[PATCH] kernel/printk/printk.c: check_syslog_permissions() cleanup

From: Vasily Averin
Date: Sun May 10 2015 - 02:37:12 EST


Fixes: 637241a900cb ("kmsg: honor dmesg_restrict sysctl on /dev/kmsg")

Final version of patch 637241a900cb ("kmsg: honor dmesg_restrict sysctl
on /dev/kmsg") lost few hooks. As result security_syslog() is not checked
inside check_syslog_permissions() if dmesg_restrict is set,
or it can be called twice in do_syslog().

Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/printk/printk.c | 11 ++++-------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index c099b08..bff0169 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -484,11 +484,11 @@ int check_syslog_permissions(int type, bool from_file)
* already done the capabilities checks at open time.
*/
if (from_file && type != SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN)
- return 0;
+ goto ok;

if (syslog_action_restricted(type)) {
if (capable(CAP_SYSLOG))
- return 0;
+ goto ok;
/*
* For historical reasons, accept CAP_SYS_ADMIN too, with
* a warning.
@@ -498,10 +498,11 @@ int check_syslog_permissions(int type, bool from_file)
"CAP_SYS_ADMIN but no CAP_SYSLOG "
"(deprecated).\n",
current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
- return 0;
+ goto ok;
}
return -EPERM;
}
+ok:
return security_syslog(type);
}

@@ -1263,10 +1264,6 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
if (error)
goto out;

- error = security_syslog(type);
- if (error)
- return error;
-
switch (type) {
case SYSLOG_ACTION_CLOSE: /* Close log */
break;
--
1.9.1

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