Re: [PATCH] scaled-back caps, take 4

[Chris Wright]

* Olaf Dietsche (olaf+list.linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > cap_2.6.6-mm2_4.patch: New stripped-back capabilities.
> >
> >  fs/exec.c               |   15 ++++-
> >  include/linux/binfmts.h |    9 ++-
> >  security/commoncap.c    |  130 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> >  3 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> [patch]
> 
> Why don't you provide this as a configurable andycap.c module?
> I think, this is the whole point of LSM.

I agree, if we can't find a clean way to do it.  However, note this
includes changes to core.  And it's nice to fix this for the base case.

thanks,
-chris
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