2 * Security plug functions
4 * Copyright (C) 2001 WireX Communications, Inc <chris@wirex.com>
5 * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
6 * Copyright (C) 2001 Networks Associates Technology, Inc <ssmalley@nai.com>
8 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
11 * (at your option) any later version.
14 #include <linux/capability.h>
15 #include <linux/module.h>
16 #include <linux/init.h>
17 #include <linux/kernel.h>
18 #include <linux/security.h>
20 #define SECURITY_FRAMEWORK_VERSION "1.0.0"
22 /* things that live in dummy.c */
23 extern struct security_operations dummy_security_ops
;
24 extern void security_fixup_ops(struct security_operations
*ops
);
26 struct security_operations
*security_ops
; /* Initialized to NULL */
28 static inline int verify(struct security_operations
*ops
)
30 /* verify the security_operations structure exists */
33 security_fixup_ops(ops
);
37 static void __init
do_security_initcalls(void)
40 call
= __security_initcall_start
;
41 while (call
< __security_initcall_end
) {
48 * security_init - initializes the security framework
50 * This should be called early in the kernel initialization sequence.
52 int __init
security_init(void)
54 printk(KERN_INFO
"Security Framework v" SECURITY_FRAMEWORK_VERSION
57 if (verify(&dummy_security_ops
)) {
58 printk(KERN_ERR
"%s could not verify "
59 "dummy_security_ops structure.\n", __FUNCTION__
);
63 security_ops
= &dummy_security_ops
;
64 do_security_initcalls();
70 * register_security - registers a security framework with the kernel
71 * @ops: a pointer to the struct security_options that is to be registered
73 * This function is to allow a security module to register itself with the
74 * kernel security subsystem. Some rudimentary checking is done on the @ops
75 * value passed to this function. A call to unregister_security() should be
76 * done to remove this security_options structure from the kernel.
78 * If there is already a security module registered with the kernel,
79 * an error will be returned. Otherwise 0 is returned on success.
81 int register_security(struct security_operations
*ops
)
84 printk(KERN_DEBUG
"%s could not verify "
85 "security_operations structure.\n", __FUNCTION__
);
89 if (security_ops
!= &dummy_security_ops
)
98 * unregister_security - unregisters a security framework with the kernel
99 * @ops: a pointer to the struct security_options that is to be registered
101 * This function removes a struct security_operations variable that had
102 * previously been registered with a successful call to register_security().
104 * If @ops does not match the valued previously passed to register_security()
105 * an error is returned. Otherwise the default security options is set to the
106 * the dummy_security_ops structure, and 0 is returned.
108 int unregister_security(struct security_operations
*ops
)
110 if (ops
!= security_ops
) {
111 printk(KERN_INFO
"%s: trying to unregister "
112 "a security_opts structure that is not "
113 "registered, failing.\n", __FUNCTION__
);
117 security_ops
= &dummy_security_ops
;
123 * mod_reg_security - allows security modules to be "stacked"
124 * @name: a pointer to a string with the name of the security_options to be registered
125 * @ops: a pointer to the struct security_options that is to be registered
127 * This function allows security modules to be stacked if the currently loaded
128 * security module allows this to happen. It passes the @name and @ops to the
129 * register_security function of the currently loaded security module.
131 * The return value depends on the currently loaded security module, with 0 as
134 int mod_reg_security(const char *name
, struct security_operations
*ops
)
137 printk(KERN_INFO
"%s could not verify "
138 "security operations.\n", __FUNCTION__
);
142 if (ops
== security_ops
) {
143 printk(KERN_INFO
"%s security operations "
144 "already registered.\n", __FUNCTION__
);
148 return security_ops
->register_security(name
, ops
);
152 * mod_unreg_security - allows a security module registered with mod_reg_security() to be unloaded
153 * @name: a pointer to a string with the name of the security_options to be removed
154 * @ops: a pointer to the struct security_options that is to be removed
156 * This function allows security modules that have been successfully registered
157 * with a call to mod_reg_security() to be unloaded from the system.
158 * This calls the currently loaded security module's unregister_security() call
159 * with the @name and @ops variables.
161 * The return value depends on the currently loaded security module, with 0 as
164 int mod_unreg_security(const char *name
, struct security_operations
*ops
)
166 if (ops
== security_ops
) {
167 printk(KERN_INFO
"%s invalid attempt to unregister "
168 " primary security ops.\n", __FUNCTION__
);
172 return security_ops
->unregister_security(name
, ops
);
175 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_security
);
176 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_security
);
177 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mod_reg_security
);
178 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mod_unreg_security
);
179 EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_ops
);