Re: [PATCH][LSM] Remove task_kmod_set_label hook 2/4

From: Chris Wright (chris@wirex.com)
Date: Fri Jun 13 2003 - 02:15:21 EST


[LSM] Remove task_kmod_set_label hook, it is no longer necessary.
kmod is now handled by keventd which already does reparent_to_init,
so there is no need to worry about getting the security labels right
for code running off the keventd workqueue.

--- linus-2.5/include/linux/security.h.kmod Thu Jun 12 22:48:12 2003
+++ linus-2.5/include/linux/security.h Thu Jun 12 22:48:12 2003
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 extern int cap_bprm_set_security (struct linux_binprm *bprm);
 extern void cap_bprm_compute_creds (struct linux_binprm *bprm);
 extern int cap_task_post_setuid (uid_t old_ruid, uid_t old_euid, uid_t old_suid, int flags);
-extern void cap_task_kmod_set_label (void);
 extern void cap_task_reparent_to_init (struct task_struct *p);
 extern int cap_syslog (int type);
 
@@ -607,10 +606,6 @@
  * @arg4 contains a argument.
  * @arg5 contains a argument.
  * Return 0 if permission is granted.
- * @task_kmod_set_label:
- * Set the security attributes in current->security for the kernel module
- * loader thread, so that it has the permissions needed to perform its
- * function.
  * @task_reparent_to_init:
  * Set the security attributes in @p->security for a kernel thread that
  * is being reparented to the init task.
@@ -1111,7 +1106,6 @@
         int (*task_prctl) (int option, unsigned long arg2,
                            unsigned long arg3, unsigned long arg4,
                            unsigned long arg5);
- void (*task_kmod_set_label) (void);
         void (*task_reparent_to_init) (struct task_struct * p);
         void (*task_to_inode)(struct task_struct *p, struct inode *inode);
 
@@ -1692,11 +1686,6 @@
         return security_ops->task_prctl (option, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5);
 }
 
-static inline void security_task_kmod_set_label (void)
-{
- security_ops->task_kmod_set_label ();
-}
-
 static inline void security_task_reparent_to_init (struct task_struct *p)
 {
         security_ops->task_reparent_to_init (p);
@@ -2321,11 +2310,6 @@
         return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void security_task_kmod_set_label (void)
-{
- cap_task_kmod_set_label ();
-}
-
 static inline void security_task_reparent_to_init (struct task_struct *p)
 {
         cap_task_reparent_to_init (p);
--- linus-2.5/security/capability.c.kmod Thu Jun 12 00:40:11 2003
+++ linus-2.5/security/capability.c Thu Jun 12 22:48:12 2003
@@ -248,12 +248,6 @@
         return 0;
 }
 
-void cap_task_kmod_set_label (void)
-{
- cap_set_full (current->cap_effective);
- return;
-}
-
 void cap_task_reparent_to_init (struct task_struct *p)
 {
         p->cap_effective = CAP_INIT_EFF_SET;
@@ -278,7 +272,6 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_bprm_set_security);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_bprm_compute_creds);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_task_post_setuid);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_task_kmod_set_label);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_task_reparent_to_init);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_syslog);
 
@@ -298,7 +291,6 @@
         .bprm_set_security = cap_bprm_set_security,
 
         .task_post_setuid = cap_task_post_setuid,
- .task_kmod_set_label = cap_task_kmod_set_label,
         .task_reparent_to_init = cap_task_reparent_to_init,
 
         .syslog = cap_syslog,
--- linus-2.5/security/dummy.c.kmod Thu Jun 12 22:48:12 2003
+++ linus-2.5/security/dummy.c Thu Jun 12 22:48:12 2003
@@ -517,11 +517,6 @@
         return 0;
 }
 
-static void dummy_task_kmod_set_label (void)
-{
- return;
-}
-
 static void dummy_task_reparent_to_init (struct task_struct *p)
 {
         p->euid = p->fsuid = 0;
@@ -871,7 +866,6 @@
         set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, task_wait);
         set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, task_kill);
         set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, task_prctl);
- set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, task_kmod_set_label);
         set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, task_reparent_to_init);
          set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, task_to_inode);
         set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, ipc_permission);
--- linus-2.5/security/root_plug.c.kmod Thu Jun 12 00:40:12 2003
+++ linus-2.5/security/root_plug.c Thu Jun 12 22:48:12 2003
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
         .bprm_set_security = cap_bprm_set_security,
 
         .task_post_setuid = cap_task_post_setuid,
- .task_kmod_set_label = cap_task_kmod_set_label,
         .task_reparent_to_init = cap_task_reparent_to_init,
 
         .bprm_check_security = rootplug_bprm_check_security,
-
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