Re: CVE request: kernel: fcaps: clear the same personality flags as suid when fcaps are used

[Kurt Seifried <kseifried () redhat com>]

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On 04/19/2012 10:52 PM, Eugene Teo wrote:
> Reported by Steve Grubb, if a process increases permissions using
> fcaps all of the dangerous personality flags which are cleared for
> suid apps should also be cleared. Thus programs given priviledge
> with fcaps will continue to have address space randomization
> enabled even if the parent tried to disable it to make it easier to
> attack.
>
> Upstream commit: 
> http://git.kernel.org/linus/d52fc5dde171f030170a6cb78034d166b13c9445
>
>  Reference: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=806722
>
> Thanks, Eugene

Please use CVE-2012-2123 for this issue.

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Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
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