On Sun, 1 Mar 2015, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:

> > +++ linux/security/commoncap.c      2015-02-26 16:10:02.347913397 -0600
> > @@ -347,15 +347,17 @@ static inline int bprm_caps_from_vfs_cap
> >             *has_cap = true;
> >
> >     CAP_FOR_EACH_U32(i) {
> > +           __u32 ambient = current_cred()->cap_ambient.cap[i];
> >             __u32 permitted = caps->permitted.cap[i];
> >             __u32 inheritable = caps->inheritable.cap[i];
> >
> >             /*
> > -            * pP' = (X & fP) | (pI & fI)
> > +            * pP' = (X & fP) | (pI & (fI | pA))
> >              */
> >             new->cap_permitted.cap[i] =
> >                     (new->cap_bset.cap[i] & permitted) |
> > -                   (new->cap_inheritable.cap[i] & inheritable);
> > +                   (new->cap_inheritable.cap[i] &
> > +                                   (inheritable | ambient));
>
> So I'd say drop this change ^

Then the ambient caps get ignored for a executables that have capabilities
seton the file? I think we need to keep this one.

> > @@ -453,8 +455,18 @@ static int get_file_caps(struct linux_bi
> >             if (rc == -EINVAL)
> >                     printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: get_vfs_caps_from_disk returned 
> > %d for %s\n",
> >                             __func__, rc, bprm->filename);
> > -           else if (rc == -ENODATA)
> > +           else if (rc == -ENODATA) {
> >                     rc = 0;
> > +                   if (!cap_isclear(current_cred()->cap_ambient)) {
> > +                           /*
> > +                            * The ambient caps are permitted for
> > +                            * files that have no caps
> > +                            */
> > +                           bprm->cred->cap_permitted =
> > +                                   current_cred()->cap_ambient;
>
> and here set vcaps inheritable to current_cred()->ambient.

We do not call bprm_caps_from_vfs_cap() for files that have no caps so
this would have no effect. But we could set cap_inheritable here?

Fixup patch:



Subject: ambient_caps: Set inheritable bits too

We were not setting the inheritable bits as they ought to be set.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <[email protected]>

Index: linux/security/commoncap.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/security/commoncap.c     2015-03-05 09:22:32.123047869 -0600
+++ linux/security/commoncap.c  2015-03-05 09:22:32.119048001 -0600
@@ -461,6 +461,8 @@ static int get_file_caps(struct linux_bi
                                 */
                                bprm->cred->cap_permitted =
                                        current_cred()->cap_ambient;
+                               bprm->cred->cap_inheritable =
+                                       current_cred()->cap_ambient;
                                *effective = true;
                        }
                }

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