Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756546Ab3CUB6E (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:58:04 -0400 Received: from tundra.namei.org ([65.99.196.166]:32898 "EHLO tundra.namei.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756487Ab3CUB6C (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:58:02 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:58:04 +1100 (EST) From: James Morris To: Mimi Zohar 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 In-Reply-To: <1363797717.2580.10.camel@falcor1.watson.ibm.com> Message-ID: References: <1363642353-30749-1-git-send-email-matthew.garrett@nebula.com> <1363797717.2580.10.camel@falcor1.watson.ibm.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (LRH 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 906 Lines: 28 On Wed, 20 Mar 2013, Mimi Zohar wrote: > On Tue, 2013-03-19 at 15:47 +1100, 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. > > Matthrew, perhaps you could clarify whether this will be tied to MAC > security. All capabilities are, via LSM. -- James Morris -- 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/