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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2011-12-21 12:17:03 -0800
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2012-02-10 09:14:51 +1100
commit1a2a4d06e1e95260c470ebe3a945f61bbe8c1fd8 (patch)
tree7167d158749a7acf2ce8bbe1ecd25234b654e813 /include/linux
parent9e3ff38647a316e4f92d59b14c8f0eb13b33bb2c (diff)
security: create task_free security callback
The current LSM interface to cred_free is not sufficient for allowing an LSM to track the life and death of a task. This patch adds the task_free hook so that an LSM can clean up resources on task death. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/security.h9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 83c18e8c846..8325eddd9ee 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -651,6 +651,10 @@ static inline void security_free_mnt_opts(struct security_mnt_opts *opts)
* manual page for definitions of the @clone_flags.
* @clone_flags contains the flags indicating what should be shared.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
+ * @task_free:
+ * @task task being freed
+ * Handle release of task-related resources. (Note that this can be called
+ * from interrupt context.)
* @cred_alloc_blank:
* @cred points to the credentials.
* @gfp indicates the atomicity of any memory allocations.
@@ -1493,6 +1497,7 @@ struct security_operations {
int (*dentry_open) (struct file *file, const struct cred *cred);
int (*task_create) (unsigned long clone_flags);
+ void (*task_free) (struct task_struct *task);
int (*cred_alloc_blank) (struct cred *cred, gfp_t gfp);
void (*cred_free) (struct cred *cred);
int (*cred_prepare)(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old,
@@ -1752,6 +1757,7 @@ int security_file_send_sigiotask(struct task_struct *tsk,
int security_file_receive(struct file *file);
int security_dentry_open(struct file *file, const struct cred *cred);
int security_task_create(unsigned long clone_flags);
+void security_task_free(struct task_struct *task);
int security_cred_alloc_blank(struct cred *cred, gfp_t gfp);
void security_cred_free(struct cred *cred);
int security_prepare_creds(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old, gfp_t gfp);
@@ -2245,6 +2251,9 @@ static inline int security_task_create(unsigned long clone_flags)
return 0;
}
+static inline void security_task_free(struct task_struct *task)
+{ }
+
static inline int security_cred_alloc_blank(struct cred *cred, gfp_t gfp)
{
return 0;