Re: How to lock current->signal->tty

Albert Cahalan
2006-08-09T04:01:09Z

Stephen Smalley writes:

> SELinux is just revalidating access to the tty when the task
> changes contexts upon execve, and resetting the tty if the
> task is no longer allowed to use it. Likewise with the open
> file descriptors that would be inherited. No clearing of the
> ttys of other tasks required as far as SELinux is concerned,
> although that might not fit with normal semantics.

If the process goes back to the old context after a second
execve or via special rights, it ought regain access to the tty.

(just block access instead of resetting the tty)