Re: [KERNEL] Re: [KERNEL] Re: [KERNEL] Re: Kernel 4.3 breaks security in systems using capabilities

From: Klaus Ethgen
Date: Thu Nov 05 2015 - 12:17:13 EST


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Hi Serge,

Am Do den 5. Nov 2015 um 17:15 schrieb Serge E. Hallyn:
> I think if you follow your idea to its logical conclusions, you end
> up wanting set SECURE_ALL_BITS | SECURE_ALL_LOCKS, which will include
> SECURE_NO_CAP_AMBIENT_RAISE, disabling ambient capabilities.

That I did miss out and seems to be the solution for the problem. So
adding cap_secure_all_bits,cap_secure_all_locks=ep to every binary that
gets other caps should solve it?

Regards
Klaus
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