From: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>
To: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
torvalds@osdl.org, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-security-module@wirex.com,
Stephen Smalley <sds@epoch.ncsc.mil>,
Michael Kerrisk <michael.kerrisk@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Default hooks protecting the XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX namespace
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 00:37:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1074296264.2679.11.camel@nb.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040116132004.R19023@osdlab.pdx.osdl.net>
Hello Chris,
the patch looks fine to me. Thank you all for reacting so quickly.
On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 22:20, Chris Wright wrote:
> Add default hooks for both the dummy and capability code to protect the
> XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX namespace. These EAs were fully accessible to
> unauthorized users, so a user that rebooted from an SELinux kernel to a
> default kernel would leave those critical EAs unprotected.
Regards,
--
Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>
SUSE Labs, SUSE LINUX AG
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-16 23:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-16 21:14 [PATCH 1/2] Move XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX macro to common location Chris Wright
2004-01-16 21:20 ` [PATCH 2/2] Default hooks protecting the XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX namespace Chris Wright
2004-01-16 23:37 ` Andreas Gruenbacher [this message]
2004-01-17 16:41 ` Theodore Ts'o
2004-01-19 18:25 ` Chris Wright
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