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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/capability.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/capability.c | 24 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c index 493d9725948..f6c2ce5701e 100644 --- a/kernel/capability.c +++ b/kernel/capability.c @@ -393,6 +393,30 @@ bool ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap) EXPORT_SYMBOL(ns_capable); /** + * file_ns_capable - Determine if the file's opener had a capability in effect + * @file: The file we want to check + * @ns: The usernamespace we want the capability in + * @cap: The capability to be tested for + * + * Return true if task that opened the file had a capability in effect + * when the file was opened. + * + * This does not set PF_SUPERPRIV because the caller may not + * actually be privileged. + */ +bool file_ns_capable(const struct file *file, struct user_namespace *ns, int cap) +{ + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!cap_valid(cap))) + return false; + + if (security_capable(file->f_cred, ns, cap) == 0) + return true; + + return false; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_ns_capable); + +/** * capable - Determine if the current task has a superior capability in effect * @cap: The capability to be tested for * |