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Diffstat (limited to 'security')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/commoncap.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c index 6dbae4650abe..7ee08c756d6b 100644 --- a/security/commoncap.c +++ b/security/commoncap.c @@ -76,24 +76,33 @@ int cap_netlink_send(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb) int cap_capable(const struct cred *cred, struct user_namespace *targ_ns, int cap, int audit) { - for (;;) { - /* The owner of the user namespace has all caps. */ - if (targ_ns != &init_user_ns && uid_eq(targ_ns->owner, cred->euid)) - return 0; + struct user_namespace *ns = targ_ns; + /* See if cred has the capability in the target user namespace + * by examining the target user namespace and all of the target + * user namespace's parents. + */ + for (;;) { /* Do we have the necessary capabilities? */ - if (targ_ns == cred->user_ns) + if (ns == cred->user_ns) return cap_raised(cred->cap_effective, cap) ? 0 : -EPERM; /* Have we tried all of the parent namespaces? */ - if (targ_ns == &init_user_ns) + if (ns == &init_user_ns) return -EPERM; + /* + * The owner of the user namespace in the parent of the + * user namespace has all caps. + */ + if ((ns->parent == cred->user_ns) && uid_eq(ns->owner, cred->euid)) + return 0; + /* - *If you have a capability in a parent user ns, then you have + * If you have a capability in a parent user ns, then you have * it over all children user namespaces as well. */ - targ_ns = targ_ns->parent; + ns = ns->parent; } /* We never get here */ |