linux-kernel - [PATCH 42/43] userns: Convert cgroup permission checks to use uid

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Message-Id: <1333862139-31737-42-git-send-email-ebiederm@xmission.com>
Date:	Sat,  7 Apr 2012 22:15:38 -0700
From:	"\"Eric W. Beiderman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	<linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: [PATCH 42/43] userns: Convert cgroup permission checks to use uid_eq

From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---
 kernel/cgroup.c |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index ed64cca..c8329b0 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -2160,9 +2160,9 @@ retry_find_task:
 		 * only need to check permissions on one of them.
 		 */
 		tcred = __task_cred(tsk);
-		if (cred->euid &&
-		    cred->euid != tcred->uid &&
-		    cred->euid != tcred->suid) {
+		if (!uid_eq(cred->euid, GLOBAL_ROOT_UID) &&
+		    !uid_eq(cred->euid, tcred->uid) &&
+		    !uid_eq(cred->euid, tcred->suid)) {
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 			ret = -EACCES;
 			goto out_unlock_cgroup;
-- 
1.7.2.5

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