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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/printk.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c index 4642a5c..f64b899 100644 --- a/kernel/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk.c @@ -273,12 +273,12 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file) * at open time. */ if (type == SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN || !from_file) { - if (dmesg_restrict && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) - return -EPERM; + if (dmesg_restrict && !capable(CAP_SYSLOG)) + goto warn; /* switch to return -EPERM after 2.6.39 */ if ((type != SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL && type != SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER) && - !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) - return -EPERM; + !capable(CAP_SYSLOG)) + goto warn; /* switch to return -EPERM after 2.6.39 */ } error = security_syslog(type); @@ -422,6 +422,12 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file) } out: return error; +warn: + /* remove after 2.6.39 */ + if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + WARN_ONCE(1, "Attempt to access syslog with CAP_SYS_ADMIN " + "but no CAP_SYSLOG (deprecated and denied).\n"); + return -EPERM; } SYSCALL_DEFINE3(syslog, int, type, char __user *, buf, int, len) |
