# Re: \[PATCH 0/2\] Rename nsproxy.pid\_ns and fix a related security bug

- From: David Miller \<davem@davemloft.net\>
- Date: 2013-08-26 19:59:24 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2013/08/4106884
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2013/08/4105407/t.md

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From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 11:39:14 -0700

>     commit 92f28d973cce45ef5823209aab3138eb45d8b349
>     Author: Eric W. Biederman [ref]
>     Date:   Fri Mar 15 01:03:33 2013 -0700
> 
>         scm: Require CAP_SYS_ADMIN over the current pidns to spoof pids.
> 
> Eric fell for my bogus claim that nsproxy->pid_ns was the current'
> process's pid ns.  This isn't true.
> 
> Let's fix the bug and rename pid_ns so that no one gets this wrong again.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>

Eric please take the time to review these changes, thanks.
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