Re: [PATCH] capabilities: Ambient capability set V1

On Thu, 26 Feb 2015, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:

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Well doing that breaks su.

Don't what exactly?  You're saying that doing

pI' = pI
pA' = pA  (pA is ambient)
pP' = (X & fP) | (pI & (fI | pA))
pE' = pP' & (fE | pA)

stopped su from having CAP_SETGID while

pI' = pI
pA' = pA  (pA is ambient)
pP' = (X & fP) | (pI & (fI | pA))
pE' = pP' & fE

worked?  I'll hope you're saying both "fail", in which case

fE does not exist in cpu_vfs_cap_data. We only get fI and fP. Why in the
world does setcap allow setting fE?

V1 does not use fE. In my newer attempt, I seemed to have worked
with zeroed field that I assumed was filled in.

I will just do

pE' = pP'

Ok?