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SubjectRe: [PATCH][RFC] 2.5.42: remove capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO) check from open_kmem
>>What about writing a small wrapper application that drops all
>>priveleges except CAP_RAWIO, switches to user to the user you want,
>>then execs the target application that needs to access /dev/kmem?
>
>
> I just tried this, but I didn't succeed. :-(
>
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>>Or store the capabilities in the filesystem, but I don't know which
>>filesystem supports that.
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> There's none so far.
>

Not exactly. Well, not really a filesystem. But there's already security
use of this feature you want to remove. Think LSM. Look at e.g. LIDS. Im
using this additional protection already under 2.4.x to prevent uid 0
processes to access /dev/mem and /dev/kmem where not explicitely
granted. Please, _don't_ remove the capability check because you don't
see any use for it as there _is_ already use for it.

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Andreas Steinmetz
D.O.M. Datenverarbeitung GmbH

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