From 002345925e6c45861f60db6f4fc6236713fd8847 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kees Cook Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 15:36:43 -0800 Subject: syslog: distinguish between /proc/kmsg and syscalls This allows the LSM to distinguish between syslog functions originating from /proc/kmsg access and direct syscalls. By default, the commoncaps will now no longer require CAP_SYS_ADMIN to read an opened /proc/kmsg file descriptor. For example the kernel syslog reader can now drop privileges after opening /proc/kmsg, instead of staying privileged with CAP_SYS_ADMIN. MAC systems that implement security_syslog have unchanged behavior. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Acked-by: John Johansen Signed-off-by: James Morris --- kernel/printk.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel/printk.c') diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c index 17463ca2e229..809cf9a258a0 100644 --- a/kernel/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk.c @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include @@ -273,14 +274,14 @@ static inline void boot_delay_msec(void) * 9 -- Return number of unread characters in the log buffer * 10 -- Return size of the log buffer */ -int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len) +int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file) { unsigned i, j, limit, count; int do_clear = 0; char c; int error = 0; - error = security_syslog(type); + error = security_syslog(type, from_file); if (error) return error; @@ -417,7 +418,7 @@ out: SYSCALL_DEFINE3(syslog, int, type, char __user *, buf, int, len) { - return do_syslog(type, buf, len); + return do_syslog(type, buf, len, SYSLOG_FROM_CALL); } /* -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b