commit 2628814b59f33d6a1aae535adc7ef44359aafe98
Author: Serge E. Hallyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun Feb 24 02:10:07 2008 +0000
file capabilities: simplify signal check
commit: 094972840f2e7c1c6fc9e1a97d817cc17085378e
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]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index ea61bc7..e87422e 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ 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 */
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