[PATCH V3 06/10] capabilities: move audit log decision to function

[rgb@redhat.com (Richard Guy Briggs)]

Move the audit log decision logic to its own function to isolate the
complexity in one place.

Suggested-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
---
 security/commoncap.c |   50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 1af7dec..5d81354 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -535,6 +535,32 @@ static inline bool is_setuid(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old)
 static inline bool is_setgid(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old)
 { return !gid_eq(new->egid, old->gid); }
 
+/*
+ * Audit candidate if current->cap_effective is set
+ *
+ * We do not bother to audit if 3 things are true:
+ *   1) cap_effective has all caps
+ *   2) we are root
+ *   3) root is supposed to have all caps (SECURE_NOROOT)
+ * Since this is just a normal root execing a process.
+ *
+ * Number 1 above might fail if you don't have a full bset, but I think
+ * that is interesting information to audit.
+ */
+static inline bool nonroot_raised_pE(struct cred *cred, kuid_t root)
+{
+	bool ret = false;
+
+	if (cap_grew(effective, ambient, cred)) {
+		if (!cap_full(effective, cred) ||
+		    !is_eff(root, cred) || !is_real(root, cred) ||
+		    !root_privileged()) {
+			ret = true;
+		}
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * cap_bprm_set_creds - Set up the proposed credentials for execve().
  * @bprm: The execution parameters, including the proposed creds
@@ -614,26 +640,10 @@ int cap_bprm_set_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 
 	bprm->cap_effective = effective;
 
-	/*
-	 * Audit candidate if current->cap_effective is set
-	 *
-	 * We do not bother to audit if 3 things are true:
-	 *   1) cap_effective has all caps
-	 *   2) we are root
-	 *   3) root is supposed to have all caps (SECURE_NOROOT)
-	 * Since this is just a normal root execing a process.
-	 *
-	 * Number 1 above might fail if you don't have a full bset, but I think
-	 * that is interesting information to audit.
-	 */
-	if (cap_grew(effective, ambient, new)) {
-		if (!cap_full(effective, new) ||
-		    !is_eff(root_uid, new) || !is_real(root_uid, new) ||
-		    !root_privileged()) {
-			ret = audit_log_bprm_fcaps(bprm, new, old);
-			if (ret < 0)
-				return ret;
-		}
+	if (nonroot_raised_pE(new, root_uid)) {
+		ret = audit_log_bprm_fcaps(bprm, new, old);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
 	}
 
 	new->securebits &= ~issecure_mask(SECURE_KEEP_CAPS);
-- 
1.7.1

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