[PATCH] yama: clarify ptrace_scope=2 in Yama documentation

From: Yves-Alexis Perez
Date: Tue Oct 02 2018 - 16:47:31 EST


Current phrasing is ambiguous since it's unclear if attaching to a
children through PTRACE_TRACEME requires CAP_SYS_PTRACE. Rephrase the
sentence to make that clear.

Signed-off-by: Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst
index 13468ea696b7..d0a060de3973 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ The sysctl settings (writable only with ``CAP_SYS_PTRACE``) are:
Using ``PTRACE_TRACEME`` is unchanged.

2 - admin-only attach:
- only processes with ``CAP_SYS_PTRACE`` may use ptrace
- with ``PTRACE_ATTACH``, or through children calling ``PTRACE_TRACEME``.
+ only processes with ``CAP_SYS_PTRACE`` may use ptrace, either with
+ ``PTRACE_ATTACH`` or through children calling ``PTRACE_TRACEME``.

3 - no attach:
no processes may use ptrace with ``PTRACE_ATTACH`` nor via
--
2.19.0


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Yves-Alexis