Current phrasing is ambiguous since it's unclear if attaching to a children through PTRACE_TRACEME requires CAP_SYS_PTRACE. Rephrase the sentence to make that clear. Signed-off-by: Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst index 13468ea696b7..d0a060de3973 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/Yama.rst @@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ The sysctl settings (writable only with ``CAP_SYS_PTRACE``) are: Using ``PTRACE_TRACEME`` is unchanged. 2 - admin-only attach: - only processes with ``CAP_SYS_PTRACE`` may use ptrace - with ``PTRACE_ATTACH``, or through children calling ``PTRACE_TRACEME``. + only processes with ``CAP_SYS_PTRACE`` may use ptrace, either with + ``PTRACE_ATTACH`` or through children calling ``PTRACE_TRACEME``. 3 - no attach: no processes may use ptrace with ``PTRACE_ATTACH`` nor via -- 2.19.0 -- Yves-Alexis