Re: [PATCH -v2] capabilites: allow the application of capabilitylimits to usermode helpers

[Vasiliy Kulikov]

Eric,

On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 14:33 -0500, Eric Paris wrote:
> someone complained that any user with
> cap_net_admin was able to load arbitrary kernel modules, even though the user
> didn't have cap_sys_module.  The reason is because the actual load is done by
> a usermode helper and those always have the full cap set.

AFAIU, your patch sets system-wide caps for _all_ usermode helpers,
right?  Then it does nothing with cap_net_admin's problem as it should
restrict caps of specific helpers spawned from specific networking code,
but not touching anything related to another helpers.

> sysctls which allow us to bound the permissions of usermode helpers.
> 
> /proc/sys/kernel/usermodehelper/bset
> /proc/sys/kernel/usermodehelper/inheritable
> 
> You must have CAP_SYS_MODULE to change these (changes are &= ONLY).
> When the kernel launches a usermodehelper it will do so with these as
> the bset and pI.

Thanks,

-- 
Vasiliy
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