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 <kees.cook@canonical.com>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/syslog.h b/include/linux/syslog.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f02b1817be1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/syslog.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*  Syslog internals
+ *
+ *  Copyright 2010 Canonical, Ltd.
+ *  Author: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ *  any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_SYSLOG_H
+#define _LINUX_SYSLOG_H
+
+#define SYSLOG_FROM_CALL 0
+#define SYSLOG_FROM_FILE 1
+
+int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int count, bool from_file);
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_SYSLOG_H */