On 2021-02-19 18:29, Paul Moore wrote:
> With the split of the security_task_getsecid() into subjective and
> objective variants it's time to update Smack to ensure it is using
> the correct task creds.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore
FWIW Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs
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>
On 2021-02-19 18:29, Paul Moore wrote:
> SELinux has a function, task_sid(), which returns the task's
> objective credentials, but unfortunately is used in a few places
> where the subjective task credentials should be used. Most notably
> in the new security_task_getsecid_subj() LSM hook.
>
>
On 2021-02-19 18:29, Paul Moore wrote:
> Of the three LSMs that implement the security_task_getsecid() LSM
> hook, all three LSMs provide the task's objective security
> credentials. This turns out to be unfortunate as most of the hook's
> callers seem to expect the task's subjective credentials,
