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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:50:58 +0400
From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>
To: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
apparmor@...ts.ubuntu.com,
"selinux@...ho.nsa.gov Stephen Smalley" <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [RFC v1] security: introduce ptrace_task_access_check()
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 11:43 -0400, Eric Paris wrote:
> >Please help me to figure out how such patch should be divided to be
> >applied. I think about such scheme:
> >
> >1) add generic security/* functions.
> >2-4) add ptrace_task_access_check() for SMACK, AppArmor and SELinux.
> >5) change ptrace_access_check() in security ops and all LSMs to
> > ptrace_task_access_check().
> >
> >But I'd like to hear maintainers' oppinions not to put useless efforts.
>
> Not a real review, but I didn't instantly grok the need for the new
> cap functions.
It is needed because of capable(CAP_SYS_PTRACE) and similar inside of
ptrace_may_access() implementations.
> So maybe that's it's own patch with it's own change
> log. After that you should just add the 'parent' task to
> ptrace_access_check() and fix all of the LSMs to handle the new
> semantics at once. No need to rename the function or do a bunch of
> seperate patchs.
I thought it would represent function's semantic changes more strongly.
> All of us LSM authors can just ACK our little part
> and James can take the patch when everyone has their say. I think
> that will make history the cleanest.....
Great! It would be much simple for me too :)
Thanks,
--
Vasiliy Kulikov
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