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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: Capabilities across execve
From:       Chris Wright <chrisw () osdl ! org>
Date:       2005-03-13 3:21:17
Message-ID: 20050313032117.GA28536 () shell0 ! pdx ! osdl ! net
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* Alexander Nyberg (alexn@dsv.su.se) wrote:
> This makes it possible for a root-task to pass capabilities to
> nonroot-task across execve. The root-task needs to change it's
> cap_inheritable mask and set prctl(PR_SET_KEEPCAPS, 1) to pass on
> capabilities. 

This overloads keepcaps, which could surprise to existing users.

> At execve time the capabilities will be passed on to the new
> nonroot-task and any non-inheritable effective and permitted
> capabilities will be masked out.
> The effective capability of the new nonroot-task will be set to the
> maximum permitted.

What happens to eff on setuid() to non-root or restore to uid 0?
What happens if you exec a setuid-root binary, or a setuid-nonroot binary?
How about ptrace?

Here's the tests I use.

thanks,
-chris
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["testcap.tgz" (application/x-gtar)]
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