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syslog: check cap_syslog when dmesg_restrict
authorSerge E. Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
Wed, 8 Dec 2010 15:19:01 +0000 (15:19 +0000)
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Wed, 8 Dec 2010 22:48:48 +0000 (09:48 +1100)
commit38ef4c2e437d11b5922723504b62824e96761459
treeccec1f38348af3c2776fc5bc0b589e14504f4b33tree | snapshot
parent5c6d1125f8dbd1bfef39e38fbc2837003be78a59commit | diff
syslog: check cap_syslog when dmesg_restrict

Eric Paris pointed out that it doesn't make sense to require
both CAP_SYS_ADMIN and CAP_SYSLOG for certain syslog actions.
So require CAP_SYSLOG, not CAP_SYS_ADMIN, when dmesg_restrict
is set.

(I'm also consolidating the now common error path)

Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
Acked-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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