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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Fix dmesg_restrict build failure with CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y and CONFIG_PRINTK=n
On Mon, 15 Nov 2010, Eric Paris wrote:

> Not sure how that's possible. I mean, I guess it's possible if the
> fabled LSM reimplements the cap call, but I'm not sure how you can
> remove a restrictive only security check without 'weakening' the system
> in some way.

If generic security logic is mixed into a capability call, then not
implementing the cap call also loses the generic security logic.

e.g. dmesg_restrict should always be verified, regardless of whether
cap_security() is called or not.

If cap_syslog() should always be called, then it should not be possible
not not call it :-)


- James
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James Morris
<jmorris@namei.org>


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