Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 2 Oct 2018 22:47:23 +0200 | From | Yves-Alexis Perez <> | Subject | [PATCH] yama: clarify ptrace_scope=2 in Yama documentation |
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Current phrasing is ambiguous since it's unclear if attaching to a children through PTRACE_TRACEME requires CAP_SYS_PTRACE. Rephrase the sentence to make that clear.
Signed-off-by: Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@corsac.net> --- Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst index 13468ea696b7..d0a060de3973 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst @@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ The sysctl settings (writable only with ``CAP_SYS_PTRACE``) are: Using ``PTRACE_TRACEME`` is unchanged. 2 - admin-only attach: - only processes with ``CAP_SYS_PTRACE`` may use ptrace - with ``PTRACE_ATTACH``, or through children calling ``PTRACE_TRACEME``. + only processes with ``CAP_SYS_PTRACE`` may use ptrace, either with + ``PTRACE_ATTACH`` or through children calling ``PTRACE_TRACEME``. 3 - no attach: no processes may use ptrace with ``PTRACE_ATTACH`` nor via -- 2.19.0
-- Yves-Alexis
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