Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:16:32 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] -mm (2.4.26-rc3-mm1) v2 Smack using capabilities 32 and 33 |
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On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:38:56 -0800 Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> wrote:
> From: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> > > This patch takes advantage of the increase in capability bits > to allocate capabilities for Mandatory Access Control. Whereas > Smack was overloading a previously allocated capability it is > now using a pair, one for overriding access control checks and > the other for changes to the MAC configuration. > > The two capabilities allocated should be obvious in their intent. > The comments in capability.h are intended to make it clear that > there is no intention that implementations of MAC LSM modules > be any more constrained by the presence of these capabilities > than an implementation of DAC LSM modules are by the analogous > DAC capabilities. > > > + !__capable(current, CAP_MAC_ADMIN)) > + !__capable(current, CAP_MAC_ADMIN))
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