Messages in this thread | | | From | David Howells <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 08/28] SECURITY: Allow kernel services to override LSM settings for task actions [try #2] | Date | Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:52:46 +0000 |
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Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> wrote:
> It would seem to me that security_secctx_to_secid() ought to suffice if the > application code was written correctly.
That's not quite sufficient as there still needs to be a verification step to make sure the caller is allowed to do this.
> Be aware that factors outside the LSM may be important, too. As Stephen > points out elsewhere, Smack will require you have particular capabilities > (CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE, CAP_MAC_ADMIN) while a DAC LSM may require > CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE.
For what?
David
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