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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/controllers/devices.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | security/device_cgroup.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/controllers/devices.txt b/Documentation/controllers/devices.txt index 4dcea42..7cc6e6a 100644 --- a/Documentation/controllers/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/controllers/devices.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ either an integer or * for all. Access is a composition of r The root device cgroup starts with rwm to 'all'. A child device cgroup gets a copy of the parent. Administrators can then remove devices from the whitelist or add new entries. A child cgroup can -never receive a device access which is denied its parent. However +never receive a device access which is denied by its parent. However when a device access is removed from a parent it will not also be removed from the child(ren). @@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ allows cgroup 1 to read and mknod the device usually known as echo a > /cgroups/1/devices.deny -will remove the default 'a *:* mrw' entry. +will remove the default 'a *:* rwm' entry. Doing + + echo a > /cgroups/1/devices.allow + +will add the 'a *:* rwm' entry to the whitelist. 3. Security diff --git a/security/device_cgroup.c b/security/device_cgroup.c index baf3488..fd764a0 100644 --- a/security/device_cgroup.c +++ b/security/device_cgroup.c @@ -382,6 +382,8 @@ static ssize_t devcgroup_access_write(struct cgroup *cgroup, struct cftype *cft, case 'a': wh.type = DEV_ALL; wh.access = ACC_MASK; + wh.major = ~0; + wh.minor = ~0; goto handle; case 'b': wh.type = DEV_BLOCK; |
