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CAP_SYS_ADMIN: the new root

CAP_SYS_ADMIN: the new root

Posted Mar 15, 2012 20:05 UTC (Thu) by bronson (subscriber, #4806)
In reply to: CAP_SYS_ADMIN: the new root by ballombe
Parent article: CAP_SYS_ADMIN: the new root

That might help but I'd be afraid that it opens another attack surface. A virtual capability may appear safe, but mapping it to a real capability could cause rather nonobvious holes to appear. Especially if multiple virtual capabilities get mapped into a single real one.


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