Hi!
> >>Introduce six new "regular" (=on-by-default) capabilities:
> >>
> >> * CAP_REG_FORK, CAP_REG_OPEN, CAP_REG_EXEC allow access to the
> >> fork(), open() and exec() syscalls,
> >>
> >
> >CAP_REG_EXEC seems meaningless, I can do the same with mmap by hand for
> >most types of binary execution except setuid (which is separate it
> >seems)
> >
> >Given the capability model is accepted as inferior to things like
> >SELinux policies why do we actually want to fix this anyway. It's
> >unfortunate we can't discard the existing capabilities model (which has
> >flaws) as well really.
> To expand on this a little, some of the capabilities you are looking to
> add are of very little if any use without being able to specify objects.
> For example, CAP_REG_OPEN is whether the process can open any file
> instead of specific ones. How many applications open no files whatsoever
> in practice?
Filters, for example. gzip -9 - and such stuff does not need to open
any files. These should be easy to lock down, and still very useful.
More applications could be made lock-down-aware, and for example ask
master daemon to open files for them over a (already opened) socket.
Pavel
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