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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-09-02 08:17:56 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-09-02 08:17:56 +0200
commit936e894a976dd3b0f07f1f6f43c17b77b7e6146d (patch)
tree5ed5c1f6735dcd26550594df23c8f7fe2aa21a15 /security/commoncap.c
parent69575d388603365f2afbf4166df93152df59b165 (diff)
parent326ba5010a5429a5a528b268b36a5900d4ab0eba (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.31-rc8' into x86/txt
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c security/Kconfig Merge reason: resolve the conflicts, bump up from rc3 to rc8. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 48b7e0228fa..e3097c0a131 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -984,3 +984,33 @@ int cap_vm_enough_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, long pages)
cap_sys_admin = 1;
return __vm_enough_memory(mm, pages, cap_sys_admin);
}
+
+/*
+ * cap_file_mmap - check if able to map given addr
+ * @file: unused
+ * @reqprot: unused
+ * @prot: unused
+ * @flags: unused
+ * @addr: address attempting to be mapped
+ * @addr_only: unused
+ *
+ * If the process is attempting to map memory below mmap_min_addr they need
+ * CAP_SYS_RAWIO. The other parameters to this function are unused by the
+ * capability security module. Returns 0 if this mapping should be allowed
+ * -EPERM if not.
+ */
+int cap_file_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long reqprot,
+ unsigned long prot, unsigned long flags,
+ unsigned long addr, unsigned long addr_only)
+{
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ if (addr < dac_mmap_min_addr) {
+ ret = cap_capable(current, current_cred(), CAP_SYS_RAWIO,
+ SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT);
+ /* set PF_SUPERPRIV if it turns out we allow the low mmap */
+ if (ret == 0)
+ current->flags |= PF_SUPERPRIV;
+ }
+ return ret;
+}