Bug 505492

Summary: kernel: agp: remove uid comparison as security check
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Eugene Teo (Security Response) <eteo>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: atangrin, bhu, dhoward, jolsa, lgoncalv, lwang, rkhan, vgoyal, williams
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Bug Depends On: 505493, 505494, 505495, 505496, 505497, 505498    
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Description Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2009-06-12 05:23:53 UTC 
Description of problem:
In the face of containers and user namespaces, a uid==0 check for security is not safe. Switch to a capability check.

Upstream commit:
http://git.kernel.org/linus/62f29babbc60ab572d3cecda981931d3a66123d6
Comment 1 Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2009-06-12 05:25:02 UTC 
Created attachment 347509 [details]
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