linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] proc: add SecBits field to /proc/<PID>/status

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Message-ID: <d3fc9d9-d99e-a5ab-10a4-7cc60c97e1e@namei.org>
Date:   Fri, 4 Feb 2022 04:32:00 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:     "Andrew G. Morgan" <morgan@...nel.org>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        "Serge E . Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: add SecBits field to /proc/<PID>/status

On Sun, 30 Jan 2022, Andrew G. Morgan wrote:

> Securebits strongly influence the way Capabilities work for a process,
> make them visible in the proc status files.

My concern is that this might break some existing userspace code which 
parses the status file.


-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>