[PATCH 1/1] capabilities: introduce per-process capability bounding set (v8)

[Andrew Morgan]

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Andrew Morgan wrote:
>> +	current->cap_effective = cap_intersect(current->cap_effective,
>> +		current->cap_bset);
>> +	current->cap_permitted = cap_intersect(current->cap_permitted,
>> +		current->cap_bset);
>> +	current->cap_inheritable = cap_intersect(current->cap_inheritable,
>> +		current->cap_bset);
> 
> You might want to replace the above three lines with a restriction
> elsewhere on what CAP_SETPCAP can newly set in
> commoncap.c:cap_capset_check().
> 
> That is, CAP_SETPCAP permits the current process to raise 'any' pI
> capability. I suspect that you'll want to prevent raising any bits not
> masked by this:
> 
>    pI' & ~(pI | (pP & cap_bset)).

On second thoughts, I really meant this:

diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 302e8d0..b28c0c1 100644
- --- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ int cap_capset_check (struct task_struct *target,
kernel_ca                /* incapable of using this inheritable set */
                return -EPERM;
        }
+       if (!cap_issubset(*inheritable,
+                         cap_combine(target->cap_inheritable,
+                                     current->cap_bset))) {
+               /* no new pI capabilities outside bounding set */
+               return -EPERM;
+       }

        /* verify restrictions on target's new Permitted set */
        if (!cap_issubset (*permitted,

Cheers

Andrew
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