[RFC PATCH 1/2] devices cgroup: allow can_attach() if ns_capable

[Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com>]

We allow a task to change its own devices cgroup, or to change other tasks'
cgroups if it has CAP_SYS_ADMIN.

Also allow task A to change task B's cgroup if task A has CAP_SYS_ADMIN
with respect to task B - meaning A is root in the same userns, or A
created B's userns.

Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
---
 security/device_cgroup.c |   11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/device_cgroup.c b/security/device_cgroup.c
index 9760ecb6..8f5386ea 100644
--- a/security/device_cgroup.c
+++ b/security/device_cgroup.c
@@ -74,11 +74,14 @@ struct cgroup_subsys devices_subsys;
 static int devcgroup_can_attach(struct cgroup *new_cgrp,
 				struct cgroup_taskset *set)
 {
-	struct task_struct *task = cgroup_taskset_first(set);
+	struct task_struct *t = cgroup_taskset_first(set);
+	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (current != task && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EPERM;
-	return 0;
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (current != t && !ns_capable(__task_cred(t)->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		ret = -EPERM;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
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