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Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:07:03 +0200
From: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
CC: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
PhillipLougherplougher@...hat.com,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>,
Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@...curity.com>,
Eugene Teo <eteo@...hat.com>, Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysctl: fix write access to dmesg_restrict/kptr_restrict
On 04.04.2012 20:40, Kees Cook wrote:
> Commit bfdc0b4 adds code to restrict access to dmesg_restrict,
> however, it incorrectly alters kptr_restrict rather than
> dmesg_restrict.
>
> The original patch from Richard Weinberger
> (https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/3/14/362) alters dmesg_restrict as
> expected, and so the patch seems to have been misapplied.
>
> This adds the CAP_SYS_ADMIN check to both dmesg_restrict and
> kptr_restrict, since both are sensitive.
>
> Reported-by: Phillip Lougher<plougher@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook<keescook@...omium.org>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Acked-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Thanks,
//richard
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