2 * linux/kernel/capability.c
4 * Copyright (C) 1997 Andrew Main <zefram@fysh.org>
6 * Integrated into 2.1.97+, Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
7 * 30 May 2002: Cleanup, Robert M. Love <rml@tech9.net>
10 #include <linux/capability.h>
12 #include <linux/module.h>
13 #include <linux/security.h>
14 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
15 #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
16 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
19 * This lock protects task->cap_* for all tasks including current.
20 * Locking rule: acquire this prior to tasklist_lock.
22 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(task_capability_lock
);
25 * Leveraged for setting/resetting capabilities
28 const kernel_cap_t __cap_empty_set
= CAP_EMPTY_SET
;
29 const kernel_cap_t __cap_full_set
= CAP_FULL_SET
;
30 const kernel_cap_t __cap_init_eff_set
= CAP_INIT_EFF_SET
;
32 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cap_empty_set
);
33 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cap_full_set
);
34 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cap_init_eff_set
);
37 * More recent versions of libcap are available from:
39 * http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/
42 static void warn_legacy_capability_use(void)
46 char name
[sizeof(current
->comm
)];
48 printk(KERN_INFO
"warning: `%s' uses 32-bit capabilities"
49 " (legacy support in use)\n",
50 get_task_comm(name
, current
));
56 * For sys_getproccap() and sys_setproccap(), any of the three
57 * capability set pointers may be NULL -- indicating that that set is
58 * uninteresting and/or not to be changed.
62 * sys_capget - get the capabilities of a given process.
63 * @header: pointer to struct that contains capability version and
65 * @dataptr: pointer to struct that contains the effective, permitted,
66 * and inheritable capabilities that are returned
68 * Returns 0 on success and < 0 on error.
70 asmlinkage
long sys_capget(cap_user_header_t header
, cap_user_data_t dataptr
)
75 struct task_struct
*target
;
77 kernel_cap_t pE
, pI
, pP
;
79 if (get_user(version
, &header
->version
))
83 case _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_1
:
84 warn_legacy_capability_use();
85 tocopy
= _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_1
;
87 case _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_2
:
88 tocopy
= _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_2
;
91 if (put_user(_LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION
, &header
->version
))
96 if (get_user(pid
, &header
->pid
))
102 spin_lock(&task_capability_lock
);
103 read_lock(&tasklist_lock
);
105 if (pid
&& pid
!= task_pid_vnr(current
)) {
106 target
= find_task_by_vpid(pid
);
114 ret
= security_capget(target
, &pE
, &pI
, &pP
);
117 read_unlock(&tasklist_lock
);
118 spin_unlock(&task_capability_lock
);
121 struct __user_cap_data_struct kdata
[_LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S
];
124 for (i
= 0; i
< tocopy
; i
++) {
125 kdata
[i
].effective
= pE
.cap
[i
];
126 kdata
[i
].permitted
= pP
.cap
[i
];
127 kdata
[i
].inheritable
= pI
.cap
[i
];
131 * Note, in the case, tocopy < _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S,
132 * we silently drop the upper capabilities here. This
133 * has the effect of making older libcap
134 * implementations implicitly drop upper capability
135 * bits when they perform a: capget/modify/capset
138 * This behavior is considered fail-safe
139 * behavior. Upgrading the application to a newer
140 * version of libcap will enable access to the newer
143 * An alternative would be to return an error here
144 * (-ERANGE), but that causes legacy applications to
145 * unexpectidly fail; the capget/modify/capset aborts
146 * before modification is attempted and the application
150 if (copy_to_user(dataptr
, kdata
, tocopy
151 * sizeof(struct __user_cap_data_struct
))) {
160 * cap_set_pg - set capabilities for all processes in a given process
161 * group. We call this holding task_capability_lock and tasklist_lock.
163 static inline int cap_set_pg(int pgrp_nr
, kernel_cap_t
*effective
,
164 kernel_cap_t
*inheritable
,
165 kernel_cap_t
*permitted
)
167 struct task_struct
*g
, *target
;
172 pgrp
= find_vpid(pgrp_nr
);
173 do_each_pid_task(pgrp
, PIDTYPE_PGID
, g
) {
175 while_each_thread(g
, target
) {
176 if (!security_capset_check(target
, effective
,
179 security_capset_set(target
, effective
,
186 } while_each_pid_task(pgrp
, PIDTYPE_PGID
, g
);
194 * cap_set_all - set capabilities for all processes other than init
195 * and self. We call this holding task_capability_lock and tasklist_lock.
197 static inline int cap_set_all(kernel_cap_t
*effective
,
198 kernel_cap_t
*inheritable
,
199 kernel_cap_t
*permitted
)
201 struct task_struct
*g
, *target
;
205 do_each_thread(g
, target
) {
206 if (target
== current
|| is_container_init(target
->group_leader
))
209 if (security_capset_check(target
, effective
, inheritable
,
213 security_capset_set(target
, effective
, inheritable
, permitted
);
214 } while_each_thread(g
, target
);
222 * sys_capset - set capabilities for a process or a group of processes
223 * @header: pointer to struct that contains capability version and
225 * @data: pointer to struct that contains the effective, permitted,
226 * and inheritable capabilities
228 * Set capabilities for a given process, all processes, or all
229 * processes in a given process group.
231 * The restrictions on setting capabilities are specified as:
233 * [pid is for the 'target' task. 'current' is the calling task.]
235 * I: any raised capabilities must be a subset of the (old current) permitted
236 * P: any raised capabilities must be a subset of the (old current) permitted
237 * E: must be set to a subset of (new target) permitted
239 * Returns 0 on success and < 0 on error.
241 asmlinkage
long sys_capset(cap_user_header_t header
, const cap_user_data_t data
)
243 struct __user_cap_data_struct kdata
[_LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S
];
245 kernel_cap_t inheritable
, permitted
, effective
;
247 struct task_struct
*target
;
251 if (get_user(version
, &header
->version
))
255 case _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_1
:
256 warn_legacy_capability_use();
257 tocopy
= _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_1
;
259 case _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_2
:
260 tocopy
= _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_2
;
263 if (put_user(_LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION
, &header
->version
))
268 if (get_user(pid
, &header
->pid
))
271 if (pid
&& pid
!= task_pid_vnr(current
) && !capable(CAP_SETPCAP
))
274 if (copy_from_user(&kdata
, data
, tocopy
275 * sizeof(struct __user_cap_data_struct
))) {
279 for (i
= 0; i
< tocopy
; i
++) {
280 effective
.cap
[i
] = kdata
[i
].effective
;
281 permitted
.cap
[i
] = kdata
[i
].permitted
;
282 inheritable
.cap
[i
] = kdata
[i
].inheritable
;
284 while (i
< _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S
) {
285 effective
.cap
[i
] = 0;
286 permitted
.cap
[i
] = 0;
287 inheritable
.cap
[i
] = 0;
291 spin_lock(&task_capability_lock
);
292 read_lock(&tasklist_lock
);
294 if (pid
> 0 && pid
!= task_pid_vnr(current
)) {
295 target
= find_task_by_vpid(pid
);
305 /* having verified that the proposed changes are legal,
306 we now put them into effect. */
308 if (pid
== -1) /* all procs other than current and init */
309 ret
= cap_set_all(&effective
, &inheritable
, &permitted
);
311 else /* all procs in process group */
312 ret
= cap_set_pg(-pid
, &effective
, &inheritable
,
315 ret
= security_capset_check(target
, &effective
, &inheritable
,
318 security_capset_set(target
, &effective
, &inheritable
,
323 read_unlock(&tasklist_lock
);
324 spin_unlock(&task_capability_lock
);
329 int __capable(struct task_struct
*t
, int cap
)
331 if (security_capable(t
, cap
) == 0) {
332 t
->flags
|= PF_SUPERPRIV
;
340 return __capable(current
, cap
);
342 EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable
);