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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/capability.h | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/capability.c | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | security/commoncap.c | 3 |
4 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 1bbcaa8982b6..784443acca9c 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1459,6 +1459,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file instruction doesn't work correctly and not to use it. + no_file_caps Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities. The + only way then for a file to be executed with privilege + is to be setuid root or executed by root. + nohalt [IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h index 9d1fe30b6f6c..5bc145bd759a 100644 --- a/include/linux/capability.h +++ b/include/linux/capability.h @@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ typedef struct __user_cap_data_struct { #define VFS_CAP_U32 VFS_CAP_U32_2 #define VFS_CAP_REVISION VFS_CAP_REVISION_2 +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES +extern int file_caps_enabled; +#endif struct vfs_cap_data { __le32 magic_etc; /* Little endian */ diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c index 33e51e78c2d8..e13a68535ad5 100644 --- a/kernel/capability.c +++ b/kernel/capability.c @@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cap_empty_set); EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cap_full_set); EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cap_init_eff_set); +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES +int file_caps_enabled = 1; + +static int __init file_caps_disable(char *str) +{ + file_caps_enabled = 0; + return 1; +} +__setup("no_file_caps", file_caps_disable); +#endif + /* * More recent versions of libcap are available from: * diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c index 3976613db829..f88119cb2bc2 100644 --- a/security/commoncap.c +++ b/security/commoncap.c @@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ static int get_file_caps(struct linux_binprm *bprm) bprm_clear_caps(bprm); + if (!file_caps_enabled) + return 0; + if (bprm->file->f_vfsmnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOSUID) return 0; |
