2 * linux/kernel/capability.c
4 * Copyright (C) 1997 Andrew Main <zefram@fysh.org>
6 * Integrated into 2.1.97+, Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
7 * 30 May 2002: Cleanup, Robert M. Love <rml@tech9.net>
10 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
12 #include <linux/audit.h>
13 #include <linux/capability.h>
15 #include <linux/export.h>
16 #include <linux/security.h>
17 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
18 #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
19 #include <linux/user_namespace.h>
20 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
23 * Leveraged for setting/resetting capabilities
26 const kernel_cap_t __cap_empty_set
= CAP_EMPTY_SET
;
27 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cap_empty_set
);
29 int file_caps_enabled
= 1;
31 static int __init
file_caps_disable(char *str
)
33 file_caps_enabled
= 0;
36 __setup("no_file_caps", file_caps_disable
);
39 * More recent versions of libcap are available from:
41 * http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/
44 static void warn_legacy_capability_use(void)
46 char name
[sizeof(current
->comm
)];
48 pr_info_once("warning: `%s' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)\n",
49 get_task_comm(name
, current
));
53 * Version 2 capabilities worked fine, but the linux/capability.h file
54 * that accompanied their introduction encouraged their use without
55 * the necessary user-space source code changes. As such, we have
56 * created a version 3 with equivalent functionality to version 2, but
57 * with a header change to protect legacy source code from using
58 * version 2 when it wanted to use version 1. If your system has code
59 * that trips the following warning, it is using version 2 specific
60 * capabilities and may be doing so insecurely.
62 * The remedy is to either upgrade your version of libcap (to 2.10+,
63 * if the application is linked against it), or recompile your
64 * application with modern kernel headers and this warning will go
68 static void warn_deprecated_v2(void)
70 char name
[sizeof(current
->comm
)];
72 pr_info_once("warning: `%s' uses deprecated v2 capabilities in a way that may be insecure\n",
73 get_task_comm(name
, current
));
77 * Version check. Return the number of u32s in each capability flag
78 * array, or a negative value on error.
80 static int cap_validate_magic(cap_user_header_t header
, unsigned *tocopy
)
84 if (get_user(version
, &header
->version
))
88 case _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_1
:
89 warn_legacy_capability_use();
90 *tocopy
= _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_1
;
92 case _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_2
:
95 * fall through - v3 is otherwise equivalent to v2.
97 case _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3
:
98 *tocopy
= _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_3
;
101 if (put_user((u32
)_KERNEL_CAPABILITY_VERSION
, &header
->version
))
110 * The only thing that can change the capabilities of the current
111 * process is the current process. As such, we can't be in this code
112 * at the same time as we are in the process of setting capabilities
113 * in this process. The net result is that we can limit our use of
114 * locks to when we are reading the caps of another process.
116 static inline int cap_get_target_pid(pid_t pid
, kernel_cap_t
*pEp
,
117 kernel_cap_t
*pIp
, kernel_cap_t
*pPp
)
121 if (pid
&& (pid
!= task_pid_vnr(current
))) {
122 struct task_struct
*target
;
126 target
= find_task_by_vpid(pid
);
130 ret
= security_capget(target
, pEp
, pIp
, pPp
);
134 ret
= security_capget(current
, pEp
, pIp
, pPp
);
140 * sys_capget - get the capabilities of a given process.
141 * @header: pointer to struct that contains capability version and
143 * @dataptr: pointer to struct that contains the effective, permitted,
144 * and inheritable capabilities that are returned
146 * Returns 0 on success and < 0 on error.
148 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(capget
, cap_user_header_t
, header
, cap_user_data_t
, dataptr
)
153 kernel_cap_t pE
, pI
, pP
;
155 ret
= cap_validate_magic(header
, &tocopy
);
156 if ((dataptr
== NULL
) || (ret
!= 0))
157 return ((dataptr
== NULL
) && (ret
== -EINVAL
)) ? 0 : ret
;
159 if (get_user(pid
, &header
->pid
))
165 ret
= cap_get_target_pid(pid
, &pE
, &pI
, &pP
);
167 struct __user_cap_data_struct kdata
[_KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S
];
170 for (i
= 0; i
< tocopy
; i
++) {
171 kdata
[i
].effective
= pE
.cap
[i
];
172 kdata
[i
].permitted
= pP
.cap
[i
];
173 kdata
[i
].inheritable
= pI
.cap
[i
];
177 * Note, in the case, tocopy < _KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S,
178 * we silently drop the upper capabilities here. This
179 * has the effect of making older libcap
180 * implementations implicitly drop upper capability
181 * bits when they perform a: capget/modify/capset
184 * This behavior is considered fail-safe
185 * behavior. Upgrading the application to a newer
186 * version of libcap will enable access to the newer
189 * An alternative would be to return an error here
190 * (-ERANGE), but that causes legacy applications to
191 * unexpectedly fail; the capget/modify/capset aborts
192 * before modification is attempted and the application
195 if (copy_to_user(dataptr
, kdata
, tocopy
196 * sizeof(struct __user_cap_data_struct
))) {
205 * sys_capset - set capabilities for a process or (*) a group of processes
206 * @header: pointer to struct that contains capability version and
208 * @data: pointer to struct that contains the effective, permitted,
209 * and inheritable capabilities
211 * Set capabilities for the current process only. The ability to any other
212 * process(es) has been deprecated and removed.
214 * The restrictions on setting capabilities are specified as:
216 * I: any raised capabilities must be a subset of the old permitted
217 * P: any raised capabilities must be a subset of the old permitted
218 * E: must be set to a subset of new permitted
220 * Returns 0 on success and < 0 on error.
222 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(capset
, cap_user_header_t
, header
, const cap_user_data_t
, data
)
224 struct __user_cap_data_struct kdata
[_KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S
];
225 unsigned i
, tocopy
, copybytes
;
226 kernel_cap_t inheritable
, permitted
, effective
;
231 ret
= cap_validate_magic(header
, &tocopy
);
235 if (get_user(pid
, &header
->pid
))
238 /* may only affect current now */
239 if (pid
!= 0 && pid
!= task_pid_vnr(current
))
242 copybytes
= tocopy
* sizeof(struct __user_cap_data_struct
);
243 if (copybytes
> sizeof(kdata
))
246 if (copy_from_user(&kdata
, data
, copybytes
))
249 for (i
= 0; i
< tocopy
; i
++) {
250 effective
.cap
[i
] = kdata
[i
].effective
;
251 permitted
.cap
[i
] = kdata
[i
].permitted
;
252 inheritable
.cap
[i
] = kdata
[i
].inheritable
;
254 while (i
< _KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S
) {
255 effective
.cap
[i
] = 0;
256 permitted
.cap
[i
] = 0;
257 inheritable
.cap
[i
] = 0;
261 effective
.cap
[CAP_LAST_U32
] &= CAP_LAST_U32_VALID_MASK
;
262 permitted
.cap
[CAP_LAST_U32
] &= CAP_LAST_U32_VALID_MASK
;
263 inheritable
.cap
[CAP_LAST_U32
] &= CAP_LAST_U32_VALID_MASK
;
265 new = prepare_creds();
269 ret
= security_capset(new, current_cred(),
270 &effective
, &inheritable
, &permitted
);
274 audit_log_capset(new, current_cred());
276 return commit_creds(new);
284 * has_ns_capability - Does a task have a capability in a specific user ns
285 * @t: The task in question
286 * @ns: target user namespace
287 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
289 * Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
290 * currently in effect to the specified user namespace, false if not.
292 * Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
294 bool has_ns_capability(struct task_struct
*t
,
295 struct user_namespace
*ns
, int cap
)
300 ret
= security_capable(__task_cred(t
), ns
, cap
);
307 * has_capability - Does a task have a capability in init_user_ns
308 * @t: The task in question
309 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
311 * Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
312 * currently in effect to the initial user namespace, false if not.
314 * Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
316 bool has_capability(struct task_struct
*t
, int cap
)
318 return has_ns_capability(t
, &init_user_ns
, cap
);
322 * has_ns_capability_noaudit - Does a task have a capability (unaudited)
323 * in a specific user ns.
324 * @t: The task in question
325 * @ns: target user namespace
326 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
328 * Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
329 * currently in effect to the specified user namespace, false if not.
330 * Do not write an audit message for the check.
332 * Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
334 bool has_ns_capability_noaudit(struct task_struct
*t
,
335 struct user_namespace
*ns
, int cap
)
340 ret
= security_capable_noaudit(__task_cred(t
), ns
, cap
);
347 * has_capability_noaudit - Does a task have a capability (unaudited) in the
349 * @t: The task in question
350 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
352 * Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
353 * currently in effect to init_user_ns, false if not. Don't write an
354 * audit message for the check.
356 * Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
358 bool has_capability_noaudit(struct task_struct
*t
, int cap
)
360 return has_ns_capability_noaudit(t
, &init_user_ns
, cap
);
364 * ns_capable - Determine if the current task has a superior capability in effect
365 * @ns: The usernamespace we want the capability in
366 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
368 * Return true if the current task has the given superior capability currently
369 * available for use, false if not.
371 * This sets PF_SUPERPRIV on the task if the capability is available on the
372 * assumption that it's about to be used.
374 bool ns_capable(struct user_namespace
*ns
, int cap
)
376 if (unlikely(!cap_valid(cap
))) {
377 pr_crit("capable() called with invalid cap=%u\n", cap
);
381 if (security_capable(current_cred(), ns
, cap
) == 0) {
382 current
->flags
|= PF_SUPERPRIV
;
387 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ns_capable
);
390 * file_ns_capable - Determine if the file's opener had a capability in effect
391 * @file: The file we want to check
392 * @ns: The usernamespace we want the capability in
393 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
395 * Return true if task that opened the file had a capability in effect
396 * when the file was opened.
398 * This does not set PF_SUPERPRIV because the caller may not
399 * actually be privileged.
401 bool file_ns_capable(const struct file
*file
, struct user_namespace
*ns
,
404 if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!cap_valid(cap
)))
407 if (security_capable(file
->f_cred
, ns
, cap
) == 0)
412 EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_ns_capable
);
415 * capable - Determine if the current task has a superior capability in effect
416 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
418 * Return true if the current task has the given superior capability currently
419 * available for use, false if not.
421 * This sets PF_SUPERPRIV on the task if the capability is available on the
422 * assumption that it's about to be used.
424 bool capable(int cap
)
426 return ns_capable(&init_user_ns
, cap
);
428 EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable
);
431 * capable_wrt_inode_uidgid - Check nsown_capable and uid and gid mapped
432 * @inode: The inode in question
433 * @cap: The capability in question
435 * Return true if the current task has the given capability targeted at
436 * its own user namespace and that the given inode's uid and gid are
437 * mapped into the current user namespace.
439 bool capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(const struct inode
*inode
, int cap
)
441 struct user_namespace
*ns
= current_user_ns();
443 return ns_capable(ns
, cap
) && kuid_has_mapping(ns
, inode
->i_uid
) &&
444 kgid_has_mapping(ns
, inode
->i_gid
);
446 EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable_wrt_inode_uidgid
);