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Kees Cook 7303515ae4 Documentation: Clarify f_cred vs current_cred() use

When making access control choices from a file-based context, f_cred
must be used instead of current_cred() to avoid confused deputy attacks
where an open file may get passed to a more privileged process. Add a
short paragraph to explicitly state the rationale.

Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202007031038.8833A35DE4@keescook
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

2020-07-05 14:04:45 -06:00

keys

docs: crypto: convert asymmetric-keys.txt to ReST

2020-06-19 14:03:46 -06:00

tpm

Merge tag 'docs-5.4' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

2019-09-17 16:22:26 -07:00

credentials.rst

Documentation: Clarify f_cred vs current_cred() use

2020-07-05 14:04:45 -06:00

digsig.rst

docs: move digsig docs to the security book