Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964908Ab3CTBEH (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:04:07 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:42264 "EHLO mail.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932679Ab3CTBEF (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:04:05 -0400 Message-ID: <51490AF6.4080707@zytor.com> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:03:50 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130311 Thunderbird/17.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Morris CC: Matthew Garrett , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] Security: Add CAP_COMPROMISE_KERNEL References: <1363642353-30749-1-git-send-email-matthew.garrett@nebula.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 839 Lines: 26 On 03/18/2013 09:47 PM, James Morris wrote: > On Mon, 18 Mar 2013, Matthew Garrett wrote: > >> This patch introduces CAP_COMPROMISE_KERNEL. > > I'd like to see this named CAP_MODIFY_KERNEL, which is more accurate and > less emotive. Otherwise I think core kernel developers will be scratching > their head over where to sprinkle this. > > Apart from that, I like the idea, especially when it's wired up to MAC > security. The wiring up to MAC security is a nice touch. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/