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authorRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2010-08-06 18:13:54 +0100
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2010-08-06 18:13:54 +0100
commit11e4afb49b7fa1fc8e1ffd850c1806dd86a08204 (patch)
tree9e57efcb106ae912f7bec718feb3f8ec607559bb /kernel/cred.c
parent162500b3a3ff39d941d29db49b41a16667ae44f0 (diff)
parent9b2a606d3898fcb2eedb6faded3bb37549590ac4 (diff)
Merge branches 'gemini' and 'misc' into devel
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/cred.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/cred.c87
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 61 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 1ed8ca18790..60bc8b1e32e 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
*/
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/cred.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/key.h>
#include <linux/keyctl.h>
#include <linux/init_task.h>
#include <linux/security.h>
#include <linux/cn_proc.h>
-#include "cred-internals.h"
#if 0
#define kdebug(FMT, ...) \
@@ -209,6 +209,31 @@ void exit_creds(struct task_struct *tsk)
}
}
+/**
+ * get_task_cred - Get another task's objective credentials
+ * @task: The task to query
+ *
+ * Get the objective credentials of a task, pinning them so that they can't go
+ * away. Accessing a task's credentials directly is not permitted.
+ *
+ * The caller must also make sure task doesn't get deleted, either by holding a
+ * ref on task or by holding tasklist_lock to prevent it from being unlinked.
+ */
+const struct cred *get_task_cred(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+ const struct cred *cred;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+
+ do {
+ cred = __task_cred((task));
+ BUG_ON(!cred);
+ } while (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&((struct cred *)cred)->usage));
+
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ return cred;
+}
+
/*
* Allocate blank credentials, such that the credentials can be filled in at a
* later date without risk of ENOMEM.
@@ -347,60 +372,6 @@ struct cred *prepare_exec_creds(void)
}
/*
- * prepare new credentials for the usermode helper dispatcher
- */
-struct cred *prepare_usermodehelper_creds(void)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
- struct thread_group_cred *tgcred = NULL;
-#endif
- struct cred *new;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
- tgcred = kzalloc(sizeof(*new->tgcred), GFP_ATOMIC);
- if (!tgcred)
- return NULL;
-#endif
-
- new = kmem_cache_alloc(cred_jar, GFP_ATOMIC);
- if (!new)
- return NULL;
-
- kdebug("prepare_usermodehelper_creds() alloc %p", new);
-
- memcpy(new, &init_cred, sizeof(struct cred));
-
- atomic_set(&new->usage, 1);
- set_cred_subscribers(new, 0);
- get_group_info(new->group_info);
- get_uid(new->user);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
- new->thread_keyring = NULL;
- new->request_key_auth = NULL;
- new->jit_keyring = KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_DEFAULT;
-
- atomic_set(&tgcred->usage, 1);
- spin_lock_init(&tgcred->lock);
- new->tgcred = tgcred;
-#endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
- new->security = NULL;
-#endif
- if (security_prepare_creds(new, &init_cred, GFP_ATOMIC) < 0)
- goto error;
- validate_creds(new);
-
- BUG_ON(atomic_read(&new->usage) != 1);
- return new;
-
-error:
- put_cred(new);
- return NULL;
-}
-
-/*
* Copy credentials for the new process created by fork()
*
* We share if we can, but under some circumstances we have to generate a new
@@ -516,8 +487,6 @@ int commit_creds(struct cred *new)
#endif
BUG_ON(atomic_read(&new->usage) < 1);
- security_commit_creds(new, old);
-
get_cred(new); /* we will require a ref for the subj creds too */
/* dumpability changes */
@@ -553,8 +522,6 @@ int commit_creds(struct cred *new)
atomic_dec(&old->user->processes);
alter_cred_subscribers(old, -2);
- sched_switch_user(task);
-
/* send notifications */
if (new->uid != old->uid ||
new->euid != old->euid ||
@@ -786,8 +753,6 @@ bool creds_are_invalid(const struct cred *cred)
{
if (cred->magic != CRED_MAGIC)
return true;
- if (atomic_read(&cred->usage) < atomic_read(&cred->subscribers))
- return true;
#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX
if (selinux_is_enabled()) {
if ((unsigned long) cred->security < PAGE_SIZE)