1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
3 * linux/kernel/capability.c
5 * Copyright (C) 1997 Andrew Main <zefram@fysh.org>
7 * Integrated into 2.1.97+, Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
8 * 30 May 2002: Cleanup, Robert M. Love <rml@tech9.net>
11 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
13 #include <linux/audit.h>
14 #include <linux/capability.h>
16 #include <linux/export.h>
17 #include <linux/security.h>
18 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
19 #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
20 #include <linux/user_namespace.h>
21 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
24 * Leveraged for setting/resetting capabilities
27 const kernel_cap_t __cap_empty_set
= CAP_EMPTY_SET
;
28 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cap_empty_set
);
30 int file_caps_enabled
= 1;
32 static int __init
file_caps_disable(char *str
)
34 file_caps_enabled
= 0;
37 __setup("no_file_caps", file_caps_disable
);
39 #ifdef CONFIG_MULTIUSER
41 * More recent versions of libcap are available from:
43 * http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/
46 static void warn_legacy_capability_use(void)
48 char name
[sizeof(current
->comm
)];
50 pr_info_once("warning: `%s' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)\n",
51 get_task_comm(name
, current
));
55 * Version 2 capabilities worked fine, but the linux/capability.h file
56 * that accompanied their introduction encouraged their use without
57 * the necessary user-space source code changes. As such, we have
58 * created a version 3 with equivalent functionality to version 2, but
59 * with a header change to protect legacy source code from using
60 * version 2 when it wanted to use version 1. If your system has code
61 * that trips the following warning, it is using version 2 specific
62 * capabilities and may be doing so insecurely.
64 * The remedy is to either upgrade your version of libcap (to 2.10+,
65 * if the application is linked against it), or recompile your
66 * application with modern kernel headers and this warning will go
70 static void warn_deprecated_v2(void)
72 char name
[sizeof(current
->comm
)];
74 pr_info_once("warning: `%s' uses deprecated v2 capabilities in a way that may be insecure\n",
75 get_task_comm(name
, current
));
79 * Version check. Return the number of u32s in each capability flag
80 * array, or a negative value on error.
82 static int cap_validate_magic(cap_user_header_t header
, unsigned *tocopy
)
86 if (get_user(version
, &header
->version
))
90 case _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_1
:
91 warn_legacy_capability_use();
92 *tocopy
= _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_1
;
94 case _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_2
:
97 * fall through - v3 is otherwise equivalent to v2.
99 case _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3
:
100 *tocopy
= _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_3
;
103 if (put_user((u32
)_KERNEL_CAPABILITY_VERSION
, &header
->version
))
112 * The only thing that can change the capabilities of the current
113 * process is the current process. As such, we can't be in this code
114 * at the same time as we are in the process of setting capabilities
115 * in this process. The net result is that we can limit our use of
116 * locks to when we are reading the caps of another process.
118 static inline int cap_get_target_pid(pid_t pid
, kernel_cap_t
*pEp
,
119 kernel_cap_t
*pIp
, kernel_cap_t
*pPp
)
123 if (pid
&& (pid
!= task_pid_vnr(current
))) {
124 struct task_struct
*target
;
128 target
= find_task_by_vpid(pid
);
132 ret
= security_capget(target
, pEp
, pIp
, pPp
);
136 ret
= security_capget(current
, pEp
, pIp
, pPp
);
142 * sys_capget - get the capabilities of a given process.
143 * @header: pointer to struct that contains capability version and
145 * @dataptr: pointer to struct that contains the effective, permitted,
146 * and inheritable capabilities that are returned
148 * Returns 0 on success and < 0 on error.
150 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(capget
, cap_user_header_t
, header
, cap_user_data_t
, dataptr
)
155 kernel_cap_t pE
, pI
, pP
;
157 ret
= cap_validate_magic(header
, &tocopy
);
158 if ((dataptr
== NULL
) || (ret
!= 0))
159 return ((dataptr
== NULL
) && (ret
== -EINVAL
)) ? 0 : ret
;
161 if (get_user(pid
, &header
->pid
))
167 ret
= cap_get_target_pid(pid
, &pE
, &pI
, &pP
);
169 struct __user_cap_data_struct kdata
[_KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S
];
172 for (i
= 0; i
< tocopy
; i
++) {
173 kdata
[i
].effective
= pE
.cap
[i
];
174 kdata
[i
].permitted
= pP
.cap
[i
];
175 kdata
[i
].inheritable
= pI
.cap
[i
];
179 * Note, in the case, tocopy < _KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S,
180 * we silently drop the upper capabilities here. This
181 * has the effect of making older libcap
182 * implementations implicitly drop upper capability
183 * bits when they perform a: capget/modify/capset
186 * This behavior is considered fail-safe
187 * behavior. Upgrading the application to a newer
188 * version of libcap will enable access to the newer
191 * An alternative would be to return an error here
192 * (-ERANGE), but that causes legacy applications to
193 * unexpectedly fail; the capget/modify/capset aborts
194 * before modification is attempted and the application
197 if (copy_to_user(dataptr
, kdata
, tocopy
198 * sizeof(struct __user_cap_data_struct
))) {
207 * sys_capset - set capabilities for a process or (*) a group of processes
208 * @header: pointer to struct that contains capability version and
210 * @data: pointer to struct that contains the effective, permitted,
211 * and inheritable capabilities
213 * Set capabilities for the current process only. The ability to any other
214 * process(es) has been deprecated and removed.
216 * The restrictions on setting capabilities are specified as:
218 * I: any raised capabilities must be a subset of the old permitted
219 * P: any raised capabilities must be a subset of the old permitted
220 * E: must be set to a subset of new permitted
222 * Returns 0 on success and < 0 on error.
224 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(capset
, cap_user_header_t
, header
, const cap_user_data_t
, data
)
226 struct __user_cap_data_struct kdata
[_KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S
];
227 unsigned i
, tocopy
, copybytes
;
228 kernel_cap_t inheritable
, permitted
, effective
;
233 ret
= cap_validate_magic(header
, &tocopy
);
237 if (get_user(pid
, &header
->pid
))
240 /* may only affect current now */
241 if (pid
!= 0 && pid
!= task_pid_vnr(current
))
244 copybytes
= tocopy
* sizeof(struct __user_cap_data_struct
);
245 if (copybytes
> sizeof(kdata
))
248 if (copy_from_user(&kdata
, data
, copybytes
))
251 for (i
= 0; i
< tocopy
; i
++) {
252 effective
.cap
[i
] = kdata
[i
].effective
;
253 permitted
.cap
[i
] = kdata
[i
].permitted
;
254 inheritable
.cap
[i
] = kdata
[i
].inheritable
;
256 while (i
< _KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S
) {
257 effective
.cap
[i
] = 0;
258 permitted
.cap
[i
] = 0;
259 inheritable
.cap
[i
] = 0;
263 effective
.cap
[CAP_LAST_U32
] &= CAP_LAST_U32_VALID_MASK
;
264 permitted
.cap
[CAP_LAST_U32
] &= CAP_LAST_U32_VALID_MASK
;
265 inheritable
.cap
[CAP_LAST_U32
] &= CAP_LAST_U32_VALID_MASK
;
267 new = prepare_creds();
271 ret
= security_capset(new, current_cred(),
272 &effective
, &inheritable
, &permitted
);
276 audit_log_capset(new, current_cred());
278 return commit_creds(new);
286 * has_ns_capability - Does a task have a capability in a specific user ns
287 * @t: The task in question
288 * @ns: target user namespace
289 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
291 * Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
292 * currently in effect to the specified user namespace, false if not.
294 * Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
296 bool has_ns_capability(struct task_struct
*t
,
297 struct user_namespace
*ns
, int cap
)
302 ret
= security_capable(__task_cred(t
), ns
, cap
);
309 * has_capability - Does a task have a capability in init_user_ns
310 * @t: The task in question
311 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
313 * Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
314 * currently in effect to the initial user namespace, false if not.
316 * Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
318 bool has_capability(struct task_struct
*t
, int cap
)
320 return has_ns_capability(t
, &init_user_ns
, cap
);
322 EXPORT_SYMBOL(has_capability
);
325 * has_ns_capability_noaudit - Does a task have a capability (unaudited)
326 * in a specific user ns.
327 * @t: The task in question
328 * @ns: target user namespace
329 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
331 * Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
332 * currently in effect to the specified user namespace, false if not.
333 * Do not write an audit message for the check.
335 * Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
337 bool has_ns_capability_noaudit(struct task_struct
*t
,
338 struct user_namespace
*ns
, int cap
)
343 ret
= security_capable_noaudit(__task_cred(t
), ns
, cap
);
350 * has_capability_noaudit - Does a task have a capability (unaudited) in the
352 * @t: The task in question
353 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
355 * Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
356 * currently in effect to init_user_ns, false if not. Don't write an
357 * audit message for the check.
359 * Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
361 bool has_capability_noaudit(struct task_struct
*t
, int cap
)
363 return has_ns_capability_noaudit(t
, &init_user_ns
, cap
);
366 static bool ns_capable_common(struct user_namespace
*ns
, int cap
, bool audit
)
370 if (unlikely(!cap_valid(cap
))) {
371 pr_crit("capable() called with invalid cap=%u\n", cap
);
375 capable
= audit
? security_capable(current_cred(), ns
, cap
) :
376 security_capable_noaudit(current_cred(), ns
, cap
);
378 current
->flags
|= PF_SUPERPRIV
;
385 * ns_capable - Determine if the current task has a superior capability in effect
386 * @ns: The usernamespace we want the capability in
387 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
389 * Return true if the current task has the given superior capability currently
390 * available for use, false if not.
392 * This sets PF_SUPERPRIV on the task if the capability is available on the
393 * assumption that it's about to be used.
395 bool ns_capable(struct user_namespace
*ns
, int cap
)
397 return ns_capable_common(ns
, cap
, true);
399 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ns_capable
);
402 * ns_capable_noaudit - Determine if the current task has a superior capability
403 * (unaudited) in effect
404 * @ns: The usernamespace we want the capability in
405 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
407 * Return true if the current task has the given superior capability currently
408 * available for use, false if not.
410 * This sets PF_SUPERPRIV on the task if the capability is available on the
411 * assumption that it's about to be used.
413 bool ns_capable_noaudit(struct user_namespace
*ns
, int cap
)
415 return ns_capable_common(ns
, cap
, false);
417 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ns_capable_noaudit
);
420 * capable - Determine if the current task has a superior capability in effect
421 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
423 * Return true if the current task has the given superior capability currently
424 * available for use, false if not.
426 * This sets PF_SUPERPRIV on the task if the capability is available on the
427 * assumption that it's about to be used.
429 bool capable(int cap
)
431 return ns_capable(&init_user_ns
, cap
);
433 EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable
);
434 #endif /* CONFIG_MULTIUSER */
437 * file_ns_capable - Determine if the file's opener had a capability in effect
438 * @file: The file we want to check
439 * @ns: The usernamespace we want the capability in
440 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
442 * Return true if task that opened the file had a capability in effect
443 * when the file was opened.
445 * This does not set PF_SUPERPRIV because the caller may not
446 * actually be privileged.
448 bool file_ns_capable(const struct file
*file
, struct user_namespace
*ns
,
451 if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!cap_valid(cap
)))
454 if (security_capable(file
->f_cred
, ns
, cap
) == 0)
459 EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_ns_capable
);
462 * privileged_wrt_inode_uidgid - Do capabilities in the namespace work over the inode?
463 * @ns: The user namespace in question
464 * @inode: The inode in question
466 * Return true if the inode uid and gid are within the namespace.
468 bool privileged_wrt_inode_uidgid(struct user_namespace
*ns
, const struct inode
*inode
)
470 return kuid_has_mapping(ns
, inode
->i_uid
) &&
471 kgid_has_mapping(ns
, inode
->i_gid
);
475 * capable_wrt_inode_uidgid - Check nsown_capable and uid and gid mapped
476 * @inode: The inode in question
477 * @cap: The capability in question
479 * Return true if the current task has the given capability targeted at
480 * its own user namespace and that the given inode's uid and gid are
481 * mapped into the current user namespace.
483 bool capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(const struct inode
*inode
, int cap
)
485 struct user_namespace
*ns
= current_user_ns();
487 return ns_capable(ns
, cap
) && privileged_wrt_inode_uidgid(ns
, inode
);
489 EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable_wrt_inode_uidgid
);
492 * ptracer_capable - Determine if the ptracer holds CAP_SYS_PTRACE in the namespace
493 * @tsk: The task that may be ptraced
494 * @ns: The user namespace to search for CAP_SYS_PTRACE in
496 * Return true if the task that is ptracing the current task had CAP_SYS_PTRACE
497 * in the specified user namespace.
499 bool ptracer_capable(struct task_struct
*tsk
, struct user_namespace
*ns
)
501 int ret
= 0; /* An absent tracer adds no restrictions */
502 const struct cred
*cred
;
504 cred
= rcu_dereference(tsk
->ptracer_cred
);
506 ret
= security_capable_noaudit(cred
, ns
, CAP_SYS_PTRACE
);