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-rw-r--r--kernel/cred.c58
1 files changed, 57 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index ecf03657e71c..21f4a97085b4 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
#include <linux/security.h>
#include <linux/binfmts.h>
#include <linux/cn_proc.h>
+#include <linux/uidgid.h>
#if 0
#define kdebug(FMT, ...) \
@@ -194,11 +195,12 @@ const struct cred *get_task_cred(struct task_struct *task)
do {
cred = __task_cred((task));
BUG_ON(!cred);
- } while (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&((struct cred *)cred)->usage));
+ } while (!get_cred_rcu(cred));
rcu_read_unlock();
return cred;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_task_cred);
/*
* Allocate blank credentials, such that the credentials can be filled in at a
@@ -564,6 +566,60 @@ void revert_creds(const struct cred *old)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(revert_creds);
+/**
+ * cred_fscmp - Compare two credentials with respect to filesystem access.
+ * @a: The first credential
+ * @b: The second credential
+ *
+ * cred_cmp() will return zero if both credentials have the same
+ * fsuid, fsgid, and supplementary groups. That is, if they will both
+ * provide the same access to files based on mode/uid/gid.
+ * If the credentials are different, then either -1 or 1 will
+ * be returned depending on whether @a comes before or after @b
+ * respectively in an arbitrary, but stable, ordering of credentials.
+ *
+ * Return: -1, 0, or 1 depending on comparison
+ */
+int cred_fscmp(const struct cred *a, const struct cred *b)
+{
+ struct group_info *ga, *gb;
+ int g;
+
+ if (a == b)
+ return 0;
+ if (uid_lt(a->fsuid, b->fsuid))
+ return -1;
+ if (uid_gt(a->fsuid, b->fsuid))
+ return 1;
+
+ if (gid_lt(a->fsgid, b->fsgid))
+ return -1;
+ if (gid_gt(a->fsgid, b->fsgid))
+ return 1;
+
+ ga = a->group_info;
+ gb = b->group_info;
+ if (ga == gb)
+ return 0;
+ if (ga == NULL)
+ return -1;
+ if (gb == NULL)
+ return 1;
+ if (ga->ngroups < gb->ngroups)
+ return -1;
+ if (ga->ngroups > gb->ngroups)
+ return 1;
+
+ for (g = 0; g < ga->ngroups; g++) {
+ if (gid_lt(ga->gid[g], gb->gid[g]))
+ return -1;
+ if (gid_gt(ga->gid[g], gb->gid[g]))
+ return 1;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cred_fscmp);
+
/*
* initialise the credentials stuff
*/