[Devel] Re: [PATCH 04/10] cr: split core function out of some set*{u, g}id functions

[James Morris]

On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:

> When restarting tasks, we want to be able to change xuid and
> xgid in a struct cred, and do so with security checks.  Break
> the core functionality of set{fs,res}{u,g}id into cred_setX
> which performs the access checks based on current_cred(),
> but performs the requested change on a passed-in cred.
> 

Please cc the lsm list when making changes to security.

-- 
James Morris
<jmorris at namei.org>
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