CRED: Fix regression in cap_capable() as shown up by sys_faccessat() [ver #3]

Fix a regression in cap_capable() due to:

	commit 3b11a1decef07c19443d24ae926982bc8ec9f4c0
	Author: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
	Date:   Fri Nov 14 10:39:26 2008 +1100

	    CRED: Differentiate objective and effective subjective credentials on a task

The problem is that the above patch allows a process to have two sets of
credentials, and for the most part uses the subjective credentials when
accessing current's creds.

There is, however, one exception: cap_capable(), and thus capable(), uses the
real/objective credentials of the target task, whether or not it is the current
task.

Ordinarily this doesn't matter, since usually the two cred pointers in current
point to the same set of creds.  However, sys_faccessat() makes use of this
facility to override the credentials of the calling process to make its test,
without affecting the creds as seen from other processes.

One of the things sys_faccessat() does is to make an adjustment to the
effective capabilities mask, which cap_capable(), as it stands, then ignores.

The affected capability check is in generic_permission():

	if (!(mask & MAY_EXEC) || execute_ok(inode))
		if (capable(CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE))
			return 0;

This change passes the set of credentials to be tested down into the commoncap
and SELinux code.  The security functions called by capable() and
has_capability() select the appropriate set of credentials from the process
being checked.

This can be tested by compiling the following program from the XFS testsuite:

/*
 *  t_access_root.c - trivial test program to show permission bug.
 *
 *  Written by Michael Kerrisk - copyright ownership not pursued.
 *  Sourced from: http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2003-10/6030.html
 */
#include <limits.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

#define UID 500
#define GID 100
#define PERM 0
#define TESTPATH "/tmp/t_access"

static void
errExit(char *msg)
{
    perror(msg);
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
} /* errExit */

static void
accessTest(char *file, int mask, char *mstr)
{
    printf("access(%s, %s) returns %d\n", file, mstr, access(file, mask));
} /* accessTest */

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    int fd, perm, uid, gid;
    char *testpath;
    char cmd[PATH_MAX + 20];

    testpath = (argc > 1) ? argv[1] : TESTPATH;
    perm = (argc > 2) ? strtoul(argv[2], NULL, 8) : PERM;
    uid = (argc > 3) ? atoi(argv[3]) : UID;
    gid = (argc > 4) ? atoi(argv[4]) : GID;

    unlink(testpath);

    fd = open(testpath, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0);
    if (fd == -1) errExit("open");

    if (fchown(fd, uid, gid) == -1) errExit("fchown");
    if (fchmod(fd, perm) == -1) errExit("fchmod");
    close(fd);

    snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "ls -l %s", testpath);
    system(cmd);

    if (seteuid(uid) == -1) errExit("seteuid");

    accessTest(testpath, 0, "0");
    accessTest(testpath, R_OK, "R_OK");
    accessTest(testpath, W_OK, "W_OK");
    accessTest(testpath, X_OK, "X_OK");
    accessTest(testpath, R_OK | W_OK, "R_OK | W_OK");
    accessTest(testpath, R_OK | X_OK, "R_OK | X_OK");
    accessTest(testpath, W_OK | X_OK, "W_OK | X_OK");
    accessTest(testpath, R_OK | W_OK | X_OK, "R_OK | W_OK | X_OK");

    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
} /* main */

This can be run against an Ext3 filesystem as well as against an XFS
filesystem.  If successful, it will show:

	[root@andromeda src]# ./t_access_root /tmp/xxx 0 4043 4043
	---------- 1 dhowells dhowells 0 2008-12-31 03:00 /tmp/xxx
	access(/tmp/xxx, 0) returns 0
	access(/tmp/xxx, R_OK) returns 0
	access(/tmp/xxx, W_OK) returns 0
	access(/tmp/xxx, X_OK) returns -1
	access(/tmp/xxx, R_OK | W_OK) returns 0
	access(/tmp/xxx, R_OK | X_OK) returns -1
	access(/tmp/xxx, W_OK | X_OK) returns -1
	access(/tmp/xxx, R_OK | W_OK | X_OK) returns -1

If unsuccessful, it will show:

	[root@andromeda src]# ./t_access_root /tmp/xxx 0 4043 4043
	---------- 1 dhowells dhowells 0 2008-12-31 02:56 /tmp/xxx
	access(/tmp/xxx, 0) returns 0
	access(/tmp/xxx, R_OK) returns -1
	access(/tmp/xxx, W_OK) returns -1
	access(/tmp/xxx, X_OK) returns -1
	access(/tmp/xxx, R_OK | W_OK) returns -1
	access(/tmp/xxx, R_OK | X_OK) returns -1
	access(/tmp/xxx, W_OK | X_OK) returns -1
	access(/tmp/xxx, R_OK | W_OK | X_OK) returns -1

I've also tested the fix with the SELinux and syscalls LTP testsuites.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
index e22f48c..02bdb76 100644
--- a/include/linux/capability.h
+++ b/include/linux/capability.h
@@ -529,8 +529,21 @@ extern const kernel_cap_t __cap_init_eff_set;
  *
  * Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
  */
-#define has_capability(t, cap) (security_capable((t), (cap)) == 0)
-#define has_capability_noaudit(t, cap) (security_capable_noaudit((t), (cap)) == 0)
+#define has_capability(t, cap) (security_real_capable((t), (cap)) == 0)
+
+/**
+ * has_capability_noaudit - Determine if a task has a superior capability available (unaudited)
+ * @t: The task in question
+ * @cap: The capability to be tested for
+ *
+ * Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
+ * currently in effect, false if not, but don't write an audit message for the
+ * check.
+ *
+ * Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
+ */
+#define has_capability_noaudit(t, cap) \
+	(security_real_capable_noaudit((t), (cap)) == 0)
 
 extern int capable(int cap);