linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/12] Security: Add CAP_COMPROMISE

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Date:	Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:14:23 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org" 
	<linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kexec@...ts.infradead.org" <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] Security: Add CAP_COMPROMISE_KERNEL

On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 08:03 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> CAP_SYS_RAWIO is definitely inappropriate there.

Ok. How do we fix that without breaking userspace that expects
CAP_SYS_RAWIO to be sufficient?

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org