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Re: [PATCH 2/2] Revert "pstore: Honor dmesg_restrict sysctl on dmesg dumps"

Started byPetr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
First post2017-08-15 14:00 +0200
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  Re: [PATCH 2/2] Revert "pstore: Honor dmesg_restrict sysctl on dmesg  dumps" Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2017-08-15 14:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/2] Revert "pstore: Honor dmesg_restrict sysctl on dmesg dumps" Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-15 21:10 +0200

#1712112 — Re: [PATCH 2/2] Revert "pstore: Honor dmesg_restrict sysctl on dmesg dumps"

FromPetr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Date2017-08-15 14:00 +0200
SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] Revert "pstore: Honor dmesg_restrict sysctl on dmesg dumps"
Message-ID<ueIFQ-RA-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
On Thu 2017-08-10 13:36:35, Kees Cook wrote:
> This reverts commit 68c4a4f8abc60c9440ede9cd123d48b78325f7a3, with
> various conflict clean-ups.
> 
> With the default root directory mode set to 0750 now, the capability
> check was redundant.
> 
> Suggested-by: Nick Kralevich <nnk@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

The patch looks correct from the code side. I looked at
it because it touched printk.c. Note that I am not
security expert.

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>

Best Regards,
Petr

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#1712427 — Re: [PATCH 2/2] Revert "pstore: Honor dmesg_restrict sysctl on dmesg dumps"

FromKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Date2017-08-15 21:10 +0200
SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] Revert "pstore: Honor dmesg_restrict sysctl on dmesg dumps"
Message-ID<uePnY-5ik-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1712112
On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 4:55 AM, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> wrote:
> On Thu 2017-08-10 13:36:35, Kees Cook wrote:
>> This reverts commit 68c4a4f8abc60c9440ede9cd123d48b78325f7a3, with
>> various conflict clean-ups.
>>
>> With the default root directory mode set to 0750 now, the capability
>> check was redundant.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Nick Kralevich <nnk@google.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
>
> The patch looks correct from the code side. I looked at
> it because it touched printk.c. Note that I am not
> security expert.
>
> Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>

Thanks!

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security

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