linux/kernel/cred.c
David Howells f1752eec61 CRED: Detach the credentials from task_struct
Detach the credentials from task_struct, duplicating them in copy_process()
and releasing them in __put_task_struct().

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2008-11-14 10:39:17 +11:00

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/* Task credentials management
*
* Copyright (C) 2008 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
* Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
* 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
*/
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/cred.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/key.h>
#include <linux/keyctl.h>
#include <linux/init_task.h>
#include <linux/security.h>
/*
* The initial credentials for the initial task
*/
struct cred init_cred = {
.usage = ATOMIC_INIT(3),
.securebits = SECUREBITS_DEFAULT,
.cap_inheritable = CAP_INIT_INH_SET,
.cap_permitted = CAP_FULL_SET,
.cap_effective = CAP_INIT_EFF_SET,
.cap_bset = CAP_INIT_BSET,
.user = INIT_USER,
.group_info = &init_groups,
};
/*
* The RCU callback to actually dispose of a set of credentials
*/
static void put_cred_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
{
struct cred *cred = container_of(rcu, struct cred, rcu);
BUG_ON(atomic_read(&cred->usage) != 0);
key_put(cred->thread_keyring);
key_put(cred->request_key_auth);
put_group_info(cred->group_info);
free_uid(cred->user);
security_cred_free(cred);
kfree(cred);
}
/**
* __put_cred - Destroy a set of credentials
* @sec: The record to release
*
* Destroy a set of credentials on which no references remain.
*/
void __put_cred(struct cred *cred)
{
call_rcu(&cred->rcu, put_cred_rcu);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__put_cred);
/*
* Copy credentials for the new process created by fork()
*/
int copy_creds(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long clone_flags)
{
struct cred *pcred;
int ret;
pcred = kmemdup(p->cred, sizeof(*p->cred), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!pcred)
return -ENOMEM;
#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
pcred->security = NULL;
#endif
ret = security_cred_alloc(pcred);
if (ret < 0) {
kfree(pcred);
return ret;
}
atomic_set(&pcred->usage, 1);
get_group_info(pcred->group_info);
get_uid(pcred->user);
key_get(pcred->thread_keyring);
key_get(pcred->request_key_auth);
atomic_inc(&pcred->user->processes);
/* RCU assignment is unneeded here as no-one can have accessed this
* pointer yet, barring us */
p->cred = pcred;
return 0;
}