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authorAndrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>2008-04-28 05:13:40 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-04-28 11:58:26 -0400
commit3898b1b4ebff8dcfbcf1807e0661585e06c9a91c (patch)
tree69a338864dfe654f68064a599c5d0da460df34ac /security/security.c
parent4016a1390d07f15b267eecb20e76a48fd5c524ef (diff)
capabilities: implement per-process securebits
Filesystem capability support makes it possible to do away with (set)uid-0 based privilege and use capabilities instead. That is, with filesystem support for capabilities but without this present patch, it is (conceptually) possible to manage a system with capabilities alone and never need to obtain privilege via (set)uid-0. Of course, conceptually isn't quite the same as currently possible since few user applications, certainly not enough to run a viable system, are currently prepared to leverage capabilities to exercise privilege. Further, many applications exist that may never get upgraded in this way, and the kernel will continue to want to support their setuid-0 base privilege needs. Where pure-capability applications evolve and replace setuid-0 binaries, it is desirable that there be a mechanisms by which they can contain their privilege. In addition to leveraging the per-process bounding and inheritable sets, this should include suppressing the privilege of the uid-0 superuser from the process' tree of children. The feature added by this patch can be leveraged to suppress the privilege associated with (set)uid-0. This suppression requires CAP_SETPCAP to initiate, and only immediately affects the 'current' process (it is inherited through fork()/exec()). This reimplementation differs significantly from the historical support for securebits which was system-wide, unwieldy and which has ultimately withered to a dead relic in the source of the modern kernel. With this patch applied a process, that is capable(CAP_SETPCAP), can now drop all legacy privilege (through uid=0) for itself and all subsequently fork()'d/exec()'d children with: prctl(PR_SET_SECUREBITS, 0x2f); This patch represents a no-op unless CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES is enabled at configure time. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix uninitialised var warning] [serue@us.ibm.com: capabilities: use cap_task_prctl when !CONFIG_SECURITY] Signed-off-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Cc: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'security/security.c')
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 8a285c7b9962..d5cb5898d967 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -733,9 +733,9 @@ int security_task_wait(struct task_struct *p)
733} 733}
734 734
735int security_task_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3, 735int security_task_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
736 unsigned long arg4, unsigned long arg5) 736 unsigned long arg4, unsigned long arg5, long *rc_p)
737{ 737{
738 return security_ops->task_prctl(option, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5); 738 return security_ops->task_prctl(option, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, rc_p);
739} 739}
740 740
741void security_task_reparent_to_init(struct task_struct *p) 741void security_task_reparent_to_init(struct task_struct *p)