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Re: [PATCH 3/3] CRED: Move the effective capabilities into the cred struct

From: David Howells <dhowells_at_redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:15:15 +0100


Andrew Morgan <morgan@kernel.org> wrote:

> OOC If we were to simply drop support for one process changing the
> capabilities of another, would we need this patch?

Well, the patch could be less, but there's still the possibility of a kernel service wanting to override the capabilities mask.

David

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Date Posted: Jan 15, 2009 | Last Modified: Jan 15, 2009 | Last Reviewed: Jan 15, 2009

 
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