[PATCH] capabilities: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones

[Serge E. Hallyn]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 12:34:28PM +0200, Alexander A. Klimov wrote:
> Rationale:
> Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM
> as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate.
> 
> Deterministic algorithm:
> For each file:
>   If not .svg:
>     For each line:
>       If doesn't contain `\bxmlns\b`:
>         For each link, `\bhttp://[^# \t\r\n]*(?:\w|/)`:
> 	  If neither `\bgnu\.org/license`, nor `\bmozilla\.org/MPL\b`:
>             If both the HTTP and HTTPS versions
>             return 200 OK and serve the same content:
>               Replace HTTP with HTTPS.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster at al2klimov.de>

Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge at hallyn.com>

> ---
>  Continuing my work started at 93431e0607e5.
>  See also: git log --oneline '--author=Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster at al2klimov.de>' v5.7..master
>  (Actually letting a shell for loop submit all this stuff for me.)
> 
>  If there are any URLs to be removed completely or at least not just HTTPSified:
>  Just clearly say so and I'll *undo my change*.
>  See also: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/6/27/64
> 
>  If there are any valid, but yet not changed URLs:
>  See: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/6/26/837
> 
>  If you apply the patch, please let me know.
> 
>  Sorry again to all maintainers who complained about subject lines.
>  Now I realized that you want an actually perfect prefixes,
>  not just subsystem ones.
>  I tried my best...
>  And yes, *I could* (at least half-)automate it.
>  Impossible is nothing! :)
> 
> 
>  kernel/capability.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
> index 1444f3954d75..a8a20ebc43ee 100644
> --- a/kernel/capability.c
> +++ b/kernel/capability.c
> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ __setup("no_file_caps", file_caps_disable);
>  /*
>   * More recent versions of libcap are available from:
>   *
> - *   http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/
> + *   https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/
>   */
>  
>  static void warn_legacy_capability_use(void)
> -- 
> 2.27.0