Re: Authoritative hooks updated to 2.4.13

From: jmjonesat_private
Date: Fri Oct 26 2001 - 12:10:35 PDT

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    CERT.ORG has just notified we-last-notified of a ptrace problem.
    If there's anyplace in the current kernel code that LSM should make NO
    logic changes, right now, it's there.
    
    Preserve the logic, please, and watch how the kernel community fixes/fixed
    it.
    
    J. Melvin Jones
    
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    On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Seth Arnold wrote:
    
    > On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 11:31:54AM -0400, Stephen Smalley wrote:
    > > 2) The rmb call in ptrace.  I see no valid reason to make this
    > > conditional, and it just makes the code uglier.
    > 
    > The reasoning for putting the rmb() in a conditional is to follow, as
    > closely as possible within the limits of what the LSM patch intends to
    > modify, the pre-LSM ptrace behavior.
    > 
    > Given the extreme difficulties of keeping ptrace sane, I think this is a
    > worth-while goal.
    > 
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