linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/10] capability: use new capable

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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:46:32 -0700
From: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
To: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@...glemail.com>
Cc: linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] capability: use new capable_any functionality

On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 4:39 AM Christian Göttsche
<cgzones@...glemail.com> wrote:
>
> Use the new added capable_any function in appropriate cases, where a
> task is required to have any of two capabilities.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@...glemail.com>
> ---
> v3:
>   - rename to capable_any()
>   - simplify checkpoint_restore_ns_capable()
> ---
>  include/linux/capability.h | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>

Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>

> diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
> index eeb958440656..4db0ffb47271 100644
> --- a/include/linux/capability.h
> +++ b/include/linux/capability.h
> @@ -204,18 +204,17 @@ extern bool file_ns_capable(const struct file *file, struct user_namespace *ns,
>  extern bool ptracer_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, struct user_namespace *ns);
>  static inline bool perfmon_capable(void)
>  {
> -       return capable(CAP_PERFMON) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
> +       return capable_any(CAP_PERFMON, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
>  }
>
>  static inline bool bpf_capable(void)
>  {
> -       return capable(CAP_BPF) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
> +       return capable_any(CAP_BPF, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
>  }
>
>  static inline bool checkpoint_restore_ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns)
>  {
> -       return ns_capable(ns, CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE) ||
> -               ns_capable(ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
> +       return ns_capable_any(ns, CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
>  }
>
>  /* audit system wants to get cap info from files as well */
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>