linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add PR_{GET,SET}_NO_NEW_PRIVS to prevent execve from granting privs

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Date:	Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:45:47 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add PR_{GET,SET}_NO_NEW_PRIVS to prevent execve from
	granting privs

On 01/12, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>
> --- a/kernel/fork.c
> +++ b/kernel/fork.c
> @@ -1117,6 +1117,8 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
>  	if (retval < 0)
>  		goto bad_fork_free;
>  
> +	p->no_new_privs = current->no_new_privs;

unnecessary, this is copied by dup_task_struct().

Oleg.

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