Re: [PATCH 01/10] capability: introduce new capable flag CAP_OPT_NOAUDIT_ONDENY

From: Paul Moore
Date: Mon Jun 10 2024 - 16:56:58 EST


On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 7:38 AM Christian Göttsche
<cgzones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Introduce a new capable flag, CAP_OPT_NOAUDIT_ONDENY, to not generate
> an audit event if the requested capability is not granted. This will be
> used in a new capable_any() functionality to reduce the number of
> necessary capable calls.
>
> Handle the flag accordingly in AppArmor and SELinux.
>
> CC: linux-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Suggested-by: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v5:
> rename flag to CAP_OPT_NOAUDIT_ONDENY, suggested by Serge:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230606190013.GA640488@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> ---
> include/linux/security.h | 2 ++
> security/apparmor/capability.c | 8 +++++---
> security/selinux/hooks.c | 14 ++++++++------
> 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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