Re: [PATCH 12/19] CacheFiles: Permit a process's create SID to be overridden

On Tue, 14 Nov 2006, David Howells wrote:

> +static u32 selinux_set_fscreate_secid(u32 secid)
> +{
> +	struct task_security_struct *tsec = current->security;
> +	u32 oldsid = tsec->create_sid;
> +
> +	tsec->create_sid = secid;
> +	return oldsid;
> +}

The ability to set this needs to be mediated via MAC policy.

See selinux_setprocattr()



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