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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 1/8] capability: add any wrapper to test for multiple caps with exactly one audit message
    On Mon, 27 Jun 2022 at 00:34, Serge E. Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com> wrote:
    >
    > On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 05:26:23PM +0200, Christian Göttsche wrote:
    > > Add the interfaces `capable_any()` and `ns_capable_any()` as an
    > > alternative to multiple `capable()`/`ns_capable()` calls, like
    > > `capable_any(CAP_SYS_NICE, CAP_SYS_ADMIN)` instead of
    > > `capable(CAP_SYS_NICE) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)`.
    > >
    > > `capable_any()`/`ns_capable_any()` will in particular generate exactly
    > > one audit message, either for the left most capability in effect or, if
    > > the task has none, the first one.
    > >
    > > This is especially helpful with regard to SELinux, where each audit
    > > message about a not allowed capability will create an AVC denial.
    > > Using this function with the least invasive capability as left most
    > > argument (e.g. CAP_SYS_NICE before CAP_SYS_ADMIN) enables policy writers
    > > to only allow the least invasive one and SELinux domains pass this check
    > > with only capability:sys_nice or capability:sys_admin allowed without
    > > any AVC denial message.
    > >
    > > Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>
    >
    > Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
    >

    Kindly ping.

    So far patch 3 was reviewed [1] and patch 4 was reviewed [2,3] and
    partially acked [4].

    Currently this series trivially rebases on top of 6.0-rc1.
    Should I send a rebased v4 or what is the best way to move forward?

    [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/7fd6f544-0bd2-62fe-bddd-869364f351e8@acm.org/
    [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Yqn+sCXTHeTH5v+R@pendragon.ideasonboard.com/
    [3]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/09374557-8c8d-1925-340c-784f29630ec5@kernel.org/
    [4]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/73a603a2-5e5e-1b45-8e19-ab0795027336@xs4all.nl/

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