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authorCharndeep Grewal <csgrewa@tycho.ncsc.mil>2013-02-26 22:07:38 -0800
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2013-03-05 16:38:44 +0800
commit1e70bd46a5a950b7ba319e50bdfed9d20ed9fd73 (patch)
treef07f6af8bec3cb121ac1ae6810d8612261bf271e /drivers/staging/android
parent0441bcf4db64e9825937916fe64d539d12c3fead (diff)
staging: android: logger: enforce GID and CAP check on log flush
Restrict log flushing to those in the logs group, or anyone with CAP_SYSLOG. Cc: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@android.com> Cc: Charndeep Grewal <csgrewa@tycho.ncsc.mil> Signed-off-by: Charndeep Grewal <csgrewa@tycho.ncsc.mil> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/staging/android')
-rw-r--r--drivers/staging/android/logger.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/logger.c b/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
index cfa606110cc2..b14a55742559 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
@@ -695,6 +695,11 @@ static long logger_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
ret = -EBADF;
break;
}
+ if (!(in_egroup_p(file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_gid) ||
+ capable(CAP_SYSLOG))) {
+ ret = -EPERM;
+ break;
+ }
list_for_each_entry(reader, &log->readers, list)
reader->r_off = log->w_off;
log->head = log->w_off;