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| author | Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com> | 2010-02-03 15:36:43 -0800 |
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| committer | James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> | 2010-02-04 14:20:12 +1100 |
| commit | 002345925e6c45861f60db6f4fc6236713fd8847 (patch) | |
| tree | d7849eafe1755116597166bbebf43e2bee86cb76 /block | |
| parent | 0719aaf5ead7555b7b7a4a080ebf2826a871384e (diff) | |
syslog: distinguish between /proc/kmsg and syscalls
This allows the LSM to distinguish between syslog functions originating
from /proc/kmsg access and direct syscalls. By default, the commoncaps
will now no longer require CAP_SYS_ADMIN to read an opened /proc/kmsg
file descriptor. For example the kernel syslog reader can now drop
privileges after opening /proc/kmsg, instead of staying privileged with
CAP_SYS_ADMIN. MAC systems that implement security_syslog have unchanged
behavior.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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