From: Vasily Averin <vvs@virtuozzo.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com>, Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] security_syslog() should be called once only
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 19:18:40 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5561F9E0.6050504@virtuozzo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150514150154.dbfb8ab275aa30d0fe93172b@linux-foundation.org>
v2: subject changed, patch comment modified
Fixes: 637241a900cb ("kmsg: honor dmesg_restrict sysctl on /dev/kmsg")
Final version of patch 637241a900cb ("kmsg: honor dmesg_restrict sysctl
on /dev/kmsg") lost few hooks, as result security_syslog() are processed
incorrectly:
- open of /dev/kmsg checks syslog access permissions by using
check_syslog_permissions() where security_syslog() is not called
if dmesg_restrict is set.
- syslog syscall and /proc/kmsg calls do_syslog()
where security_syslog can be executed twice
(inside check_syslog_permissions() and then directly in do_syslog())
With this patch security_syslog() is called once only in all syslog-related
operations regardless of dmesg_restrict value.
Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@virtuozzo.com>
---
kernel/printk/printk.c | 11 ++++-------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index c099b08..bff0169 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -484,11 +484,11 @@ int check_syslog_permissions(int type, bool from_file)
* already done the capabilities checks at open time.
*/
if (from_file && type != SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN)
- return 0;
+ goto ok;
if (syslog_action_restricted(type)) {
if (capable(CAP_SYSLOG))
- return 0;
+ goto ok;
/*
* For historical reasons, accept CAP_SYS_ADMIN too, with
* a warning.
@@ -498,10 +498,11 @@ int check_syslog_permissions(int type, bool from_file)
"CAP_SYS_ADMIN but no CAP_SYSLOG "
"(deprecated).\n",
current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
- return 0;
+ goto ok;
}
return -EPERM;
}
+ok:
return security_syslog(type);
}
@@ -1263,10 +1264,6 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
if (error)
goto out;
- error = security_syslog(type);
- if (error)
- return error;
-
switch (type) {
case SYSLOG_ACTION_CLOSE: /* Close log */
break;
--
1.9.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-05-24 16:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-10 6:35 [PATCH] kernel/printk/printk.c: check_syslog_permissions() cleanup Vasily Averin
2015-05-14 22:01 ` Andrew Morton
2015-05-15 7:41 ` Vasily Averin
2015-05-15 9:22 ` Vasily Averin
2015-05-24 16:09 ` Vasily Averin
2015-05-24 16:18 ` Vasily Averin [this message]
2015-05-27 23:43 ` [PATCH v2] security_syslog() should be called once only Andrew Morton
2015-05-30 13:51 ` Vasily Averin
2015-06-01 21:23 ` Andrew Morton
2015-06-02 7:57 ` Vasily Averin
2015-05-30 13:51 ` [PATCH] check_syslog_permissions() cleanup Vasily Averin
2015-06-04 17:00 ` [PATCH v2] security_syslog() should be called once only Kees Cook
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