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 --- security/selinux/hooks.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'security/selinux') diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c index 9a2ee845e9d4..a4862a0730fa 100644 --- a/security/selinux/hooks.c +++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include "avc.h" #include "objsec.h" @@ -2049,11 +2050,11 @@ static int selinux_quota_on(struct dentry *dentry) return dentry_has_perm(cred, NULL, dentry, FILE__QUOTAON); } -static int selinux_syslog(int type) +static int selinux_syslog(int type, bool from_file) { int rc; - rc = cap_syslog(type); + rc = cap_syslog(type, from_file); if (rc) return rc; -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b