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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/cred.c | 27 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c index 48cea3da6d0..709d521903f 100644 --- a/kernel/cred.c +++ b/kernel/cred.c @@ -455,6 +455,31 @@ error_put: return ret; } +static bool cred_cap_issubset(const struct cred *set, const struct cred *subset) +{ + const struct user_namespace *set_ns = set->user_ns; + const struct user_namespace *subset_ns = subset->user_ns; + + /* If the two credentials are in the same user namespace see if + * the capabilities of subset are a subset of set. + */ + if (set_ns == subset_ns) + return cap_issubset(subset->cap_permitted, set->cap_permitted); + + /* The credentials are in a different user namespaces + * therefore one is a subset of the other only if a set is an + * ancestor of subset and set->euid is owner of subset or one + * of subsets ancestors. + */ + for (;subset_ns != &init_user_ns; subset_ns = subset_ns->parent) { + if ((set_ns == subset_ns->parent) && + uid_eq(subset_ns->owner, set->euid)) + return true; + } + + return false; +} + /** * commit_creds - Install new credentials upon the current task * @new: The credentials to be assigned @@ -493,7 +518,7 @@ int commit_creds(struct cred *new) !gid_eq(old->egid, new->egid) || !uid_eq(old->fsuid, new->fsuid) || !gid_eq(old->fsgid, new->fsgid) || - !cap_issubset(new->cap_permitted, old->cap_permitted)) { + !cred_cap_issubset(old, new)) { if (task->mm) set_dumpable(task->mm, suid_dumpable); task->pdeath_signal = 0; |