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authorRussell King <rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk>2009-09-12 12:04:37 +0100
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2009-09-12 12:04:37 +0100
commit87d721ad7a37b7650dd710c88dd5c6a5bf9fe996 (patch)
tree869d633803eb7c429624d3bd16a6117816849763 /security/commoncap.c
parentddd559b13f6d2fe3ad68c4b3f5235fd3c2eae4e3 (diff)
parentb7cfda9fc3d7aa60cffab5367f2a72a4a70060cd (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into devel
Diffstat (limited to 'security/commoncap.c')
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diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 48b7e0228fa3..e3097c0a1311 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -984,3 +984,33 @@ int cap_vm_enough_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, long pages)
cap_sys_admin = 1;
return __vm_enough_memory(mm, pages, cap_sys_admin);
}
+
+/*
+ * cap_file_mmap - check if able to map given addr
+ * @file: unused
+ * @reqprot: unused
+ * @prot: unused
+ * @flags: unused
+ * @addr: address attempting to be mapped
+ * @addr_only: unused
+ *
+ * If the process is attempting to map memory below mmap_min_addr they need
+ * CAP_SYS_RAWIO. The other parameters to this function are unused by the
+ * capability security module. Returns 0 if this mapping should be allowed
+ * -EPERM if not.
+ */
+int cap_file_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long reqprot,
+ unsigned long prot, unsigned long flags,
+ unsigned long addr, unsigned long addr_only)
+{
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ if (addr < dac_mmap_min_addr) {
+ ret = cap_capable(current, current_cred(), CAP_SYS_RAWIO,
+ SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT);
+ /* set PF_SUPERPRIV if it turns out we allow the low mmap */
+ if (ret == 0)
+ current->flags |= PF_SUPERPRIV;
+ }
+ return ret;
+}