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[v6,6/7] prctl: exe link permission error changed from -EINVAL to -EPERM

Message ID 20200719100418.2112740-7-areber@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
Headers show
Series capabilities: Introduce CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE | expand

Commit Message

Adrian Reber July 19, 2020, 10:04 a.m. UTC
From: Nicolas Viennot <Nicolas.Viennot@twosigma.com>

This brings consistency with the rest of the prctl() syscall where
-EPERM is returned when failing a capability check.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Viennot <Nicolas.Viennot@twosigma.com>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Reber <areber@redhat.com>
---
 kernel/sys.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Serge Hallyn July 19, 2020, 5:05 p.m. UTC | #1
On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 12:04:16PM +0200, Adrian Reber wrote:
> From: Nicolas Viennot <Nicolas.Viennot@twosigma.com>
> 
> This brings consistency with the rest of the prctl() syscall where
> -EPERM is returned when failing a capability check.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Viennot <Nicolas.Viennot@twosigma.com>
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Reber <areber@redhat.com>

Ok, i see how EINVAL snuck its way in there through validate_prctl_map()s
evolution :)

Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>

> ---
>  kernel/sys.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
> index a3f4ef0bbda3..ca11af9d815d 100644
> --- a/kernel/sys.c
> +++ b/kernel/sys.c
> @@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@ static int prctl_set_mm_map(int opt, const void __user *addr, unsigned long data
>  		 * This may have implications in the tomoyo subsystem.
>  		 */
>  		if (!checkpoint_restore_ns_capable(current_user_ns()))
> -			return -EINVAL;
> +			return -EPERM;
>  
>  		error = prctl_set_mm_exe_file(mm, prctl_map.exe_fd);
>  		if (error)
> -- 
> 2.26.2
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diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index a3f4ef0bbda3..ca11af9d815d 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@  static int prctl_set_mm_map(int opt, const void __user *addr, unsigned long data
 		 * This may have implications in the tomoyo subsystem.
 		 */
 		if (!checkpoint_restore_ns_capable(current_user_ns()))
-			return -EINVAL;
+			return -EPERM;
 
 		error = prctl_set_mm_exe_file(mm, prctl_map.exe_fd);
 		if (error)