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SubjectRe: [PATCH 6/7] SELinux: The copy-up operation must have read permission on the lower file
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Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> wrote:

> This means that it expects to trigger those capability checks as part of
> its subsequent actions. Raising those capabilities temporarily in its
> credentials will pass the capability module checks but won't address the
> corresponding SELinux checks (both capability and file-based), so you'll
> end up triggering an entire set of checks against the current process'
> credentials. This same pattern is repeated elsewhere in overlayfs.

Hmmm... Yes. I need to check whether the lower file can be read *before*
overriding the creds.

David


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