linux-kernel - Re: [PULL] Yama update (4.0)

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Date:	Sun, 1 Mar 2015 19:28:15 -0800
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	linux-security-module <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	PaX Team <pageexec@...email.hu>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
Subject: Re: [PULL] Yama update (4.0)

On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 5:50 PM, James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Feb 2015, Kees Cook wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Please pull these yama changes for 4.0.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>> Kees Cook (1):
>>       Yama: do not modify global sysctl table entry
>>
>
> Does this need to be in 4.0?  Changes in the rc series need to be
> bugfixes.

I can see it either way. They're both corrections, but nothing is
actually _broken_ without these changes. I'm fine with them going into
-next, if you think that's best.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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