selinux: only invoke capabilities and selinux for CAP_MAC_ADMIN checks
SELinux uses CAP_MAC_ADMIN to control the ability to get or set a raw, uninterpreted security context unknown to the currently loaded security policy. When performing these checks, we only want to perform a base capabilities check and a SELinux permission check. If any other modules that implement a capable hook are stacked with SELinux, we do not want to require them to also have to authorize CAP_MAC_ADMIN, since it may have different implications for their security model. Rework the CAP_MAC_ADMIN checks within SELinux to only invoke the capabilities module and the SELinux permission checking. Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
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