linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Rename nsproxy.pid_ns and fix a related security bug

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Message-Id: <20130826.155909.1859861206590524940.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:59:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	luto@...capital.net
Cc:	ebiederm@...ssion.com, security@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Rename nsproxy.pid_ns and fix a related security
 bug

From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 11:39:14 -0700

>     commit 92f28d973cce45ef5823209aab3138eb45d8b349
>     Author: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
>     Date:   Fri Mar 15 01:03:33 2013 -0700
> 
>         scm: Require CAP_SYS_ADMIN over the current pidns to spoof pids.
> 
> Eric fell for my bogus claim that nsproxy->pid_ns was the current'
> process's pid ns.  This isn't true.
> 
> Let's fix the bug and rename pid_ns so that no one gets this wrong again.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>

Eric please take the time to review these changes, thanks.
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