[kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v6 0/2] security: tty: make TIOCSTI ioctl require CAP_SYS_ADMIN
From: serge@hallyn.com (Serge E. Hallyn)
Date: 2017-05-19 14:33:43
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From: serge@hallyn.com (Serge E. Hallyn)
Date: 2017-05-19 14:33:43
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On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 12:48:17PM +1000, Peter Dolding wrote:
Using cap_sys_admin as fix is like removing car windsheld because vision is being blocked by a rock hitting it.
Nonsense. If the application has cap_sys_admin then it is less contained and more trusted anyway. If I went to the trouble to run an application in a private user namespace (where it can have cap_sys_admin, but not targeted at my tty) then it should be more contained. That's the point of targeted capabilities. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-security-module" in the body of a message to majordomo at vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html