From d194e5d666225b04c7754471df0948f645b6ab3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vasily Averin Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:01:44 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] security_syslog() should be called once only The final version of commit 637241a900cb ("kmsg: honor dmesg_restrict sysctl on /dev/kmsg") lost few hooks, as result security_syslog() are processed incorrectly: - open of /dev/kmsg checks syslog access permissions by using check_syslog_permissions() where security_syslog() is not called if dmesg_restrict is set. - syslog syscall and /proc/kmsg calls do_syslog() where security_syslog can be executed twice (inside check_syslog_permissions() and then directly in do_syslog()) With this patch security_syslog() is called once only in all syslog-related operations regardless of dmesg_restrict value. Fixes: 637241a900cb ("kmsg: honor dmesg_restrict sysctl on /dev/kmsg") Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Josh Boyer Cc: Eric Paris Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- kernel/printk/printk.c | 11 ++++------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c index ae980dc3ac1e..45fa8c88ac47 100644 --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c @@ -496,11 +496,11 @@ int check_syslog_permissions(int type, bool from_file) * already done the capabilities checks at open time. */ if (from_file && type != SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN) - return 0; + goto ok; if (syslog_action_restricted(type)) { if (capable(CAP_SYSLOG)) - return 0; + goto ok; /* * For historical reasons, accept CAP_SYS_ADMIN too, with * a warning. @@ -510,10 +510,11 @@ int check_syslog_permissions(int type, bool from_file) "CAP_SYS_ADMIN but no CAP_SYSLOG " "(deprecated).\n", current->comm, task_pid_nr(current)); - return 0; + goto ok; } return -EPERM; } +ok: return security_syslog(type); } @@ -1299,10 +1300,6 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file) if (error) goto out; - error = security_syslog(type); - if (error) - return error; - switch (type) { case SYSLOG_ACTION_CLOSE: /* Close log */ break; -- 2.20.1