Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:02:43 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1] file capabilities: simplify signal check |
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On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:15:50 -0600 "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> >From bd076c7245d02be0cc01b7c09bd7170ec5946492 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> > Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:28:07 -0500 > Subject: [PATCH 1/1] file capabilities: simplify signal check > > Simplify the uid equivalence check in cap_task_kill(). Anyone > can kill a process owned by the same uid. > > Without this patch wireshark is reported to fail.
Strange that a patch titled "simplify...." actually fixes a bug.
> Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> > Signed-off-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org> > --- > security/commoncap.c | 2 +- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c > index 5aba826..bb0c095 100644 > --- a/security/commoncap.c > +++ b/security/commoncap.c > @@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ int cap_task_kill(struct task_struct *p, struct siginfo *info, > * allowed. > * We must preserve legacy signal behavior in this case. > */ > - if (p->euid == 0 && p->uid == current->uid) > + if (p->uid == current->uid) > return 0; > > /* sigcont is permitted within same session */
I've marked this as needed-in-2.6.24. Was that appropriate?
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