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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-04-16 17:35:26 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-04-16 17:35:26 -0700
commita54bfa40fd16aeb90bc556189221576f746f8567 (patch)
tree176bb7a99ffab5f42f0dd4e9671f335be3f3efa0 /include/linux/capability.h
parentfe957c40ec5e2763b9977c565beab3bde3aaf85b (diff)
parent134ffb4cad92a6aa534e55a9be145bca780a32c1 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/capability.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/capability.h23
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
index 4864a43b2b4..c3021105edc 100644
--- a/include/linux/capability.h
+++ b/include/linux/capability.h
@@ -377,7 +377,21 @@ struct cpu_vfs_cap_data {
#define CAP_FOR_EACH_U32(__capi) \
for (__capi = 0; __capi < _KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S; ++__capi)
+/*
+ * CAP_FS_MASK and CAP_NFSD_MASKS:
+ *
+ * The fs mask is all the privileges that fsuid==0 historically meant.
+ * At one time in the past, that included CAP_MKNOD and CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE.
+ *
+ * It has never meant setting security.* and trusted.* xattrs.
+ *
+ * We could also define fsmask as follows:
+ * 1. CAP_FS_MASK is the privilege to bypass all fs-related DAC permissions
+ * 2. The security.* and trusted.* xattrs are fs-related MAC permissions
+ */
+
# define CAP_FS_MASK_B0 (CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_CHOWN) \
+ | CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_MKNOD) \
| CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE) \
| CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH) \
| CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_FOWNER) \
@@ -392,11 +406,12 @@ struct cpu_vfs_cap_data {
# define CAP_EMPTY_SET ((kernel_cap_t){{ 0, 0 }})
# define CAP_FULL_SET ((kernel_cap_t){{ ~0, ~0 }})
# define CAP_INIT_EFF_SET ((kernel_cap_t){{ ~CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_SETPCAP), ~0 }})
-# define CAP_FS_SET ((kernel_cap_t){{ CAP_FS_MASK_B0, CAP_FS_MASK_B1 } })
+# define CAP_FS_SET ((kernel_cap_t){{ CAP_FS_MASK_B0 \
+ | CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE), \
+ CAP_FS_MASK_B1 } })
# define CAP_NFSD_SET ((kernel_cap_t){{ CAP_FS_MASK_B0 \
- | CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) \
- | CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_MKNOD), \
- CAP_FS_MASK_B1 } })
+ | CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE), \
+ CAP_FS_MASK_B1 } })
#endif /* _KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S != 2 */