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[PATCH v4 14/16] ima: Use mac_admin_ns_capable() to check corresponding capability

From: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
Date: 2021-12-07 20:23:09
Also in: linux-integrity, lkml
Subsystem: capabilities, extended verification module (evm), integrity measurement architecture (ima), security subsystem, the rest · Maintainers: Serge Hallyn, Mimi Zohar, Roberto Sassu, Dmitry Kasatkin, Paul Moore, James Morris, "Serge E. Hallyn", Linus Torvalds

Use mac_admin_ns_capable() to check corresponding capability to allow
read/write IMA policy without CAP_SYS_ADMIN but with CAP_MAC_ADMIN.

Signed-off-by: Denis Semakin <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
---
 include/linux/capability.h      | 6 ++++++
 security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
index 65efb74c3585..991579178f32 100644
--- a/include/linux/capability.h
+++ b/include/linux/capability.h
@@ -270,6 +270,12 @@ static inline bool checkpoint_restore_ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns)
 		ns_capable(ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
 }
 
+static inline bool mac_admin_ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns)
+{
+	return ns_capable(ns, CAP_MAC_ADMIN) ||
+		ns_capable(ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+}
+
 /* audit system wants to get cap info from files as well */
 int get_vfs_caps_from_disk(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 			   const struct dentry *dentry,
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
index 0e582ceecc7f..a749a3e79304 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static int ima_open_policy(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 #else
 		if ((filp->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY)
 			return -EACCES;
-		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		if (!mac_admin_ns_capable(ns->user_ns))
 			return -EPERM;
 		return seq_open(filp, &ima_policy_seqops);
 #endif
-- 
2.31.1
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