Re: [PATCH] don't raise all privs on setuid-root file with fE set(v2)

[Andrew G. Morgan]

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Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> Distributions face a backward compatibility problem with starting to use
> file capabilities.  For instance, removing setuid root from ping and
> doing setcap cap_net_raw=pe means that booting with an older kernel
> or one compiled without file capabilities means ping won't work for
> non-root users.
> 
> In order to replace the setuid root bit on a capability-unaware
> program, one has to set the effective, or legacy, file capability,
> which makes the capability effective immediately.  This patch
> uses the legacy bit as a queue to not automatically add full

s/queue/cue/

> privilege to a setuid-root program.
> 
> So, with this patch, an ordinary setuid-root program will run with
> privilege.  But if /bin/ping has both setuid-root and cap_net_raw in
> fP and fE, then ping (when run by non-root user) will not run
> with only cap_net_raw.

Acked-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Cheers

Andrew
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