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Date:	Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:26:57 -0500
From:	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
To:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	chris friedhoff <chris@...edhoff.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] security: introduce file posix caps

On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 09:10 -0600, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> Quoting Stephen Smalley (sds@...ho.nsa.gov):
> > On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 21:45 -0600, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> > > Implement file posix capabilities.  This allows programs to be given
> > > a subset of root's powers regardless of who runs them, without
> > > having to use setuid and giving the binary all of root's powers.
> > 
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
> > > index b200b98..ea631ee 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/security.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/security.h
> > > @@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ extern int cap_inode_setxattr(struct den
> > >  extern int cap_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name);
> > >  extern int cap_task_post_setuid (uid_t old_ruid, uid_t old_euid, uid_t old_suid, int flags);
> > >  extern void cap_task_reparent_to_init (struct task_struct *p);
> > > +extern int cap_task_kill(struct task_struct *p, struct siginfo *info, int sig, u32 secid);
> > > +extern int cap_task_setscheduler (struct task_struct *p, int policy, struct sched_param *lp);
> > > +extern int cap_task_setioprio (struct task_struct *p, int ioprio);
> > > +extern int cap_task_setnice (struct task_struct *p, int nice);
> > >  extern int cap_syslog (int type);
> > >  extern int cap_vm_enough_memory (long pages);
> > >  
> > > @@ -2594,12 +2598,12 @@ static inline int security_task_setgroup
> > >  
> > >  static inline int security_task_setnice (struct task_struct *p, int nice)
> > >  {
> > > -	return 0;
> > > +	return cap_task_setnice(p, nice);
> > >  }
> > >  
> > >  static inline int security_task_setioprio (struct task_struct *p, int ioprio)
> > >  {
> > > -	return 0;
> > > +	return cap_task_setioprio(p, ioprio);
> > >  }
> > >  
> > >  static inline int security_task_getioprio (struct task_struct *p)
> > 
> > setscheduler change seems to be missing here.
> 
> I'm confused - my kernel version already had selinux_task_setscheduler()
> calling a secondary_ops->task_setscheduler().

I meant you didn't change the default implementation of
security_task_setscheduler() to call cap_task_setscheduler() in
security.h.  For the case where CONFIG_SECURITY is not defined.

-- 
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency

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