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Version: [ 2.6.11.8 ] [ 2.6.25 ] [ 2.6.25.8 ] [ 2.6.31.13 ] Architecture: [ i386 ]
  1 /*
  2  * linux/kernel/capability.c
  3  *
  4  * Copyright (C) 1997  Andrew Main <zefram@fysh.org>
  5  *
  6  * Integrated into 2.1.97+,  Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
  7  * 30 May 2002: Cleanup, Robert M. Love <rml@tech9.net>
  8  */
  9 
 10 #include <linux/audit.h>
 11 #include <linux/capability.h>
 12 #include <linux/mm.h>
 13 #include <linux/module.h>
 14 #include <linux/security.h>
 15 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 16 #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
 17 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 18 #include "cred-internals.h"
 19 
 20 /*
 21  * Leveraged for setting/resetting capabilities
 22  */
 23 
 24 const kernel_cap_t __cap_empty_set = CAP_EMPTY_SET;
 25 const kernel_cap_t __cap_full_set = CAP_FULL_SET;
 26 const kernel_cap_t __cap_init_eff_set = CAP_INIT_EFF_SET;
 27 
 28 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cap_empty_set);
 29 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cap_full_set);
 30 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cap_init_eff_set);
 31 
 32 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES
 33 int file_caps_enabled = 1;
 34 
 35 static int __init file_caps_disable(char *str)
 36 {
 37         file_caps_enabled = 0;
 38         return 1;
 39 }
 40 __setup("no_file_caps", file_caps_disable);
 41 #endif
 42 
 43 /*
 44  * More recent versions of libcap are available from:
 45  *
 46  *   http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/
 47  */
 48 
 49 static void warn_legacy_capability_use(void)
 50 {
 51         static int warned;
 52         if (!warned) {
 53                 char name[sizeof(current->comm)];
 54 
 55                 printk(KERN_INFO "warning: `%s' uses 32-bit capabilities"
 56                        " (legacy support in use)\n",
 57                        get_task_comm(name, current));
 58                 warned = 1;
 59         }
 60 }
 61 
 62 /*
 63  * Version 2 capabilities worked fine, but the linux/capability.h file
 64  * that accompanied their introduction encouraged their use without
 65  * the necessary user-space source code changes. As such, we have
 66  * created a version 3 with equivalent functionality to version 2, but
 67  * with a header change to protect legacy source code from using
 68  * version 2 when it wanted to use version 1. If your system has code
 69  * that trips the following warning, it is using version 2 specific
 70  * capabilities and may be doing so insecurely.
 71  *
 72  * The remedy is to either upgrade your version of libcap (to 2.10+,
 73  * if the application is linked against it), or recompile your
 74  * application with modern kernel headers and this warning will go
 75  * away.
 76  */
 77 
 78 static void warn_deprecated_v2(void)
 79 {
 80         static int warned;
 81 
 82         if (!warned) {
 83                 char name[sizeof(current->comm)];
 84 
 85                 printk(KERN_INFO "warning: `%s' uses deprecated v2"
 86                        " capabilities in a way that may be insecure.\n",
 87                        get_task_comm(name, current));
 88                 warned = 1;
 89         }
 90 }
 91 
 92 /*
 93  * Version check. Return the number of u32s in each capability flag
 94  * array, or a negative value on error.
 95  */
 96 static int cap_validate_magic(cap_user_header_t header, unsigned *tocopy)
 97 {
 98         __u32 version;
 99 
100         if (get_user(version, &header->version))
101                 return -EFAULT;
102 
103         switch (version) {
104         case _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_1:
105                 warn_legacy_capability_use();
106                 *tocopy = _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_1;
107                 break;
108         case _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_2:
109                 warn_deprecated_v2();
110                 /*
111                  * fall through - v3 is otherwise equivalent to v2.
112                  */
113         case _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3:
114                 *tocopy = _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_3;
115                 break;
116         default:
117                 if (put_user((u32)_KERNEL_CAPABILITY_VERSION, &header->version))
118                         return -EFAULT;
119                 return -EINVAL;
120         }
121 
122         return 0;
123 }
124 
125 /*
126  * The only thing that can change the capabilities of the current
127  * process is the current process. As such, we can't be in this code
128  * at the same time as we are in the process of setting capabilities
129  * in this process. The net result is that we can limit our use of
130  * locks to when we are reading the caps of another process.
131  */
132 static inline int cap_get_target_pid(pid_t pid, kernel_cap_t *pEp,
133                                      kernel_cap_t *pIp, kernel_cap_t *pPp)
134 {
135         int ret;
136 
137         if (pid && (pid != task_pid_vnr(current))) {
138                 struct task_struct *target;
139 
140                 read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
141 
142                 target = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
143                 if (!target)
144                         ret = -ESRCH;
145                 else
146                         ret = security_capget(target, pEp, pIp, pPp);
147 
148                 read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
149         } else
150                 ret = security_capget(current, pEp, pIp, pPp);
151 
152         return ret;
153 }
154 
155 /**
156  * sys_capget - get the capabilities of a given process.
157  * @header: pointer to struct that contains capability version and
158  *      target pid data
159  * @dataptr: pointer to struct that contains the effective, permitted,
160  *      and inheritable capabilities that are returned
161  *
162  * Returns 0 on success and < 0 on error.
163  */
164 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(capget, cap_user_header_t, header, cap_user_data_t, dataptr)
165 {
166         int ret = 0;
167         pid_t pid;
168         unsigned tocopy;
169         kernel_cap_t pE, pI, pP;
170 
171         ret = cap_validate_magic(header, &tocopy);
172         if (ret != 0)
173                 return ret;
174 
175         if (get_user(pid, &header->pid))
176                 return -EFAULT;
177 
178         if (pid < 0)
179                 return -EINVAL;
180 
181         ret = cap_get_target_pid(pid, &pE, &pI, &pP);
182         if (!ret) {
183                 struct __user_cap_data_struct kdata[_KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S];
184                 unsigned i;
185 
186                 for (i = 0; i < tocopy; i++) {
187                         kdata[i].effective = pE.cap[i];
188                         kdata[i].permitted = pP.cap[i];
189                         kdata[i].inheritable = pI.cap[i];
190                 }
191 
192                 /*
193                  * Note, in the case, tocopy < _KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S,
194                  * we silently drop the upper capabilities here. This
195                  * has the effect of making older libcap
196                  * implementations implicitly drop upper capability
197                  * bits when they perform a: capget/modify/capset
198                  * sequence.
199                  *
200                  * This behavior is considered fail-safe
201                  * behavior. Upgrading the application to a newer
202                  * version of libcap will enable access to the newer
203                  * capabilities.
204                  *
205                  * An alternative would be to return an error here
206                  * (-ERANGE), but that causes legacy applications to
207                  * unexpectidly fail; the capget/modify/capset aborts
208                  * before modification is attempted and the application
209                  * fails.
210                  */
211                 if (copy_to_user(dataptr, kdata, tocopy
212                                  * sizeof(struct __user_cap_data_struct))) {
213                         return -EFAULT;
214                 }
215         }
216 
217         return ret;
218 }
219 
220 /**
221  * sys_capset - set capabilities for a process or (*) a group of processes
222  * @header: pointer to struct that contains capability version and
223  *      target pid data
224  * @data: pointer to struct that contains the effective, permitted,
225  *      and inheritable capabilities
226  *
227  * Set capabilities for the current process only.  The ability to any other
228  * process(es) has been deprecated and removed.
229  *
230  * The restrictions on setting capabilities are specified as:
231  *
232  * I: any raised capabilities must be a subset of the old permitted
233  * P: any raised capabilities must be a subset of the old permitted
234  * E: must be set to a subset of new permitted
235  *
236  * Returns 0 on success and < 0 on error.
237  */
238 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(capset, cap_user_header_t, header, const cap_user_data_t, data)
239 {
240         struct __user_cap_data_struct kdata[_KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S];
241         unsigned i, tocopy;
242         kernel_cap_t inheritable, permitted, effective;
243         struct cred *new;
244         int ret;
245         pid_t pid;
246 
247         ret = cap_validate_magic(header, &tocopy);
248         if (ret != 0)
249                 return ret;
250 
251         if (get_user(pid, &header->pid))
252                 return -EFAULT;
253 
254         /* may only affect current now */
255         if (pid != 0 && pid != task_pid_vnr(current))
256                 return -EPERM;
257 
258         if (copy_from_user(&kdata, data,
259                            tocopy * sizeof(struct __user_cap_data_struct)))
260                 return -EFAULT;
261 
262         for (i = 0; i < tocopy; i++) {
263                 effective.cap[i] = kdata[i].effective;
264                 permitted.cap[i] = kdata[i].permitted;
265                 inheritable.cap[i] = kdata[i].inheritable;
266         }
267         while (i < _KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S) {
268                 effective.cap[i] = 0;
269                 permitted.cap[i] = 0;
270                 inheritable.cap[i] = 0;
271                 i++;
272         }
273 
274         new = prepare_creds();
275         if (!new)
276                 return -ENOMEM;
277 
278         ret = security_capset(new, current_cred(),
279                               &effective, &inheritable, &permitted);
280         if (ret < 0)
281                 goto error;
282 
283         audit_log_capset(pid, new, current_cred());
284 
285         return commit_creds(new);
286 
287 error:
288         abort_creds(new);
289         return ret;
290 }
291 
292 /**
293  * capable - Determine if the current task has a superior capability in effect
294  * @cap: The capability to be tested for
295  *
296  * Return true if the current task has the given superior capability currently
297  * available for use, false if not.
298  *
299  * This sets PF_SUPERPRIV on the task if the capability is available on the
300  * assumption that it's about to be used.
301  */
302 int capable(int cap)
303 {
304         if (unlikely(!cap_valid(cap))) {
305                 printk(KERN_CRIT "capable() called with invalid cap=%u\n", cap);
306                 BUG();
307         }
308 
309         if (security_capable(cap) == 0) {
310                 current->flags |= PF_SUPERPRIV;
311                 return 1;
312         }
313         return 0;
314 }
315 EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable);
316 
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