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authorMarcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>2012-10-29 19:15:32 -0200
committerMarcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>2012-10-29 19:15:32 -0200
commit19bf7f8ac3f8131100027281c495dbbe00cd5ae0 (patch)
tree270b97e3ca47c0f62a1babca2ae37f79a76a309c /include/uapi/linux/securebits.h
parent787c57c0fb393fe8a3974d300ddcfe30373386fe (diff)
parent35fd3dc58da675d659513384221349ef90749a01 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'master' into queue
Merge reason: development work has dependency on kvm patches merged upstream. Conflicts: arch/powerpc/include/asm/Kbuild arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_para.h Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
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+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_SECUREBITS_H
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_SECUREBITS_H
+
+/* Each securesetting is implemented using two bits. One bit specifies
+ whether the setting is on or off. The other bit specify whether the
+ setting is locked or not. A setting which is locked cannot be
+ changed from user-level. */
+#define issecure_mask(X) (1 << (X))
+
+#define SECUREBITS_DEFAULT 0x00000000
+
+/* When set UID 0 has no special privileges. When unset, we support
+ inheritance of root-permissions and suid-root executable under
+ compatibility mode. We raise the effective and inheritable bitmasks
+ *of the executable file* if the effective uid of the new process is
+ 0. If the real uid is 0, we raise the effective (legacy) bit of the
+ executable file. */
+#define SECURE_NOROOT 0
+#define SECURE_NOROOT_LOCKED 1 /* make bit-0 immutable */
+
+#define SECBIT_NOROOT (issecure_mask(SECURE_NOROOT))
+#define SECBIT_NOROOT_LOCKED (issecure_mask(SECURE_NOROOT_LOCKED))
+
+/* When set, setuid to/from uid 0 does not trigger capability-"fixup".
+ When unset, to provide compatiblility with old programs relying on
+ set*uid to gain/lose privilege, transitions to/from uid 0 cause
+ capabilities to be gained/lost. */
+#define SECURE_NO_SETUID_FIXUP 2
+#define SECURE_NO_SETUID_FIXUP_LOCKED 3 /* make bit-2 immutable */
+
+#define SECBIT_NO_SETUID_FIXUP (issecure_mask(SECURE_NO_SETUID_FIXUP))
+#define SECBIT_NO_SETUID_FIXUP_LOCKED \
+ (issecure_mask(SECURE_NO_SETUID_FIXUP_LOCKED))
+
+/* When set, a process can retain its capabilities even after
+ transitioning to a non-root user (the set-uid fixup suppressed by
+ bit 2). Bit-4 is cleared when a process calls exec(); setting both
+ bit 4 and 5 will create a barrier through exec that no exec()'d
+ child can use this feature again. */
+#define SECURE_KEEP_CAPS 4
+#define SECURE_KEEP_CAPS_LOCKED 5 /* make bit-4 immutable */
+
+#define SECBIT_KEEP_CAPS (issecure_mask(SECURE_KEEP_CAPS))
+#define SECBIT_KEEP_CAPS_LOCKED (issecure_mask(SECURE_KEEP_CAPS_LOCKED))
+
+#define SECURE_ALL_BITS (issecure_mask(SECURE_NOROOT) | \
+ issecure_mask(SECURE_NO_SETUID_FIXUP) | \
+ issecure_mask(SECURE_KEEP_CAPS))
+#define SECURE_ALL_LOCKS (SECURE_ALL_BITS << 1)
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_SECUREBITS_H */