[PATCH 00/20] world-writable files in sysfs and debugfs

On Sat, 2011-03-12 at 23:23 +0300, Vasiliy Kulikov wrote:

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Vasiliy Kulikov (20):
 mach-ux500: mbox-db5500: world-writable sysfs fifo file
 leds: lp5521: world-writable sysfs engine* files
 leds: lp5523: world-writable engine* sysfs files
 misc: ep93xx_pwm: world-writable sysfs files
 rtc: rtc-ds1511: world-writable sysfs nvram file
 scsi: aic94xx: world-writable sysfs update_bios file
 scsi: iscsi: world-writable sysfs priv_sess file

These are still not merged :(

OK, so I've not been tracking where we are in the dizzying ride on
security systems.  However, I thought we landed up in the privilege
separation arena using capabilities.  That means that world writeable
files aren't necessarily a problem as long as the correct capabilities
checks are in place, right?

James