From 3b11a1decef07c19443d24ae926982bc8ec9f4c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Howells Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:39:26 +1100 Subject: CRED: Differentiate objective and effective subjective credentials on a task Differentiate the objective and real subjective credentials from the effective subjective credentials on a task by introducing a second credentials pointer into the task_struct. task_struct::real_cred then refers to the objective and apparent real subjective credentials of a task, as perceived by the other tasks in the system. task_struct::cred then refers to the effective subjective credentials of a task, as used by that task when it's actually running. These are not visible to the other tasks in the system. __task_cred(task) then refers to the objective/real credentials of the task in question. current_cred() refers to the effective subjective credentials of the current task. prepare_creds() uses the objective creds as a base and commit_creds() changes both pointers in the task_struct (indeed commit_creds() requires them to be the same). override_creds() and revert_creds() change the subjective creds pointer only, and the former returns the old subjective creds. These are used by NFSD, faccessat() and do_coredump(), and will by used by CacheFiles. In SELinux, current_has_perm() is provided as an alternative to task_has_perm(). This uses the effective subjective context of current, whereas task_has_perm() uses the objective/real context of the subject. Signed-off-by: David Howells Signed-off-by: James Morris --- fs/nfsd/auth.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'fs') diff --git a/fs/nfsd/auth.c b/fs/nfsd/auth.c index 836ffa1047d..0184fe9b514 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/auth.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/auth.c @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ int nfsd_setuser(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_export *exp) int flags = nfsexp_flags(rqstp, exp); int ret; + /* discard any old override before preparing the new set */ + revert_creds(get_cred(current->real_cred)); new = prepare_creds(); if (!new) return -ENOMEM; @@ -82,7 +84,8 @@ int nfsd_setuser(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_export *exp) else new->cap_effective = cap_raise_nfsd_set(new->cap_effective, new->cap_permitted); - return commit_creds(new); + put_cred(override_creds(new)); + return 0; oom: ret = -ENOMEM; -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2