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sysctl: fix write access to dmesg_restrict/kptr_restrict
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Commit bfdc0b4 adds code to restrict access to dmesg_restrict,
however, it incorrectly alters kptr_restrict rather than
dmesg_restrict.

The original patch from Richard Weinberger
(https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/3/14/362) alters dmesg_restrict as
expected, and so the patch seems to have been misapplied.

This adds the CAP_SYS_ADMIN check to both dmesg_restrict and
kptr_restrict, since both are sensitive.

Reported-by: Phillip Lougher <plougher@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
Acked-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>
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Kees Cook authored and James Morris committed Apr 5, 2012
1 parent 6c216ec commit 620f6e8
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions kernel/sysctl.c
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Expand Up @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static int proc_taint(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
static int proc_dmesg_restrict(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
static int proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
#endif

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.data = &dmesg_restrict,
.maxlen = sizeof(int),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin,
.extra1 = &zero,
.extra2 = &one,
},
Expand All @@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.data = &kptr_restrict,
.maxlen = sizeof(int),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dmesg_restrict,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin,
.extra1 = &zero,
.extra2 = &two,
},
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@ static int proc_taint(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
}

#ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
static int proc_dmesg_restrict(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
static int proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
{
if (write && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
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