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authorKees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>2010-02-03 15:37:13 -0800
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2010-02-04 14:20:41 +1100
commitd78ca3cd733d8a2c3dcd88471beb1a15d973eed8 (patch)
treea27ccf86f5f7df3cc987d0203ed0bff2db46db57
parent002345925e6c45861f60db6f4fc6236713fd8847 (diff)
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syslog: use defined constants instead of raw numbers
Right now the syslog "type" action are just raw numbers which makes the source difficult to follow. This patch replaces the raw numbers with defined constants for some level of sanity. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com> Acked-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
-rw-r--r--fs/proc/kmsg.c10
-rw-r--r--include/linux/syslog.h23
-rw-r--r--kernel/printk.c45
-rw-r--r--security/commoncap.c5
-rw-r--r--security/selinux/hooks.c21
5 files changed, 61 insertions, 43 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/kmsg.c b/fs/proc/kmsg.c
index 6a3d843..cfe90a4 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kmsg.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kmsg.c
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ extern wait_queue_head_t log_wait;
static int kmsg_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
{
- return do_syslog(1, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE);
+ return do_syslog(SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE);
}
static int kmsg_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
{
- (void) do_syslog(0, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE);
+ (void) do_syslog(SYSLOG_ACTION_CLOSE, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE);
return 0;
}
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ static ssize_t kmsg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
if ((file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) &&
- !do_syslog(9, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE))
+ !do_syslog(SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE))
return -EAGAIN;
- return do_syslog(2, buf, count, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE);
+ return do_syslog(SYSLOG_ACTION_READ, buf, count, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE);
}
static unsigned int kmsg_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
{
poll_wait(file, &log_wait, wait);
- if (do_syslog(9, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE))
+ if (do_syslog(SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE))
return POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
return 0;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/syslog.h b/include/linux/syslog.h
index 5f02b18..3891139 100644
--- a/include/linux/syslog.h
+++ b/include/linux/syslog.h
@@ -21,6 +21,29 @@
#ifndef _LINUX_SYSLOG_H
#define _LINUX_SYSLOG_H
+/* Close the log. Currently a NOP. */
+#define SYSLOG_ACTION_CLOSE 0
+/* Open the log. Currently a NOP. */
+#define SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN 1
+/* Read from the log. */
+#define SYSLOG_ACTION_READ 2
+/* Read all messages remaining in the ring buffer. */
+#define SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL 3
+/* Read and clear all messages remaining in the ring buffer */
+#define SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_CLEAR 4
+/* Clear ring buffer. */
+#define SYSLOG_ACTION_CLEAR 5
+/* Disable printk's to console */
+#define SYSLOG_ACTION_CONSOLE_OFF 6
+/* Enable printk's to console */
+#define SYSLOG_ACTION_CONSOLE_ON 7
+/* Set level of messages printed to console */
+#define SYSLOG_ACTION_CONSOLE_LEVEL 8
+/* Return number of unread characters in the log buffer */
+#define SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD 9
+/* Return size of the log buffer */
+#define SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER 10
+
#define SYSLOG_FROM_CALL 0
#define SYSLOG_FROM_FILE 1
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 809cf9a..3e162d8 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -259,21 +259,6 @@ static inline void boot_delay_msec(void)
}
#endif
-/*
- * Commands to do_syslog:
- *
- * 0 -- Close the log. Currently a NOP.
- * 1 -- Open the log. Currently a NOP.
- * 2 -- Read from the log.
- * 3 -- Read all messages remaining in the ring buffer.
- * 4 -- Read and clear all messages remaining in the ring buffer
- * 5 -- Clear ring buffer.
- * 6 -- Disable printk's to console
- * 7 -- Enable printk's to console
- * 8 -- Set level of messages printed to console
- * 9 -- Return number of unread characters in the log buffer
- * 10 -- Return size of the log buffer
- */
int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
{
unsigned i, j, limit, count;
@@ -286,11 +271,11 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
return error;
switch (type) {
- case 0: /* Close log */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_CLOSE: /* Close log */
break;
- case 1: /* Open log */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN: /* Open log */
break;
- case 2: /* Read from log */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_READ: /* Read from log */
error = -EINVAL;
if (!buf || len < 0)
goto out;
@@ -321,10 +306,12 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
if (!error)
error = i;
break;
- case 4: /* Read/clear last kernel messages */
+ /* Read/clear last kernel messages */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_CLEAR:
do_clear = 1;
/* FALL THRU */
- case 3: /* Read last kernel messages */
+ /* Read last kernel messages */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL:
error = -EINVAL;
if (!buf || len < 0)
goto out;
@@ -377,21 +364,25 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
}
}
break;
- case 5: /* Clear ring buffer */
+ /* Clear ring buffer */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_CLEAR:
logged_chars = 0;
break;
- case 6: /* Disable logging to console */
+ /* Disable logging to console */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_CONSOLE_OFF:
if (saved_console_loglevel == -1)
saved_console_loglevel = console_loglevel;
console_loglevel = minimum_console_loglevel;
break;
- case 7: /* Enable logging to console */
+ /* Enable logging to console */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_CONSOLE_ON:
if (saved_console_loglevel != -1) {
console_loglevel = saved_console_loglevel;
saved_console_loglevel = -1;
}
break;
- case 8: /* Set level of messages printed to console */
+ /* Set level of messages printed to console */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_CONSOLE_LEVEL:
error = -EINVAL;
if (len < 1 || len > 8)
goto out;
@@ -402,10 +393,12 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
saved_console_loglevel = -1;
error = 0;
break;
- case 9: /* Number of chars in the log buffer */
+ /* Number of chars in the log buffer */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD:
error = log_end - log_start;
break;
- case 10: /* Size of the log buffer */
+ /* Size of the log buffer */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER:
error = log_buf_len;
break;
default:
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 677fad9..cf01b2e 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -897,9 +897,10 @@ error:
int cap_syslog(int type, bool from_file)
{
/* /proc/kmsg can open be opened by CAP_SYS_ADMIN */
- if (type != 1 && from_file)
+ if (type != SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN && from_file)
return 0;
- if ((type != 3 && type != 10) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ if ((type != SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL &&
+ type != SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
return 0;
}
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index a4862a0..6b36ce2 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -2059,20 +2059,21 @@ static int selinux_syslog(int type, bool from_file)
return rc;
switch (type) {
- case 3: /* Read last kernel messages */
- case 10: /* Return size of the log buffer */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL: /* Read last kernel messages */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER: /* Return size of the log buffer */
rc = task_has_system(current, SYSTEM__SYSLOG_READ);
break;
- case 6: /* Disable logging to console */
- case 7: /* Enable logging to console */
- case 8: /* Set level of messages printed to console */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_CONSOLE_OFF: /* Disable logging to console */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_CONSOLE_ON: /* Enable logging to console */
+ /* Set level of messages printed to console */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_CONSOLE_LEVEL:
rc = task_has_system(current, SYSTEM__SYSLOG_CONSOLE);
break;
- case 0: /* Close log */
- case 1: /* Open log */
- case 2: /* Read from log */
- case 4: /* Read/clear last kernel messages */
- case 5: /* Clear ring buffer */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_CLOSE: /* Close log */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN: /* Open log */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_READ: /* Read from log */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_CLEAR: /* Read/clear last kernel messages */
+ case SYSLOG_ACTION_CLEAR: /* Clear ring buffer */
default:
rc = task_has_system(current, SYSTEM__SYSLOG_MOD);
break;
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