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authorMichael LeMay <mdlemay@epoch.ncsc.mil>2006-06-26 11:24:56 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-06-26 20:58:18 +0400
commit06ec7be557a1259611d6093a00463c42650dc71a (patch)
treeb83cdbc8405e0a174939d36e4fe40fb8adb51071 /security/Kconfig
parente51f6d343789a4f0a2a7587ad7ec7746969d5c1c (diff)
downloadlinux-06ec7be557a1259611d6093a00463c42650dc71a.tar.xz
[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>
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diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
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+++ 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"