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staging: android: ram_console: honor dmesg_restrict

The Linux kernel has a setting called dmesg_restrict. When true,
only processes with CAP_SYSLOG can view the kernel dmesg logs. This
helps prevent leaking of kernel information into user space.

On Android, it's possible to bypass these restrictions by viewing
/proc/last_kmsg.

This change makes /proc/last_kmsg require the same permissions as
dmesg.

CC: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@android.com>
Signed-off-by: Nick Kralevich <nnk@google.com>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Nick Kralevich 13 лет назад
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1 измененных файлов с 3 добавлено и 0 удалено
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      drivers/staging/android/ram_console.c

+ 3 - 0
drivers/staging/android/ram_console.c

@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ static ssize_t ram_console_read_old(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	char *str;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (dmesg_restrict && !capable(CAP_SYSLOG))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	/* Main last_kmsg log */
 	if (pos < old_log_size) {
 		count = min(len, (size_t)(old_log_size - pos));