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authorPaul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>2021-09-29 18:01:21 +0300
committerPaul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>2021-11-23 01:52:47 +0300
commit6326948f940dc3f77066d5cdc44ba6afe67830c0 (patch)
tree13976c9bfaedfc1105ac27a1efaf9c752d3949ee /include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
parentfa55b7dcdc43c1aa1ba12bca9d2dd4318c2a0dbf (diff)
downloadlinux-6326948f940dc3f77066d5cdc44ba6afe67830c0.tar.xz
lsm: security_task_getsecid_subj() -> security_current_getsecid_subj()
The security_task_getsecid_subj() LSM hook invites misuse by allowing callers to specify a task even though the hook is only safe when the current task is referenced. Fix this by removing the task_struct argument to the hook, requiring LSM implementations to use the current task. While we are changing the hook declaration we also rename the function to security_current_getsecid_subj() in an effort to reinforce that the hook captures the subjective credentials of the current task and not an arbitrary task on the system. Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com> Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/lsm_hooks.h')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
index d45b6f6e27fd..52c1990644b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
@@ -719,11 +719,9 @@
* @p.
* @p contains the task_struct for the process.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
- * @task_getsecid_subj:
- * Retrieve the subjective security identifier of the task_struct in @p
- * and return it in @secid. Special care must be taken to ensure that @p
- * is the either the "current" task, or the caller has exclusive access
- * to @p.
+ * @current_getsecid_subj:
+ * Retrieve the subjective security identifier of the current task and
+ * return it in @secid.
* In case of failure, @secid will be set to zero.
* @task_getsecid_obj:
* Retrieve the objective security identifier of the task_struct in @p