Re: [PATCH 3/3] CRED: Move the effective capabilities into the cred struct

From: David Howells
Date: Thu Sep 20 2007 - 04:18:45 EST


Andrew Morgan <morgan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> OOC If we were to simply drop support for one process changing the
> capabilities of another, would we need this patch?

Well, the patch could be less, but there's still the possibility of a kernel
service wanting to override the capabilities mask.

David
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