Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Sep 2002 09:55:56 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] LSM changes for 2.5.38 |
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On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 05:48:49PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > capable is needed to be checked, as we are not modifying the existing > > permission logic. > > I odn't think it makes sense to have two security checks that both > end up in the LSM code after each other..
For cases like the module_* hooks, and the other examples you pointed out, I agree.
For other cases, capable() is just not fine grained enough to actually know what is going on (like CAP_SYS_ADMIN). In those cases you need an extra hook to determine where in the kernel you are.
thanks,
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