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| author | Michael LeMay <mdlemay@epoch.ncsc.mil> | 2006-06-26 00:24:56 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-06-26 09:58:18 -0700 |
| commit | 06ec7be557a1259611d6093a00463c42650dc71a (patch) | |
| tree | b83cdbc8405e0a174939d36e4fe40fb8adb51071 /security/Kconfig | |
| parent | e51f6d343789a4f0a2a7587ad7ec7746969d5c1c (diff) | |
| download | lwn-06ec7be557a1259611d6093a00463c42650dc71a.tar.gz lwn-06ec7be557a1259611d6093a00463c42650dc71a.zip | |
[PATCH] keys: restrict contents of /proc/keys to Viewable keys
Restrict /proc/keys such that only those keys to which the current task is
granted View permission are presented.
The documentation is also updated to reflect these changes.
Signed-off-by: Michael LeMay <mdlemay@epoch.ncsc.mil>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'security/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/Kconfig | 20 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig index 34f593410d57..67785df264e5 100644 --- a/security/Kconfig +++ b/security/Kconfig @@ -22,16 +22,22 @@ config KEYS If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N. config KEYS_DEBUG_PROC_KEYS - bool "Enable the /proc/keys file by which all keys may be viewed" + bool "Enable the /proc/keys file by which keys may be viewed" depends on KEYS help - This option turns on support for the /proc/keys file through which - all the keys on the system can be listed. + This option turns on support for the /proc/keys file - through which + can be listed all the keys on the system that are viewable by the + reading process. - This option is a slight security risk in that it makes it possible - for anyone to see all the keys on the system. Normally the manager - pretends keys that are inaccessible to a process don't exist as far - as that process is concerned. + The only keys included in the list are those that grant View + permission to the reading process whether or not it possesses them. + Note that LSM security checks are still performed, and may further + filter out keys that the current process is not authorised to view. + + Only key attributes are listed here; key payloads are not included in + the resulting table. + + If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N. config SECURITY bool "Enable different security models" |