>From bd076c7245d02be0cc01b7c09bd7170ec5946492 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Serge E. Hallyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:28:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] 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]>
---
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 */
--
1.5.1.1.GIT
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