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Message-ID: <20120905214142.GA29288@srcf.ucam.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 22:41:42 +0100
From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/11] kexec: Disable in a secure boot environment
On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 05:13:49PM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> Normally capabilities provide additional permissions. So if you don't
> have the capability, an errno is returned. CAP_SYS_BOOT is a good
> example. With CAP_SECURE_FIRMWARE, it reads backwards - if not
> CAP_SECURE_FIRMWARE, return error. I think you want to invert the name
> to CAP_NOT_SECURE_FIRMWARE, CAP_NOT_SECURE_BOOT or perhaps
> CAP_UNSECURED_BOOT.
Yeah, I think renaming the cap is a given.
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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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