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From: Francis Laniel <flaniel@linux.microsoft.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
	Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>,
	Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>,
	Francis Laniel <flaniel@linux.microsoft.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v3 2/2] security/inode.c: Add capabilities file.
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:01:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220120180116.167702-3-flaniel@linux.microsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220120180116.167702-1-flaniel@linux.microsoft.com>

This new read-only file prints the capabilities values with their names:
cat /sys/kernel/security/capabilities
0       CAP_CHOWN
1       CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE
...
40      CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE

Signed-off-by: Francis Laniel <flaniel@linux.microsoft.com>
---
 security/inode.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c
index 6c326939750d..cef78b497bab 100644
--- a/security/inode.c
+++ b/security/inode.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/lsm_hooks.h>
 #include <linux/magic.h>
+#include <linux/capability.h>
 
 static struct vfsmount *mount;
 static int mount_count;
@@ -328,6 +329,19 @@ static const struct file_operations lsm_ops = {
 };
 #endif
 
+static struct dentry *capabilities_dentry;
+static ssize_t capabilities_read(struct file *unused, char __user *buf,
+				 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, cap_string,
+				       strlen(cap_string));
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations capabilities_ops = {
+	.read = capabilities_read,
+	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
+};
+
 static int __init securityfs_init(void)
 {
 	int retval;
@@ -345,6 +359,8 @@ static int __init securityfs_init(void)
 	lsm_dentry = securityfs_create_file("lsm", 0444, NULL, NULL,
 						&lsm_ops);
 #endif
+	capabilities_dentry = securityfs("capabilities", 0444, NULL, NULL,
+					 capabilities_ops);
 	return 0;
 }
 core_initcall(securityfs_init);
-- 
2.30.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-01-20 18:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-20 18:01 [RFC PATCH v3 0/2] Add capabilities file to sysfs Francis Laniel
2022-01-20 18:01 ` [RFC PATCH v3 1/2] capability: Add cap_string Francis Laniel
2022-01-20 18:01 ` Francis Laniel [this message]
2022-01-21  8:58   ` [RFC PATCH v3 2/2] security/inode.c: Add capabilities file Francis Laniel
2022-01-20 18:09 ` [RFC PATCH v3 0/2] Add capabilities file to sysfs Casey Schaufler
2022-01-20 18:14   ` Francis Laniel
2022-01-20 18:20 ` Eric W. Biederman
2022-01-20 19:01   ` Francis Laniel

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