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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt4
-rw-r--r--include/linux/capability.h3
-rw-r--r--kernel/capability.c11
-rw-r--r--security/commoncap.c3
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;
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