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Diffstat (limited to 'security/commoncap.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/commoncap.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c index f800fdb3de9..677fad9d5cb 100644 --- a/security/commoncap.c +++ b/security/commoncap.c @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/prctl.h> #include <linux/securebits.h> +#include <linux/syslog.h> /* * If a non-root user executes a setuid-root binary in @@ -888,12 +889,16 @@ error: /** * cap_syslog - Determine whether syslog function is permitted * @type: Function requested + * @from_file: Whether this request came from an open file (i.e. /proc) * * Determine whether the current process is permitted to use a particular * syslog function, returning 0 if permission is granted, -ve if not. */ -int cap_syslog(int type) +int cap_syslog(int type, bool from_file) { + /* /proc/kmsg can open be opened by CAP_SYS_ADMIN */ + if (type != 1 && from_file) + return 0; if ((type != 3 && type != 10) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) return -EPERM; return 0; |