# \[PATCH V4 09/10\] capabilities: fix logic for effective root or real root

- From: Kees Cook \<hidden\>
- Date: 2017-09-08 18:34:27 
- List: linux-security-module
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-security-module/2017/09/16280031
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-security-module/2017/09/16280010/t.md

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On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 11:46 PM, Richard Guy Briggs [ref] wrote:
> Now that the logic is inverted, it is much easier to see that both real
> root and effective root conditions had to be met to avoid printing the
> BPRM_FCAPS record with audit syscalls.  This meant that any setuid root
> applications would print a full BPRM_FCAPS record when it wasn't
> necessary, cluttering the event output, since the SYSCALL and PATH
> records indicated the presence of the setuid bit and effective root user
> id.
>
> Require only one of effective root or real root to avoid printing the
> unnecessary record.
>
> Ref: commit 3fc689e96c0c ("Add audit_log_bprm_fcaps/AUDIT_BPRM_FCAPS")
> See: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/16
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <redacted>
> Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
> Acked-by: James Morris <redacted>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <redacted>

-Kees

> ---
>  security/commoncap.c |    5 ++---
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
> index 7e8041d..759f3fa 100644
> --- a/security/commoncap.c
> +++ b/security/commoncap.c
> @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ static inline bool __is_setgid(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old)
>   *
>   * We do not bother to audit if 3 things are true:
>   *   1) cap_effective has all caps
> - *   2) we are root
> + *   2) we became root *OR* are were already root
>   *   3) root is supposed to have all caps (SECURE_NOROOT)
>   * Since this is just a normal root execing a process.
>   *
> @@ -545,8 +545,7 @@ static inline bool nonroot_raised_pE(struct cred *cred, kuid_t root)
>
>         if (__cap_grew(effective, ambient, cred) &&
>             !(__cap_full(effective, cred) &&
> -             __is_eff(root, cred) &&
> -             __is_real(root, cred) &&
> +             (__is_eff(root, cred) || __is_real(root, cred)) &&
>               root_privileged()))
>                 ret = true;
>         return ret;
> --
> 1.7.1
>



-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security
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