From: Matthew Galgoci <mgalgoci@redhat.com>
To: Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com>
Cc: overseers@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: have we been sucked by suckit?
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 11:12:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0312040611410.710-100000@lacrosse.corp.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <873cc0yk5w.fsf@codesourcery.com>
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> Matthew Galgoci <mgalgoci@redhat.com> writes:
>
> >> The machine never runs X11, so knocking CAP_SYS_RAWIO out of the
> >> capability bounding set might be a good move.
> >
> > I'd sooner rip out /dev/mem, /dev/kmem, and all the vm86 support.
>
> I don't think that does anything about iopl(); but clearing
> CAP_SYS_RAWIO does.
>
> Deleting /dev/mem and /dev/kmem is a good idea, but an attacker with
> root can just mknod them right back unless CAP_SYS_MKNOD is cleared.
I meant remove the kernel drivers, not the device files.
> > SELinux will let us restict things nicely. I don't think the
> > draconian approach above will help terribly.
> >
> > I'm angling for some selinux training and I hope to make selinux on sources
> > a reality in the next 6 to 8 months.
>
> cool.
>
> zw
>
--
Matthew Galgoci
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-04 11:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-03 23:21 Joe Buck
2003-12-04 0:09 ` law
2003-12-04 0:18 ` Joe Buck
2003-12-04 1:08 ` Christopher Faylor
2003-12-04 4:25 ` law
2003-12-04 5:44 ` Matthew Galgoci
2003-12-04 6:19 ` Christopher Faylor
2003-12-04 1:31 ` Matthew Galgoci
2003-12-04 1:49 ` Christopher Faylor
2003-12-04 2:17 ` Matthew Galgoci
2003-12-04 2:36 ` Matthew Galgoci
2003-12-04 2:50 ` Zack Weinberg
2003-12-04 2:55 ` Phil Edwards
2003-12-04 5:51 ` Matthew Galgoci
2003-12-04 10:03 ` Zack Weinberg
2003-12-04 11:12 ` Matthew Galgoci [this message]
[not found] <200312040328.hB43S2ON017317@speedy.slc.redhat.com>
2003-12-04 5:39 ` Matthew Galgoci
2003-12-04 6:32 ` Christopher Faylor
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