linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] yama: clarify ptrace

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Message-ID: <20181007083735.61f117f3@lwn.net>
Date:   Sun, 7 Oct 2018 08:37:35 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@...sac.net>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, trivial@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] yama: clarify ptrace_scope=2 in Yama documentation

On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 13:52:32 -0700
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 1:47 PM, Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@...sac.net> wrote:
> > Current phrasing is ambiguous since it's unclear if attaching to a
> > children through PTRACE_TRACEME requires CAP_SYS_PTRACE. Rephrase the
> > sentence to make that clear.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@...sac.net>  
> 
> Thanks! Yes, this makes things more clear.
> 
> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> 
> Jon, can you take this in your tree?

Applied, thanks.

jon