[PATCH 2/2 v2] pci: use security_capable() when checking capablitiesduring config space read

From: Chris Wright
Date: Thu Feb 10 2011 - 18:59:25 EST


* James Morris (jmorris@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> What about these other users of cap_raised?
>
> drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c: if (!cap_raised(nsp->eff_cap, CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
> drivers/md/dm-log-userspace-transfer.c: if (!cap_raised(nsp->eff_cap, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> drivers/staging/pohmelfs/config.c: if (!cap_raised(nsp->eff_cap, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> drivers/video/uvesafb.c: if (!cap_raised(nsp->eff_cap, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))

Those are a security_netlink_recv() variant. They should be converted
although makes sense as a different patchset.

> Also, should this have a reported-by for Eric ?

Yes it should, thanks. Below is patch with Reported-by added (seemed
overkill to respin the series; holler if that's perferred).

thanks,
-chris
---

From: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2 v2] pci: use security_capable() when checking capablities during config space read

Eric Paris noted that commit de139a3 ("pci: check caps from sysfs file
open to read device dependent config space") caused the capability check
to bypass security modules and potentially auditing. Rectify this by
calling security_capable() when checking the open file's capabilities
for config space reads.

Reported-by: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
index 8ecaac9..f7771f3 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/capability.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
#include <linux/pci-aspm.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include "pci.h"
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ pci_read_config(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
u8 *data = (u8*) buf;

/* Several chips lock up trying to read undefined config space */
- if (cap_raised(filp->f_cred->cap_effective, CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
+ if (security_capable(filp->f_cred, CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
size = dev->cfg_size;
} else if (dev->hdr_type == PCI_HEADER_TYPE_CARDBUS) {
size = 128;
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