Re: [RFC 15/20] capabilities: Introduce CAP_INTEGRITY_ADMIN

Casey Schaufler
2021-11-30T17:50:31Z

On 11/30/2021 9:41 AM, Stefan Berger wrote:
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> On 11/30/21 12:27, Casey Schaufler wrote:
>> On 11/30/2021 8:06 AM, Stefan Berger wrote:
>>> From: Denis Semakin <denis.semakin@huawei.com>
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>>> This patch introduces CAP_INTEGRITY_ADMIN, a new capability that allows
>>> to setup IMA (Integrity Measurement Architecture) policies per container
>>> for non-root users.
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>> Why not use CAP_MAC_ADMIN? IMA is a mandatory policy. The scope
>> is system security administration. It seems to fit your needs.
>> I introduced CAP_MAC_ADMIN for Smack, and believe that IMA using
>> it would be completely appropriate.
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> Fine by me. I suppose we could be reusing it later on also for setting file extended attributes for IMA?

Yes. That would be completely consistent with the intention and the
Smack implementation.

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