linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] keys: consider user namespace in key

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Message-ID: <20090109225236.GA15579@us.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 9 Jan 2009 16:52:36 -0600
From:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.osdl.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] keys: consider user namespace in key_permission

If a key is owned by another user namespace, then treat the
key as though it is owned by both another uid and gid.

Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>
---
 security/keys/permission.c |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/keys/permission.c b/security/keys/permission.c
index 5d9fc7b..0ed802c 100644
--- a/security/keys/permission.c
+++ b/security/keys/permission.c
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ int key_task_permission(const key_ref_t key_ref, const struct cred *cred,
 
 	key = key_ref_to_ptr(key_ref);
 
+	if (key->user->user_ns != cred->user->user_ns)
+		goto use_other_perms;
+
 	/* use the second 8-bits of permissions for keys the caller owns */
 	if (key->uid == cred->fsuid) {
 		kperm = key->perm >> 16;
@@ -56,6 +59,8 @@ int key_task_permission(const key_ref_t key_ref, const struct cred *cred,
 		}
 	}
 
+use_other_perms:
+
 	/* otherwise use the least-significant 8-bits */
 	kperm = key->perm;
 
-- 
1.5.4.3

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