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authorSteven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>2006-07-03 10:25:08 -0400
committerSteven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>2006-07-03 10:25:08 -0400
commit0a1340c185734a57fbf4775927966ad4a1347b02 (patch)
treed9ed8f0dd809a7c542a3356601125ea5b5aaa804 /security/Kconfig
parentaf18ddb8864b096e3ed4732e2d4b21c956dcfe3a (diff)
parent29454dde27d8e340bb1987bad9aa504af7081eba (diff)
Merge rsync://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts: include/linux/kernel.h
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@@ -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"