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-rw-r--r--kernel/capability.c37
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index 493d97259484..4e66bf9275b0 100644
--- a/kernel/capability.c
+++ b/kernel/capability.c
@@ -393,6 +393,30 @@ bool ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ns_capable);
/**
+ * file_ns_capable - Determine if the file's opener had a capability in effect
+ * @file: The file we want to check
+ * @ns: The usernamespace we want the capability in
+ * @cap: The capability to be tested for
+ *
+ * Return true if task that opened the file had a capability in effect
+ * when the file was opened.
+ *
+ * This does not set PF_SUPERPRIV because the caller may not
+ * actually be privileged.
+ */
+bool file_ns_capable(const struct file *file, struct user_namespace *ns, int cap)
+{
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!cap_valid(cap)))
+ return false;
+
+ if (security_capable(file->f_cred, ns, cap) == 0)
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_ns_capable);
+
+/**
* capable - Determine if the current task has a superior capability in effect
* @cap: The capability to be tested for
*
@@ -409,18 +433,6 @@ bool capable(int cap)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable);
/**
- * nsown_capable - Check superior capability to one's own user_ns
- * @cap: The capability in question
- *
- * Return true if the current task has the given superior capability
- * targeted at its own user namespace.
- */
-bool nsown_capable(int cap)
-{
- return ns_capable(current_user_ns(), cap);
-}
-
-/**
* inode_capable - Check superior capability over inode
* @inode: The inode in question
* @cap: The capability in question
@@ -440,3 +452,4 @@ bool inode_capable(const struct inode *inode, int cap)
return ns_capable(ns, cap) && kuid_has_mapping(ns, inode->i_uid);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_capable);