Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=094972840f2e7c1c6fc9e1a97d817cc17085378e Commit: 094972840f2e7c1c6fc9e1a97d817cc17085378e Parent: e5df70ab194543522397fa3da8c8f80564a0f7d3 Author: Serge E. Hallyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AuthorDate: Sat Feb 23 15:23:33 2008 -0800 Committer: Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CommitDate: Sat Feb 23 17:12:13 2008 -0800
file capabilities: simplify signal check Simplify the uid equivalence check in cap_task_kill(). Anyone can kill a process owned by the same uid. Without this patch wireshark is reported to fail. Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Andrew G. Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- security/commoncap.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c index 5aba826..bb0c095 100644 --- a/security/commoncap.c +++ b/security/commoncap.c @@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ int cap_task_kill(struct task_struct *p, struct siginfo *info, * allowed. * We must preserve legacy signal behavior in this case. */ - if (p->euid == 0 && p->uid == current->uid) + if (p->uid == current->uid) return 0; /* sigcont is permitted within same session */ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git-commits-head" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html