Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] capabilities: Ambient capabilities

On Sat, 23 May 2015, Serge Hallyn wrote:

quoted

You cannot use pA to try to subvert a setuid, setgid, or file-capped
program: if you execute any such program, pA gets cleared and the
resulting evolution rules are unchanged by this patch.

Christoph, just to be sure, is this ^ going to suffice for you?

Seems like it should since any program which is setuid-root, i.e.
passwd, isn't likely to be designed to exec other programs.

Yes that should work.