linux-kernel - Re: [capabilities] Allow normal inheritance for a configurable set of capabilities

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1502030917300.6059@gentwo.org>
Date:	Tue, 3 Feb 2015 09:17:38 -0600 (CST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
cc:	Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...ntu.com>,
	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Aaron Jones <aaronmdjones@...il.com>, Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	LSM List <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [capabilities] Allow normal inheritance for a configurable set
 of capabilities

On Mon, 2 Feb 2015, Andy Lutomirski wrote:

> None of this could address the problem here, though: if I hold a
> capability and I want to pass that capability to an exec'd helper, I
> shouldn't need the fs's help to do this.

Amen!
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