Re: [RFC] [PATCH] file posix capabilities

[Seth Arnold]

On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 04:39:12PM -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> +int cap_task_kill(struct task_struct *p, struct siginfo *info,
> +				int sig, u32 secid)
> +{
> +	if (info != SEND_SIG_NOINFO && (is_si_special(info) || SI_FROMKERNEL(info)))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	if (secid)
> +		/*
> +		 * Signal sent as a particular user.
> +		 * Capabilities are ignored.  May be wrong, but it's the
> +		 * only thing we can do at the moment.
> +		 * Used only by usb drivers?
> +		 */
> +		return 0;
> +	if (current->uid == 0 || current->euid == 0)
> +		return 0;

uid/euid checks feel out of place in the capabilities code.

> +	if (capable(CAP_KILL))
> +		return 0;
> +	if (cap_issubset(p->cap_permitted, current->cap_permitted))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	return -EPERM;
> +}

Thanks Serge

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