From 002345925e6c45861f60db6f4fc6236713fd8847 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kees Cook Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 15:36:43 -0800 Subject: syslog: distinguish between /proc/kmsg and syscalls This allows the LSM to distinguish between syslog functions originating from /proc/kmsg access and direct syscalls. By default, the commoncaps will now no longer require CAP_SYS_ADMIN to read an opened /proc/kmsg file descriptor. For example the kernel syslog reader can now drop privileges after opening /proc/kmsg, instead of staying privileged with CAP_SYS_ADMIN. MAC systems that implement security_syslog have unchanged behavior. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Acked-by: John Johansen Signed-off-by: James Morris --- security/security.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'security/security.c') diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c index 440afe5..971092c 100644 --- a/security/security.c +++ b/security/security.c @@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ int security_quota_on(struct dentry *dentry) return security_ops->quota_on(dentry); } -int security_syslog(int type) +int security_syslog(int type, bool from_file) { - return security_ops->syslog(type); + return security_ops->syslog(type, from_file); } int security_settime(struct timespec *ts, struct timezone *tz) -- cgit v1.1