Page http://www.friedhoff.org/fscaps.html updated ...
Kernel 2.6.18.2 updated ...
System keeps on humming ...
Is anyone else using/testing the patch? Please give feedback ...
Thanks ...
Chris
On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 00:10:21 -0600
"Serge E. Hallyn" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry, I should have noticed and fixed this much sooner. This
> patch is against the latest full fscaps patch which I'm replying
> to.
>
> From: Serge E. Hallyn <[email protected]>
> Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 00:01:49 -0600
> Subject: security: file caps: fix unused variable warnings
>
> Address warnings of unused variables at cap_bprm_set_security
> when file capabilities are disabled, and simultaneously clean
> up the code a little, by pulling the new code into a helper
> function.
>
> Rename vfs_cap_data_struct to remove redundant '_struct'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <[email protected]>
> ---
> security/commoncap.c | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
> 1 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
> index 6f5e46c..4b50b4d 100644
> --- a/security/commoncap.c
> +++ b/security/commoncap.c
> @@ -109,16 +109,17 @@ void cap_capset_set (struct task_struct
> target->cap_permitted = *permitted;
> }
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_FS_CAPABILITIES
> #define XATTR_CAPS_SUFFIX "capability"
> #define XATTR_NAME_CAPS XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX XATTR_CAPS_SUFFIX
> -struct vfs_cap_data_struct {
> +struct vfs_cap_data {
> __u32 version;
> __u32 effective;
> __u32 permitted;
> __u32 inheritable;
> };
>
> -static inline void convert_to_le(struct vfs_cap_data_struct *cap)
> +static inline void convert_to_le(struct vfs_cap_data *cap)
> {
> cap->version = le32_to_cpu(cap->version);
> cap->effective = le32_to_cpu(cap->effective);
> @@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ static inline void convert_to_le(struct
> cap->inheritable = le32_to_cpu(cap->inheritable);
> }
>
> -static int check_cap_sanity(struct vfs_cap_data_struct *cap)
> +static int check_cap_sanity(struct vfs_cap_data *cap)
> {
> int i;
>
> @@ -149,39 +150,14 @@ static int check_cap_sanity(struct vfs_c
> return 0;
> }
>
> -int cap_bprm_set_security (struct linux_binprm *bprm)
> +/* Locate any VFS capabilities: */
> +static int set_file_caps(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
> {
> struct dentry *dentry;
> ssize_t rc;
> - struct vfs_cap_data_struct cap_struct;
> + struct vfs_cap_data cap_struct;
> struct inode *inode;
>
> - /* Copied from fs/exec.c:prepare_binprm. */
> -
> - cap_clear (bprm->cap_inheritable);
> - cap_clear (bprm->cap_permitted);
> - cap_clear (bprm->cap_effective);
> -
> - /* To support inheritance of root-permissions and suid-root
> - * executables under compatibility mode, we raise all three
> - * capability sets for the file.
> - *
> - * If only the real uid is 0, we only raise the inheritable
> - * and permitted sets of the executable file.
> - */
> -
> - if (!issecure (SECURE_NOROOT)) {
> - if (bprm->e_uid == 0 || current->uid == 0) {
> - cap_set_full (bprm->cap_inheritable);
> - cap_set_full (bprm->cap_permitted);
> - }
> - if (bprm->e_uid == 0)
> - cap_set_full (bprm->cap_effective);
> - }
> -
> -#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_FS_CAPABILITIES
> - /* Locate any VFS capabilities: */
> -
> dentry = dget(bprm->file->f_dentry);
> inode = dentry->d_inode;
> if (!inode->i_op || !inode->i_op->getxattr) {
> @@ -216,9 +192,42 @@ #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_FS_CAPABILITIES
> bprm->cap_permitted = cap_struct.permitted;
> bprm->cap_inheritable = cap_struct.inheritable;
>
> -#endif
> return 0;
> }
> +#else
> +static int set_file_caps(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
> +{
> + return 0;
> +}
> +#endif
> +
> +int cap_bprm_set_security (struct linux_binprm *bprm)
> +{
> + /* Copied from fs/exec.c:prepare_binprm. */
> +
> + cap_clear (bprm->cap_inheritable);
> + cap_clear (bprm->cap_permitted);
> + cap_clear (bprm->cap_effective);
> +
> + /* To support inheritance of root-permissions and suid-root
> + * executables under compatibility mode, we raise all three
> + * capability sets for the file.
> + *
> + * If only the real uid is 0, we only raise the inheritable
> + * and permitted sets of the executable file.
> + */
> +
> + if (!issecure (SECURE_NOROOT)) {
> + if (bprm->e_uid == 0 || current->uid == 0) {
> + cap_set_full (bprm->cap_inheritable);
> + cap_set_full (bprm->cap_permitted);
> + }
> + if (bprm->e_uid == 0)
> + cap_set_full (bprm->cap_effective);
> + }
> +
> + return set_file_caps(bprm);
> +}
>
> void cap_bprm_apply_creds (struct linux_binprm *bprm, int unsafe)
> {
> --
> 1.4.1
>
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