Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6: (30 commits)
  MAINTAINERS: Add tomoyo-dev-en ML.
  SELinux: define permissions for DCB netlink messages
  encrypted-keys: style and other cleanup
  encrypted-keys: verify datablob size before converting to binary
  trusted-keys: kzalloc and other cleanup
  trusted-keys: additional TSS return code and other error handling
  syslog: check cap_syslog when dmesg_restrict
  Smack: Transmute labels on specified directories
  selinux: cache sidtab_context_to_sid results
  SELinux: do not compute transition labels on mountpoint labeled filesystems
  This patch adds a new security attribute to Smack called SMACK64EXEC. It defines label that is used while task is running.
  SELinux: merge policydb_index_classes and policydb_index_others
  selinux: convert part of the sym_val_to_name array to use flex_array
  selinux: convert type_val_to_struct to flex_array
  flex_array: fix flex_array_put_ptr macro to be valid C
  SELinux: do not set automatic i_ino in selinuxfs
  selinux: rework security_netlbl_secattr_to_sid
  SELinux: standardize return code handling in selinuxfs.c
  SELinux: standardize return code handling in selinuxfs.c
  SELinux: standardize return code handling in policydb.c
  ...

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 4642a5c439e..f64b8997fc7 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -273,12 +273,12 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
 	 * at open time.
 	 */
 	if (type == SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN || !from_file) {
-		if (dmesg_restrict && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-			return -EPERM;
+		if (dmesg_restrict && !capable(CAP_SYSLOG))
+			goto warn; /* switch to return -EPERM after 2.6.39 */
 		if ((type != SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL &&
 		     type != SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER) &&
-		    !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-			return -EPERM;
+		    !capable(CAP_SYSLOG))
+			goto warn; /* switch to return -EPERM after 2.6.39 */
 	}
 
 	error = security_syslog(type);
@@ -422,6 +422,12 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
 	}
 out:
 	return error;
+warn:
+	/* remove after 2.6.39 */
+	if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		WARN_ONCE(1, "Attempt to access syslog with CAP_SYS_ADMIN "
+		  "but no CAP_SYSLOG (deprecated and denied).\n");
+	return -EPERM;
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(syslog, int, type, char __user *, buf, int, len)