Re: 2.6.6-mm2

[Chris Wright]

* Andrew Morton (akpm@xxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > What about something that's just simple and generic?  This is similar to
> > Andrea's disable_cap_mlock patch and the disabling capabilities patch
> > that wli produced back in that thread.  It would remove the hack, and
> > buy us some time to find better solutions.  Downside of course (as all
> > of these have) is reduced security value.
> 
> -ENODOCCO.

Oops, I assumed the MODULE_PARAM_DESC was self-explanatory for a first
pass, sorry about that.

> I assume one does
> 
> 	modprobe capability mask=32768
> 
> and this squashes CAP_IPC_LOCK system-wide?

Yes, although I think you picked off the wrong bit ;-)  (and I prefer hex)

	modprobe capability mask=0x4000

or if CONFIG_SECURITY_MODULE=y, then boot param:

	capability.mask=0x4000

thanks,
-chris
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