Re: [RFC 15/20] capabilities: Introduce CAP_INTEGRITY_ADMIN

[Casey Schaufler]

On 11/30/2021 9:41 AM, Stefan Berger wrote:
> On 11/30/21 12:27, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> > On 11/30/2021 8:06 AM, Stefan Berger wrote:
> > > From: Denis Semakin <denis.semakin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > This patch introduces CAP_INTEGRITY_ADMIN, a new capability that allows
> > > to setup IMA (Integrity Measurement Architecture) policies per container
> > > for non-root users.
> >
> > Why not use CAP_MAC_ADMIN? IMA is a mandatory policy. The scope
> > is system security administration. It seems to fit your needs.
> > I introduced CAP_MAC_ADMIN for Smack, and believe that IMA using
> > it would be completely appropriate.
>
> Fine by me. I suppose we could be reusing it later on also for setting file extended attributes for IMA?

Yes. That would be completely consistent with the intention and the
Smack implementation.

>    Stefan