Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:47:20 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] don't allow CAP_NET_ADMIN to load non-netdev kernel modules | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@openwall.com> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:14:14 +0300
> Since a8f80e8ff94ecba629542d9b4b5f5a8ee3eb565c any process with > CAP_NET_ADMIN may load any module from /lib/modules/. This doesn't mean > that CAP_NET_ADMIN is a superset of CAP_SYS_MODULE as modules are limited > to /lib/modules/**. However, CAP_NET_ADMIN capability shouldn't allow > anybody load any module not related to networking.
Why go through this naming change, which does break things, instead of simply adding a capability mask tag or similar to modules somehow. You could stick it into a special elf section or similar.
Doesn't that make tons more sense than this?
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