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From: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge-A9i7LUbDfNHQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Tejun Heo <tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge-A9i7LUbDfNHQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	Li Zefan <lizefan-hv44wF8Li93QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet-T1hC0tSOHrs@public.gmane.org>,
	cgroups-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	Android Kernel Team
	<kernel-team-z5hGa2qSFaRBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>,
	Rom Lemarchand <romlem-z5hGa2qSFaRBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>,
	Colin Cross <ccross-z5hGa2qSFaRBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>,
	Dmitry Shmidt <dimitrysh-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	Todd Kjos <tkjos-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	Christian Poetzsch
	<christian.potzsch-1AXoQHu6uovQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	Amit Pundir <amit.pundir-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/2] Another pass at Android style loosening of cgroup attach permissions
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 16:26:43 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161004212643.GA27842@mail.hallyn.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161004203301.GK4205-piEFEHQLUPpN0TnZuCh8vA@public.gmane.org>

Quoting Tejun Heo (tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org):
> Hello, Serge.
> 
> On Tue, Oct 04, 2016 at 03:18:40PM -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> > how about changing the GLOBAL_ROOT_UID check with a targeted
> > capability check, like
> > 
> > 	if (!ns_capable(tcred->user_ns, CAP_SYS_NICE) &&
> >             !uid_eq(cred->euid, tcred->uid) &&
> >             !uid_eq(cred->euid, tcred->suid))
> > 		ret = -EACCES;
> > 
> > where the actual capability to use may require some thought.
> 
> Yeah, that's the direction I'm thinking too.  We can't use
> CAP_SYS_NICE in general tho.  Let's see if a dedicated CAP sticks.

One possibility would be to let each cgroup subsystem define
a move_caps capability mask which is required over the target
task.  And add a new CAP_CGROUP which always suffices?

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-10-04 21:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-04  4:41 [RFC][PATCH 0/2] Another pass at Android style loosening of cgroup attach permissions John Stultz
2016-10-04  4:41 ` [PATCH 1/2] cgroup: Add generic cgroup subsystem permission checks John Stultz
     [not found]   ` <1475556090-6278-2-git-send-email-john.stultz-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-05 19:09     ` Dmitry Torokhov
2016-10-05 19:16       ` John Stultz
2016-10-05 19:23         ` Dmitry Torokhov
2016-10-04  4:41 ` [PATCH 2/2] cgroup: Add a allow_attach policy for Android John Stultz
     [not found]   ` <1475556090-6278-3-git-send-email-john.stultz-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-05 19:10     ` Dmitry Torokhov
2016-10-05 19:18       ` John Stultz
     [not found]         ` <CALAqxLXxFcLWCbSHiFFy0OEDgbnJY+2OLbgLYvypDwoQMuapHg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-06 22:43           ` Dmitry Torokhov
2016-10-06 22:52             ` Dmitry Torokhov
     [not found] ` <1475556090-6278-1-git-send-email-john.stultz-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-04 16:16   ` [RFC][PATCH 0/2] Another pass at Android style loosening of cgroup attach permissions Tejun Heo
     [not found]     ` <20161004161630.GC4205-piEFEHQLUPpN0TnZuCh8vA@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-04 18:01       ` John Stultz
     [not found]         ` <CALAqxLUPMxpngbZCSFW9wS+LbZJbfSUxTDEXX2x-FUmuN4H+QQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-04 19:38           ` Tejun Heo
     [not found]             ` <20161004193838.GH4205-piEFEHQLUPpN0TnZuCh8vA@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-04 19:46               ` John Stultz
2016-10-04 19:49                 ` Tejun Heo
2016-10-04 20:18               ` Serge E. Hallyn
2016-10-04 20:33                 ` Tejun Heo
     [not found]                   ` <20161004203301.GK4205-piEFEHQLUPpN0TnZuCh8vA@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-04 21:26                     ` Serge E. Hallyn [this message]
2016-10-04 21:29                       ` Tejun Heo
2016-10-04 18:03     ` John Stultz

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