[2/3] Exporting capability code/name pairs
This patch enables to export code/name pairs of capabilities the running
kernel supported.
A newer kernel sometimes adds new capabilities, like CAP_MAC_ADMIN
at 2.6.25. However, we have no interface to disclose what capabilities
are supported on the running kernel. Thus, we have to maintain libcap
version in appropriate one synchronously.
This patch enables libcap to collect the list of capabilities at run time,
and provide them for users. It helps to improve portability of library.
It exports these information as regular files under /sys/kernel/capability.
The numeric node exports its name, the symbolic node exports its code.
Please consider to put this patch on the queue of 2.6.25.
Thanks,
------------ BEGIN EXAMPLE ----
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ls -R /sys/kernel/capability/
/sys/kernel/capability/:
codes names version
/sys/kernel/capability/codes:
0 10 12 14 16 18 2 21 23 25 27 29 30 32 4 6 8
1 11 13 15 17 19 20 22 24 26 28 3 31 33 5 7 9
/sys/kernel/capability/names:
cap_audit_control cap_kill cap_net_raw cap_sys_nice
cap_audit_write cap_lease cap_setfcap cap_sys_pacct
cap_chown cap_linux_immutable cap_setgid cap_sys_ptrace
cap_dac_override cap_mac_admin cap_setpcap cap_sys_rawio
cap_dac_read_search cap_mac_override cap_setuid cap_sys_resource
cap_fowner cap_mknod cap_sys_admin cap_sys_time
cap_fsetid cap_net_admin cap_sys_boot cap_sys_tty_config
cap_ipc_lock cap_net_bind_service cap_sys_chroot
cap_ipc_owner cap_net_broadcast cap_sys_module
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cat /sys/kernel/capability/version
0x20071026
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cat /sys/kernel/capability/codes/30
cap_audit_control
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cat /sys/kernel/capability/names/cap_sys_pacct
20
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$
------------ END EXAMPLE ------
Signed-off-by: KaiGai Kohei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-capability | 23 +++++
scripts/mkcapnames.sh | 44 +++++++++
security/Makefile | 9 ++
security/commoncap.c | 99 +++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 175 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-capability
b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-capability
index e69de29..402ef06 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-capability
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-capability
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+What: /sys/kernel/capability
+Date: Feb 2008
+Contact: KaiGai Kohei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+Description:
+ The entries under /sys/kernel/capability are used to export
+ the list of capabilities the running kernel supported.
+
+ - /sys/kernel/capability/version
+ returns the most preferable version number for the
+ running kernel.
+ e.g) $ cat /sys/kernel/capability/version
+ 0x20071026
+
+ - /sys/kernel/capability/code/<numerical representation>
+ returns its symbolic representation, on reading.
+ e.g) $ cat /sys/kernel/capability/codes/30
+ cap_audit_control
+
+ - /sys/kernel/capability/name/<symbolic representation>
+ returns its numerical representation, on reading.
+ e.g) $ cat /sys/kernel/capability/names/cap_sys_pacct
+ 20
+
diff --git a/scripts/mkcapnames.sh b/scripts/mkcapnames.sh
index e69de29..5d36d52 100644
--- a/scripts/mkcapnames.sh
+++ b/scripts/mkcapnames.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#
+# generate a cap_names.h file from include/linux/capability.h
+#
+
+CAPHEAD="`dirname $0`/../include/linux/capability.h"
+REGEXP='^#define CAP_[A-Z_]+[ ]+[0-9]+$'
+NUMCAP=`cat "$CAPHEAD" | egrep -c "$REGEXP"`
+
+echo '#ifndef CAP_NAMES_H'
+echo '#define CAP_NAMES_H'
+echo
+echo '/*'
+echo ' * Do NOT edit this file directly.'
+echo ' * This file is generated from include/linux/capability.h automatically'
+echo ' */'
+echo
+echo '#if !defined(SYSFS_CAP_NAME_ENTRY) || !defined(SYSFS_CAP_CODE_ENTRY)'
+echo '#error cap_names.h should be included from security/capability.c'
+echo '#else'
+echo "#if $NUMCAP != CAP_LAST_CAP + 1"
+echo '#error mkcapnames.sh cannot collect capabilities correctly'
+echo '#else'
+cat "$CAPHEAD" | egrep "$REGEXP" \
+ | awk '{ printf("SYSFS_CAP_NAME_ENTRY(%s,%s);\n", tolower($2), $2); }'
+echo
+echo 'static struct attribute *capability_name_attrs[] = {'
+cat "$CAPHEAD" | egrep "$REGEXP" \
+ | awk '{ printf("\t&%s_name_attr.attr,\n", tolower($2)); } END { print
"\tNULL," }'
+echo '};'
+
+echo
+cat "$CAPHEAD" | egrep "$REGEXP" \
+ | awk '{ printf("SYSFS_CAP_CODE_ENTRY(%s,%s);\n", tolower($2), $2); }'
+echo
+echo 'static struct attribute *capability_code_attrs[] = {'
+cat "$CAPHEAD" | egrep "$REGEXP" \
+ | awk '{ printf("\t&%s_code_attr.attr,\n", tolower($2)); } END { print
"\tNULL," }'
+echo '};'
+
+echo '#endif'
+echo '#endif'
+echo '#endif'
diff --git a/security/Makefile b/security/Makefile
index 9e8b025..c1ffc00 100644
--- a/security/Makefile
+++ b/security/Makefile
@@ -18,3 +18,12 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX) +=
selinux/built-in.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_SMACK) += commoncap.o smack/built-in.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES) += commoncap.o capability.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_ROOTPLUG) += commoncap.o root_plug.o
+
+# cap_names.h contains the code/name pair of capabilities.
+# It is generated using include/linux/capability.h automatically.
+$(obj)/commoncap.o: $(obj)/cap_names.h
+quiet_cmd_cap_names = CAPS $@
+ cmd_cap_names = /bin/sh $(src)/../scripts/mkcapnames.sh > $@
+targets += cap_names.h
+$(obj)/cap_names.h: $(src)/../scripts/mkcapnames.sh
$(src)/../include/linux/capability.h FORCE
+ $(call if_changed,cap_names)
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 5aba826..2f3b49a 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
#include <linux/hugetlb.h>
#include <linux/mount.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/sysfs.h>
/* Global security state */
@@ -637,3 +639,100 @@ int cap_vm_enough_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, long pages)
return __vm_enough_memory(mm, pages, cap_sys_admin);
}
+/*
+ * Export the list of capabilities on /sys/kernel/capability
+ */
+static struct kobject *capability_kobj;
+
+static ssize_t capability_name_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+ char *buffer)
+{
+ /* It returns numerical representation of capability. */
+ return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", (int) attr->data);
+}
+
+static ssize_t capability_code_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+ char *buffer)
+{
+ /* It returns symbolic representation of capability. */
+ return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", (char *) attr->data);
+}
+
+static ssize_t capability_version_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+ char *buffer)
+{
+ return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "0x%08x\n",
+ _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION);
+}
+
+#define SYSFS_CAP_NAME_ENTRY(_name,_code) \
+ static struct kobj_attribute _name##_name_attr = \
+ __ATTR_DATA(_name, 0444, capability_name_show, NULL,
(int)(_code))
+
+#define SYSFS_CAP_CODE_ENTRY(_name,_code) \
+ static struct kobj_attribute _name##_code_attr = \
+ __ATTR_DATA(_code, 0444, capability_code_show, NULL,
__stringify(_name))
+
+/*
+ * capability_attrs[] is generated automatically by scripts/mkcapnames.sh
+ * This script parses include/linux/capability.h
+ */
+#include "cap_names.h"
+
+static struct attribute_group capability_name_attr_group = {
+ .name = "names",
+ .attrs = capability_name_attrs,
+};
+
+static struct attribute_group capability_code_attr_group = {
+ .name = "codes",
+ .attrs = capability_code_attrs,
+};
+
+static struct kobj_attribute cap_version_attr =
+ __ATTR(version, 0444, capability_version_show, NULL);
+
+static int __init capability_export_names(void)
+{
+ int rc = -ENOMEM;
+
+ /* make /sys/kernel/capability */
+ capability_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("capability", kernel_kobj);
+ if (!capability_kobj)
+ goto error0;
+
+ /* make /sys/kernel/capability/names */
+ rc = sysfs_create_group(capability_kobj,
+ &capability_name_attr_group);
+ if (rc)
+ goto error1;
+
+ /* make /sys/kernel/capability/codes */
+ rc = sysfs_create_group(capability_kobj,
+ &capability_code_attr_group);
+ if (rc)
+ goto error2;
+
+ /* make /sys/kernel/capability/version */
+ rc = sysfs_create_file(capability_kobj,
+ &cap_version_attr.attr);
+ if (rc)
+ goto error3;
+
+ return 0;
+
+error3:
+ sysfs_remove_group(capability_kobj, &capability_code_attr_group);
+error2:
+ sysfs_remove_group(capability_kobj, &capability_name_attr_group);
+error1:
+ kobject_put(capability_kobj);
+error0:
+ printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to export capabilities\n");
+
+ return rc;
+}
+__initcall(capability_export_names);
--
OSS Platform Development Division, NEC
KaiGai Kohei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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