgrubb@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] System Wide Capability Bounding Set


On Jan 6, 2011, at 6:30 AM, Tetsuo Handa wrote:

> An LSM module can provide ability to aggregate several tasks into a group
> (called "security context" or "domain") and grant permissions against groups.
> We can selectively grant whatever capabilities against groups.
> Why do we need to get bothered by capability inheritance problem?

Yes, but LSM modules still can't stack, last I checked.  So people would need to choose between this or SELinux, or build this capability into every single LSM module....

-- Ted

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