[PATCH 04/13] staging: gasket: core: allow root access based on user namespace

From: Todd Poynor
Date: Sun Jul 29 2018 - 15:37:04 EST


From: Todd Poynor <toddpoynor@xxxxxxxxxx>

Use user namespace to determine whether gasket device file opener is
root, allowing root access to containers, if necessary.

Reported-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Todd Poynor <toddpoynor@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_core.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_core.c b/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_core.c
index b832a4f529f27..291cd6d074a2e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_core.c
@@ -13,13 +13,16 @@
#include "gasket_page_table.h"
#include "gasket_sysfs.h"

+#include <linux/capability.h>
#include <linux/compiler.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>

#ifdef GASKET_KERNEL_TRACE_SUPPORT
#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
@@ -1064,7 +1067,8 @@ static int gasket_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
char task_name[TASK_COMM_LEN];
struct gasket_cdev_info *dev_info =
container_of(inode->i_cdev, struct gasket_cdev_info, cdev);
- int is_root = capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+ struct pid_namespace *pid_ns = task_active_pid_ns(current);
+ int is_root = ns_capable(pid_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);

gasket_dev = dev_info->gasket_dev_ptr;
driver_desc = gasket_dev->internal_desc->driver_desc;
@@ -1147,6 +1151,8 @@ static int gasket_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
char task_name[TASK_COMM_LEN];
struct gasket_cdev_info *dev_info =
container_of(inode->i_cdev, struct gasket_cdev_info, cdev);
+ struct pid_namespace *pid_ns = task_active_pid_ns(current);
+ int is_root = ns_capable(pid_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);

gasket_dev = dev_info->gasket_dev_ptr;
driver_desc = gasket_dev->internal_desc->driver_desc;
@@ -1158,7 +1164,7 @@ static int gasket_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
"Releasing device node. Call origin: tgid %u (%s) "
"(f_mode: 0%03o, fmode_write: %d, is_root: %u)\n",
current->tgid, task_name, file->f_mode,
- (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE), capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN));
+ (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE), is_root);
dev_dbg(gasket_dev->dev, "Current open count (owning tgid %u): %d\n",
ownership->owner, ownership->write_open_count);

--
2.18.0.345.g5c9ce644c3-goog