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by pflanze 3968 days ago
Are you / is AppArmor using a separate X11 instance for these? As otherwise, forget about it, I wrote about it here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8652228

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Ugh, that's a good point. I don't think AppArmor does any restrictions on X11 use. (I think it supports some fine-tuned controls on dbus usage though, so the idea isn't completely out of scope.) I guess it's better to think of AppArmor like a tripwire than a full sandbox if you open up an app to X11.
Yes, if the tripwire raises an alarm instead of triggering a bomb. A bomb would stop the attacker by killing/injuring him, which is not the case here (he can just come back with X11 exploitation code).