From 3b11a1decef07c19443d24ae926982bc8ec9f4c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Howells Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:39:26 +1100 Subject: CRED: Differentiate objective and effective subjective credentials on a task Differentiate the objective and real subjective credentials from the effective subjective credentials on a task by introducing a second credentials pointer into the task_struct. task_struct::real_cred then refers to the objective and apparent real subjective credentials of a task, as perceived by the other tasks in the system. task_struct::cred then refers to the effective subjective credentials of a task, as used by that task when it's actually running. These are not visible to the other tasks in the system. __task_cred(task) then refers to the objective/real credentials of the task in question. current_cred() refers to the effective subjective credentials of the current task. prepare_creds() uses the objective creds as a base and commit_creds() changes both pointers in the task_struct (indeed commit_creds() requires them to be the same). override_creds() and revert_creds() change the subjective creds pointer only, and the former returns the old subjective creds. These are used by NFSD, faccessat() and do_coredump(), and will by used by CacheFiles. In SELinux, current_has_perm() is provided as an alternative to task_has_perm(). This uses the effective subjective context of current, whereas task_has_perm() uses the objective/real context of the subject. Signed-off-by: David Howells Signed-off-by: James Morris --- include/linux/init_task.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include/linux/init_task.h') diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h index 08c3b24ad9a..2597858035c 100644 --- a/include/linux/init_task.h +++ b/include/linux/init_task.h @@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ extern struct cred init_cred; .children = LIST_HEAD_INIT(tsk.children), \ .sibling = LIST_HEAD_INIT(tsk.sibling), \ .group_leader = &tsk, \ + .real_cred = &init_cred, \ .cred = &init_cred, \ .cred_exec_mutex = \ __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(tsk.cred_exec_mutex), \ -- cgit v1.2.3