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authorJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>2012-02-06 16:11:09 +0100
committerJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>2012-02-06 16:12:16 +0100
commitd4730ace0c7dbb64513e35b6fc5fd7e7f381e490 (patch)
tree18890c096cdd869a593c56de3257faa40af8e050 /kernel/capability.c
parentHID: hyperv: Properly disconnect the input device (diff)
parentMerge tag 'pm-fixes-for-3.3-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel... (diff)
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Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux into upstream-fixes
Sync with Linus' tree. This is necessary to have a base for patch that fixes commit 35b4c01e29b ("power_supply: add "powers" links to self-powered HID devices") which went in through Anton's tree.
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/capability.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/capability.c80
1 files changed, 46 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index b463871a4e69..3f1adb6c6470 100644
--- a/kernel/capability.c
+++ b/kernel/capability.c
@@ -287,74 +287,84 @@ error:
}
/**
- * has_capability - Does a task have a capability in init_user_ns
+ * has_ns_capability - Does a task have a capability in a specific user ns
* @t: The task in question
+ * @ns: target user namespace
* @cap: The capability to be tested for
*
* Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
- * currently in effect to the initial user namespace, false if not.
+ * currently in effect to the specified user namespace, false if not.
*
* Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
*/
-bool has_capability(struct task_struct *t, int cap)
+bool has_ns_capability(struct task_struct *t,
+ struct user_namespace *ns, int cap)
{
- int ret = security_real_capable(t, &init_user_ns, cap);
+ int ret;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ ret = security_capable(__task_cred(t), ns, cap);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return (ret == 0);
}
/**
- * has_capability - Does a task have a capability in a specific user ns
+ * has_capability - Does a task have a capability in init_user_ns
* @t: The task in question
- * @ns: target user namespace
* @cap: The capability to be tested for
*
* Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
- * currently in effect to the specified user namespace, false if not.
+ * currently in effect to the initial user namespace, false if not.
*
* Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
*/
-bool has_ns_capability(struct task_struct *t,
- struct user_namespace *ns, int cap)
+bool has_capability(struct task_struct *t, int cap)
{
- int ret = security_real_capable(t, ns, cap);
-
- return (ret == 0);
+ return has_ns_capability(t, &init_user_ns, cap);
}
/**
- * has_capability_noaudit - Does a task have a capability (unaudited)
+ * has_ns_capability_noaudit - Does a task have a capability (unaudited)
+ * in a specific user ns.
* @t: The task in question
+ * @ns: target user namespace
* @cap: The capability to be tested for
*
* Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
- * currently in effect to init_user_ns, false if not. Don't write an
- * audit message for the check.
+ * currently in effect to the specified user namespace, false if not.
+ * Do not write an audit message for the check.
*
* Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
*/
-bool has_capability_noaudit(struct task_struct *t, int cap)
+bool has_ns_capability_noaudit(struct task_struct *t,
+ struct user_namespace *ns, int cap)
{
- int ret = security_real_capable_noaudit(t, &init_user_ns, cap);
+ int ret;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ ret = security_capable_noaudit(__task_cred(t), ns, cap);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return (ret == 0);
}
/**
- * capable - Determine if the current task has a superior capability in effect
+ * has_capability_noaudit - Does a task have a capability (unaudited) in the
+ * initial user ns
+ * @t: The task in question
* @cap: The capability to be tested for
*
- * Return true if the current task has the given superior capability currently
- * available for use, false if not.
+ * Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
+ * currently in effect to init_user_ns, false if not. Don't write an
+ * audit message for the check.
*
- * This sets PF_SUPERPRIV on the task if the capability is available on the
- * assumption that it's about to be used.
+ * Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
*/
-bool capable(int cap)
+bool has_capability_noaudit(struct task_struct *t, int cap)
{
- return ns_capable(&init_user_ns, cap);
+ return has_ns_capability_noaudit(t, &init_user_ns, cap);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable);
/**
* ns_capable - Determine if the current task has a superior capability in effect
@@ -374,7 +384,7 @@ bool ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap)
BUG();
}
- if (security_capable(ns, current_cred(), cap) == 0) {
+ if (security_capable(current_cred(), ns, cap) == 0) {
current->flags |= PF_SUPERPRIV;
return true;
}
@@ -383,18 +393,20 @@ bool ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ns_capable);
/**
- * task_ns_capable - Determine whether current task has a superior
- * capability targeted at a specific task's user namespace.
- * @t: The task whose user namespace is targeted.
- * @cap: The capability in question.
+ * capable - Determine if the current task has a superior capability in effect
+ * @cap: The capability to be tested for
+ *
+ * Return true if the current task has the given superior capability currently
+ * available for use, false if not.
*
- * Return true if it does, false otherwise.
+ * This sets PF_SUPERPRIV on the task if the capability is available on the
+ * assumption that it's about to be used.
*/
-bool task_ns_capable(struct task_struct *t, int cap)
+bool capable(int cap)
{
- return ns_capable(task_cred_xxx(t, user)->user_ns, cap);
+ return ns_capable(&init_user_ns, cap);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(task_ns_capable);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable);
/**
* nsown_capable - Check superior capability to one's own user_ns