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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/cred.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/cred.c | 55 |
1 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c index ecf03657e71c..0b3ac72bd717 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, ...) \ @@ -564,6 +565,60 @@ 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 */ |