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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-04-14 00:02:16 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-04-14 00:02:22 +0200
commitb5c851a88a369854c04e511cefb84ea2d0cfa209 (patch)
tree55084d3d51708f90f27d0a70db5ab63916942f14 /include/linux/capability.h
parenteb02ce017dd83985041a7e54c6449f92d53b026f (diff)
parent80a04d3f2f94fb68b5df05e3ac6697130bc3467a (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/core
Merge reason: merge latest tracing fixes to avoid conflicts in kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c with upcoming change Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/capability.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/capability.h23
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
index 4864a43b2b45..c3021105edc0 100644
--- a/include/linux/capability.h
+++ b/include/linux/capability.h
@@ -377,7 +377,21 @@ struct cpu_vfs_cap_data {
#define CAP_FOR_EACH_U32(__capi) \
for (__capi = 0; __capi < _KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S; ++__capi)
+/*
+ * CAP_FS_MASK and CAP_NFSD_MASKS:
+ *
+ * The fs mask is all the privileges that fsuid==0 historically meant.
+ * At one time in the past, that included CAP_MKNOD and CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE.
+ *
+ * It has never meant setting security.* and trusted.* xattrs.
+ *
+ * We could also define fsmask as follows:
+ * 1. CAP_FS_MASK is the privilege to bypass all fs-related DAC permissions
+ * 2. The security.* and trusted.* xattrs are fs-related MAC permissions
+ */
+
# define CAP_FS_MASK_B0 (CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_CHOWN) \
+ | CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_MKNOD) \
| CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE) \
| CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH) \
| CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_FOWNER) \
@@ -392,11 +406,12 @@ struct cpu_vfs_cap_data {
# define CAP_EMPTY_SET ((kernel_cap_t){{ 0, 0 }})
# define CAP_FULL_SET ((kernel_cap_t){{ ~0, ~0 }})
# define CAP_INIT_EFF_SET ((kernel_cap_t){{ ~CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_SETPCAP), ~0 }})
-# define CAP_FS_SET ((kernel_cap_t){{ CAP_FS_MASK_B0, CAP_FS_MASK_B1 } })
+# define CAP_FS_SET ((kernel_cap_t){{ CAP_FS_MASK_B0 \
+ | CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE), \
+ CAP_FS_MASK_B1 } })
# define CAP_NFSD_SET ((kernel_cap_t){{ CAP_FS_MASK_B0 \
- | CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) \
- | CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_MKNOD), \
- CAP_FS_MASK_B1 } })
+ | CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE), \
+ CAP_FS_MASK_B1 } })
#endif /* _KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S != 2 */