linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v4 2/2] security/inode.c: Add capabilities file.

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Date:   Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:41:23 +0200
From:   Francis Laniel <flaniel@...ux.microsoft.com>
To:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
        Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Francis Laniel <flaniel@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [RFC PATCH v4 2/2] security/inode.c: Add capabilities file.

This new read-only file prints the capabilities values with their names:
cat /sys/kernel/security/capabilities
0       CAP_CHOWN
1       CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE
...
40      CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE

Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
Signed-off-by: Francis Laniel <flaniel@...ux.microsoft.com>
---
 security/inode.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c
index 6c326939750d..6da87ae5a8d6 100644
--- a/security/inode.c
+++ b/security/inode.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/lsm_hooks.h>
 #include <linux/magic.h>
+#include <linux/capability.h>
 
 static struct vfsmount *mount;
 static int mount_count;
@@ -328,6 +329,19 @@ static const struct file_operations lsm_ops = {
 };
 #endif
 
+static struct dentry *capabilities_dentry;
+static ssize_t capabilities_read(struct file *unused, char __user *buf,
+				 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, cap_string,
+				       strlen(cap_string));
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations capabilities_ops = {
+	.read = capabilities_read,
+	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
+};
+
 static int __init securityfs_init(void)
 {
 	int retval;
@@ -345,6 +359,8 @@ static int __init securityfs_init(void)
 	lsm_dentry = securityfs_create_file("lsm", 0444, NULL, NULL,
 						&lsm_ops);
 #endif
+	capabilities_dentry = securityfs_create_file("capabilities", 0444, NULL,
+						     NULL, &capabilities_ops);
 	return 0;
 }
 core_initcall(securityfs_init);
-- 
2.25.1