Re: [RFC][PATCH v3] Unprivileged: Disable raising of privileges

From: Alan Cox
Date: Wed Dec 30 2009 - 16:29:19 EST


> Added bprm->nosuid to make remove the need to add
> duplicate error prone checks. This ensures that
> the disabling of suid executables is exactly the
> same as MNT_NOSUID.

Another fine example of why we have security hooks so that we don't get a
kernel full of other "random security idea of the day" hacks.


Alan
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