Messages in this thread | | | From | David Howells <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 6/7] SELinux: The copy-up operation must have read permission on the lower file | Date | Thu, 27 Nov 2014 14:17:36 +0000 |
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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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