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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2012-10-15 09:41:27 +0400
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2012-10-15 09:41:27 +0400
commitc362495586e8a3a6487a318fcd82eaf15ffe2142 (patch)
tree86f7b195d36ba198f24f86be327f21a8d24ec248 /include/uapi/linux/securebits.h
parentb70936d9ffbf0f45f4fa13a03122f015f13ecdb0 (diff)
parentddffeb8c4d0331609ef2581d84de4d763607bd37 (diff)
downloadlinux-c362495586e8a3a6487a318fcd82eaf15ffe2142.tar.xz
Merge 3.7-rc1 into tty-linus
This syncs up the tty-linus branch to the latest in Linus's tree to get all of the UAPI stuff needed for the next set of patches to merge. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_SECUREBITS_H
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_SECUREBITS_H
+
+/* Each securesetting is implemented using two bits. One bit specifies
+ whether the setting is on or off. The other bit specify whether the
+ setting is locked or not. A setting which is locked cannot be
+ changed from user-level. */
+#define issecure_mask(X) (1 << (X))
+
+#define SECUREBITS_DEFAULT 0x00000000
+
+/* When set UID 0 has no special privileges. When unset, we support
+ inheritance of root-permissions and suid-root executable under
+ compatibility mode. We raise the effective and inheritable bitmasks
+ *of the executable file* if the effective uid of the new process is
+ 0. If the real uid is 0, we raise the effective (legacy) bit of the
+ executable file. */
+#define SECURE_NOROOT 0
+#define SECURE_NOROOT_LOCKED 1 /* make bit-0 immutable */
+
+#define SECBIT_NOROOT (issecure_mask(SECURE_NOROOT))
+#define SECBIT_NOROOT_LOCKED (issecure_mask(SECURE_NOROOT_LOCKED))
+
+/* When set, setuid to/from uid 0 does not trigger capability-"fixup".
+ When unset, to provide compatiblility with old programs relying on
+ set*uid to gain/lose privilege, transitions to/from uid 0 cause
+ capabilities to be gained/lost. */
+#define SECURE_NO_SETUID_FIXUP 2
+#define SECURE_NO_SETUID_FIXUP_LOCKED 3 /* make bit-2 immutable */
+
+#define SECBIT_NO_SETUID_FIXUP (issecure_mask(SECURE_NO_SETUID_FIXUP))
+#define SECBIT_NO_SETUID_FIXUP_LOCKED \
+ (issecure_mask(SECURE_NO_SETUID_FIXUP_LOCKED))
+
+/* When set, a process can retain its capabilities even after
+ transitioning to a non-root user (the set-uid fixup suppressed by
+ bit 2). Bit-4 is cleared when a process calls exec(); setting both
+ bit 4 and 5 will create a barrier through exec that no exec()'d
+ child can use this feature again. */
+#define SECURE_KEEP_CAPS 4
+#define SECURE_KEEP_CAPS_LOCKED 5 /* make bit-4 immutable */
+
+#define SECBIT_KEEP_CAPS (issecure_mask(SECURE_KEEP_CAPS))
+#define SECBIT_KEEP_CAPS_LOCKED (issecure_mask(SECURE_KEEP_CAPS_LOCKED))
+
+#define SECURE_ALL_BITS (issecure_mask(SECURE_NOROOT) | \
+ issecure_mask(SECURE_NO_SETUID_FIXUP) | \
+ issecure_mask(SECURE_KEEP_CAPS))
+#define SECURE_ALL_LOCKS (SECURE_ALL_BITS << 1)
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_SECUREBITS_H */