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From: "Albert Cahalan" <acahalan@gmail.com>
To: sds@tycho.nsa.gov, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davem@redhat.com,
	viro@ftp.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: How to lock current->signal->tty
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 00:01:06 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <787b0d920608082101h2f1c1200rf94be91eefdcdac0@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Stephen Smalley writes:

> SELinux is just revalidating access to the tty when the task
> changes contexts upon execve, and resetting the tty if the
> task is no longer allowed to use it.  Likewise with the open
> file descriptors that would be inherited.  No clearing of the
> ttys of other tasks required as far as SELinux is concerned,
> although that might not fit with normal semantics.

If the process goes back to the old context after a second
execve or via special rights, it ought regain access to the tty.

(just block access instead of resetting the tty)

             reply	other threads:[~2006-08-09  4:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-08-09  4:01 Albert Cahalan [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-08-08 15:17 Alan Cox
2006-08-08 15:10 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-08-08 15:44   ` Alan Cox
2006-08-08 16:41     ` Luck, Tony
2006-08-08 17:50       ` Alan Cox
2006-08-09  8:09         ` Jes Sorensen
2006-08-09 10:44           ` Alan Cox
2006-08-09 11:26             ` Jes Sorensen
2006-08-09 16:24             ` Luck, Tony
2006-08-09 18:10               ` Jes Sorensen
2006-08-08 22:06     ` Jan Kara
2006-08-08 17:11 ` Stephen Smalley
2006-08-08 17:43   ` Alan Cox
2006-08-08 17:44     ` Stephen Smalley
2006-08-08 18:10       ` Alan Cox
2006-08-08 20:02     ` Stephen Smalley
2006-08-13 21:34 ` Jan Kara

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