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
;
28 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cap_empty_set
);
30 int file_caps_enabled
= 1;
32 static int __init
file_caps_disable(char *str
)
34 file_caps_enabled
= 0;
37 __setup("no_file_caps", file_caps_disable
);
40 * More recent versions of libcap are available from:
42 * http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/
45 static void warn_legacy_capability_use(void)
47 char name
[sizeof(current
->comm
)];
49 pr_info_once("warning: `%s' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)\n",
50 get_task_comm(name
, current
));
54 * Version 2 capabilities worked fine, but the linux/capability.h file
55 * that accompanied their introduction encouraged their use without
56 * the necessary user-space source code changes. As such, we have
57 * created a version 3 with equivalent functionality to version 2, but
58 * with a header change to protect legacy source code from using
59 * version 2 when it wanted to use version 1. If your system has code
60 * that trips the following warning, it is using version 2 specific
61 * capabilities and may be doing so insecurely.
63 * The remedy is to either upgrade your version of libcap (to 2.10+,
64 * if the application is linked against it), or recompile your
65 * application with modern kernel headers and this warning will go
69 static void warn_deprecated_v2(void)
71 char name
[sizeof(current
->comm
)];
73 pr_info_once("warning: `%s' uses deprecated v2 capabilities in a way that may be insecure\n",
74 get_task_comm(name
, current
));
78 * Version check. Return the number of u32s in each capability flag
79 * array, or a negative value on error.
81 static int cap_validate_magic(cap_user_header_t header
, unsigned *tocopy
)
85 if (get_user(version
, &header
->version
))
89 case _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_1
:
90 warn_legacy_capability_use();
91 *tocopy
= _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_1
;
93 case _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_2
:
96 * fall through - v3 is otherwise equivalent to v2.
98 case _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3
:
99 *tocopy
= _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_3
;
102 if (put_user((u32
)_KERNEL_CAPABILITY_VERSION
, &header
->version
))
111 * The only thing that can change the capabilities of the current
112 * process is the current process. As such, we can't be in this code
113 * at the same time as we are in the process of setting capabilities
114 * in this process. The net result is that we can limit our use of
115 * locks to when we are reading the caps of another process.
117 static inline int cap_get_target_pid(pid_t pid
, kernel_cap_t
*pEp
,
118 kernel_cap_t
*pIp
, kernel_cap_t
*pPp
)
122 if (pid
&& (pid
!= task_pid_vnr(current
))) {
123 struct task_struct
*target
;
127 target
= find_task_by_vpid(pid
);
131 ret
= security_capget(target
, pEp
, pIp
, pPp
);
135 ret
= security_capget(current
, pEp
, pIp
, pPp
);
141 * sys_capget - get the capabilities of a given process.
142 * @header: pointer to struct that contains capability version and
144 * @dataptr: pointer to struct that contains the effective, permitted,
145 * and inheritable capabilities that are returned
147 * Returns 0 on success and < 0 on error.
149 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(capget
, cap_user_header_t
, header
, cap_user_data_t
, dataptr
)
154 kernel_cap_t pE
, pI
, pP
;
156 ret
= cap_validate_magic(header
, &tocopy
);
157 if ((dataptr
== NULL
) || (ret
!= 0))
158 return ((dataptr
== NULL
) && (ret
== -EINVAL
)) ? 0 : ret
;
160 if (get_user(pid
, &header
->pid
))
166 ret
= cap_get_target_pid(pid
, &pE
, &pI
, &pP
);
168 struct __user_cap_data_struct kdata
[_KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S
];
171 for (i
= 0; i
< tocopy
; i
++) {
172 kdata
[i
].effective
= pE
.cap
[i
];
173 kdata
[i
].permitted
= pP
.cap
[i
];
174 kdata
[i
].inheritable
= pI
.cap
[i
];
178 * Note, in the case, tocopy < _KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S,
179 * we silently drop the upper capabilities here. This
180 * has the effect of making older libcap
181 * implementations implicitly drop upper capability
182 * bits when they perform a: capget/modify/capset
185 * This behavior is considered fail-safe
186 * behavior. Upgrading the application to a newer
187 * version of libcap will enable access to the newer
190 * An alternative would be to return an error here
191 * (-ERANGE), but that causes legacy applications to
192 * unexpectidly fail; the capget/modify/capset aborts
193 * before modification is attempted and the application
196 if (copy_to_user(dataptr
, kdata
, tocopy
197 * sizeof(struct __user_cap_data_struct
))) {
206 * sys_capset - set capabilities for a process or (*) a group of processes
207 * @header: pointer to struct that contains capability version and
209 * @data: pointer to struct that contains the effective, permitted,
210 * and inheritable capabilities
212 * Set capabilities for the current process only. The ability to any other
213 * process(es) has been deprecated and removed.
215 * The restrictions on setting capabilities are specified as:
217 * I: any raised capabilities must be a subset of the old permitted
218 * P: any raised capabilities must be a subset of the old permitted
219 * E: must be set to a subset of new permitted
221 * Returns 0 on success and < 0 on error.
223 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(capset
, cap_user_header_t
, header
, const cap_user_data_t
, data
)
225 struct __user_cap_data_struct kdata
[_KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S
];
226 unsigned i
, tocopy
, copybytes
;
227 kernel_cap_t inheritable
, permitted
, effective
;
232 ret
= cap_validate_magic(header
, &tocopy
);
236 if (get_user(pid
, &header
->pid
))
239 /* may only affect current now */
240 if (pid
!= 0 && pid
!= task_pid_vnr(current
))
243 copybytes
= tocopy
* sizeof(struct __user_cap_data_struct
);
244 if (copybytes
> sizeof(kdata
))
247 if (copy_from_user(&kdata
, data
, copybytes
))
250 for (i
= 0; i
< tocopy
; i
++) {
251 effective
.cap
[i
] = kdata
[i
].effective
;
252 permitted
.cap
[i
] = kdata
[i
].permitted
;
253 inheritable
.cap
[i
] = kdata
[i
].inheritable
;
255 while (i
< _KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S
) {
256 effective
.cap
[i
] = 0;
257 permitted
.cap
[i
] = 0;
258 inheritable
.cap
[i
] = 0;
262 new = prepare_creds();
266 ret
= security_capset(new, current_cred(),
267 &effective
, &inheritable
, &permitted
);
271 audit_log_capset(new, current_cred());
273 return commit_creds(new);
281 * has_ns_capability - Does a task have a capability in a specific user ns
282 * @t: The task in question
283 * @ns: target user namespace
284 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
286 * Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
287 * currently in effect to the specified user namespace, false if not.
289 * Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
291 bool has_ns_capability(struct task_struct
*t
,
292 struct user_namespace
*ns
, int cap
)
297 ret
= security_capable(__task_cred(t
), ns
, cap
);
304 * has_capability - Does a task have a capability in init_user_ns
305 * @t: The task in question
306 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
308 * Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
309 * currently in effect to the initial user namespace, false if not.
311 * Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
313 bool has_capability(struct task_struct
*t
, int cap
)
315 return has_ns_capability(t
, &init_user_ns
, cap
);
319 * has_ns_capability_noaudit - Does a task have a capability (unaudited)
320 * in a specific user ns.
321 * @t: The task in question
322 * @ns: target user namespace
323 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
325 * Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
326 * currently in effect to the specified user namespace, false if not.
327 * Do not write an audit message for the check.
329 * Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
331 bool has_ns_capability_noaudit(struct task_struct
*t
,
332 struct user_namespace
*ns
, int cap
)
337 ret
= security_capable_noaudit(__task_cred(t
), ns
, cap
);
344 * has_capability_noaudit - Does a task have a capability (unaudited) in the
346 * @t: The task in question
347 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
349 * Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
350 * currently in effect to init_user_ns, false if not. Don't write an
351 * audit message for the check.
353 * Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
355 bool has_capability_noaudit(struct task_struct
*t
, int cap
)
357 return has_ns_capability_noaudit(t
, &init_user_ns
, cap
);
361 * ns_capable - Determine if the current task has a superior capability in effect
362 * @ns: The usernamespace we want the capability in
363 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
365 * Return true if the current task has the given superior capability currently
366 * available for use, false if not.
368 * This sets PF_SUPERPRIV on the task if the capability is available on the
369 * assumption that it's about to be used.
371 bool ns_capable(struct user_namespace
*ns
, int cap
)
373 if (unlikely(!cap_valid(cap
))) {
374 pr_crit("capable() called with invalid cap=%u\n", cap
);
378 if (security_capable(current_cred(), ns
, cap
) == 0) {
379 current
->flags
|= PF_SUPERPRIV
;
384 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ns_capable
);
387 * file_ns_capable - Determine if the file's opener had a capability in effect
388 * @file: The file we want to check
389 * @ns: The usernamespace we want the capability in
390 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
392 * Return true if task that opened the file had a capability in effect
393 * when the file was opened.
395 * This does not set PF_SUPERPRIV because the caller may not
396 * actually be privileged.
398 bool file_ns_capable(const struct file
*file
, struct user_namespace
*ns
, int cap
)
400 if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!cap_valid(cap
)))
403 if (security_capable(file
->f_cred
, ns
, cap
) == 0)
408 EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_ns_capable
);
411 * capable - Determine if the current task has a superior capability in effect
412 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
414 * Return true if the current task has the given superior capability currently
415 * available for use, false if not.
417 * This sets PF_SUPERPRIV on the task if the capability is available on the
418 * assumption that it's about to be used.
420 bool capable(int cap
)
422 return ns_capable(&init_user_ns
, cap
);
424 EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable
);
427 * inode_capable - Check superior capability over inode
428 * @inode: The inode in question
429 * @cap: The capability in question
431 * Return true if the current task has the given superior capability
432 * targeted at it's own user namespace and that the given inode is owned
433 * by the current user namespace or a child namespace.
435 * Currently we check to see if an inode is owned by the current
436 * user namespace by seeing if the inode's owner maps into the
437 * current user namespace.
440 bool inode_capable(const struct inode
*inode
, int cap
)
442 struct user_namespace
*ns
= current_user_ns();
444 return ns_capable(ns
, cap
) && kuid_has_mapping(ns
, inode
->i_uid
);
446 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_capable
);