[PATCH] capset returns -EPERM when pid==current->pid
In the current kernel/capability.c:sys_capset() code, permission is denied if CAP_SETPCAP is not held and pid is positive. pid=0 means use the current process, and this is allowed. But using the current process' pid is not allowed. The man page for capsetp simply says that CAP_SETPCAP is required to use this function, and does not mention the exception for pid=0. The current behavior seems inconsistent. The attached patch also allows a process to call capset() on itself. Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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