linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] keys: Grant Link permission to possessers of request

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.21.1905290701390.31297@namei.org>
Date:   Wed, 29 May 2019 07:01:47 +1000 (AEST)
From:   James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
cc:     keyrings@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] keys: Grant Link permission to possessers of
 request_key auth keys

On Wed, 22 May 2019, David Howells wrote:

> Grant Link permission to the possessers of request_key authentication keys,
> thereby allowing a daemon that is servicing upcalls to arrange things such
> that only the necessary auth key is passed to the actual service program
> and not all the daemon's pending auth keys.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>


Reviewed-by: James Morris <jamorris@...ux.microsoft.com>


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