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From: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Restrict write access to dmesg_restrict
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:46:28 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ilnqjj$rjj$2@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1300131356-24389-1-git-send-email-richard@nod.at

On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:35:56 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:

> When dmesg_restrict is set to 1 CAP_SYS_ADMIN is needed to read the
> kernel ring buffer.
> But a root user without CAP_SYS_ADMIN is able to reset dmesg_restrict to
> 0.
> 
> This is an issue when e.g. LXC (Linux Containers) are used and complete
> user space is running without CAP_SYS_ADMIN. A unprivileged and jailed
> root user can bypass the dmesg_restrict protection.
> 
> With this patch writing to dmesg_restrict is only allowed when root has
> CAP_SYS_ADMIN.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>

Makes sense.

Reviewed-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>

Thanks.


      parent reply	other threads:[~2011-03-15 13:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-14 19:35 [PATCH] Restrict write access to dmesg_restrict Richard Weinberger
2011-03-14 19:49 ` Dan Rosenberg
2011-03-14 20:02   ` Richard Weinberger
2011-03-15 13:46 ` WANG Cong [this message]

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