v2: subject changed, patch comment modified

Fixes: 637241a900cb ("kmsg: honor dmesg_restrict sysctl on /dev/kmsg")

Final version of patch 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.

Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <[email protected]>
---
 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 c099b08..bff0169 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -484,11 +484,11 @@ 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.
@@ -498,10 +498,11 @@ 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);
 }
 
@@ -1263,10 +1264,6 @@ 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;
-- 
1.9.1

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