diff --git a/security/caitsith/permission.c b/security/caitsith/permission.c
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+/*
+ * security/caitsith/permission.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2012  NTT DATA CORPORATION
+ */
+
+#include "caitsith.h"
+
+/* Type of condition argument. */
+enum cs_arg_type {
+	CS_ARG_TYPE_NONE,
+	CS_ARG_TYPE_NAME,
+} __packed;
+
+/* Structure for holding single condition component. */
+struct cs_cond_arg {
+	enum cs_arg_type type;
+	const struct cs_path_info *name;
+};
+
+static bool cs_alphabet_char(const char c);
+static bool cs_byte_range(const char *str);
+static bool cs_check_entry(struct cs_request_info *r,
+			   const struct cs_acl_info *ptr);
+static bool cs_condition(struct cs_request_info *r,
+			 const struct cs_condition *cond);
+static bool cs_file_matches_pattern(const char *filename,
+				    const char *filename_end,
+				    const char *pattern,
+				    const char *pattern_end);
+static bool cs_file_matches_pattern2(const char *filename,
+				     const char *filename_end,
+				     const char *pattern,
+				     const char *pattern_end);
+static bool cs_path_matches_pattern(const struct cs_path_info *filename,
+				    const struct cs_path_info *pattern);
+static bool cs_path_matches_pattern2(const char *f, const char *p);
+static int cs_execute_path(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct path *path);
+static int cs_execute(struct cs_request_info *r);
+static void cs_clear_request_info(struct cs_request_info *r);
+
+/* The list for ACL policy. */
+struct list_head cs_acl_list[CS_MAX_MAC_INDEX];
+
+/* NULL value. */
+struct cs_path_info cs_null_name;
+
+/**
+ * cs_check_entry - Do permission check.
+ *
+ * @r:   Pointer to "struct cs_request_info".
+ * @ptr: Pointer to "struct cs_acl_info".
+ *
+ * Returns true on match, false otherwise.
+ *
+ * Caller holds cs_read_lock().
+ */
+static bool cs_check_entry(struct cs_request_info *r,
+			   const struct cs_acl_info *ptr)
+{
+	return !ptr->is_deleted && cs_condition(r, ptr->cond);
+}
+
+/**
+ * cs_check_acl_list - Do permission check.
+ *
+ * @r: Pointer to "struct cs_request_info".
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, negative value otherwise.
+ *
+ * Caller holds cs_read_lock().
+ */
+static int cs_check_acl_list(struct cs_request_info *r)
+{
+	struct cs_acl_info *ptr;
+	int error = 0;
+	struct list_head * const list = &cs_acl_list[r->type];
+
+	r->matched_acl = NULL;
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ptr, list, list) {
+		struct cs_acl_info *ptr2;
+
+		if (!cs_check_entry(r, ptr)) {
+			if (unlikely(r->failed_by_oom))
+				goto oom;
+			continue;
+		}
+		r->matched_acl = ptr;
+		r->result = CS_MATCHING_UNMATCHED;
+		list_for_each_entry_rcu(ptr2, &ptr->acl_info_list, list) {
+			if (!cs_check_entry(r, ptr2)) {
+				if (unlikely(r->failed_by_oom))
+					goto oom;
+				continue;
+			}
+			r->result = ptr2->is_deny ?
+				CS_MATCHING_DENIED : CS_MATCHING_ALLOWED;
+			break;
+		}
+		error = cs_audit_log(r);
+		/* Ignore out of memory during audit. */
+		r->failed_by_oom = false;
+		if (error)
+			break;
+	}
+	return error;
+oom:
+	/*
+	 * If conditions could not be checked due to out of memory,
+	 * reject the request with -ENOMEM, for we don't know whether
+	 * there was a possibility of matching "deny" lines or not.
+	 */
+	{
+		static unsigned long cs_last_oom;
+		unsigned long oom = get_seconds();
+
+		if (oom != cs_last_oom) {
+			cs_last_oom = oom;
+			printk(KERN_INFO "CaitSith: Rejecting access request due to out of memory.\n");
+		}
+	}
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+/**
+ * cs_check_acl - Do permission check.
+ *
+ * @r:     Pointer to "struct cs_request_info".
+ * @clear: True to cleanup @r before return, false otherwise.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, negative value otherwise.
+ */
+int cs_check_acl(struct cs_request_info *r, const bool clear)
+{
+	int error;
+	const int idx = cs_read_lock();
+
+	error = cs_check_acl_list(r);
+	cs_read_unlock(idx);
+	if (clear)
+		cs_clear_request_info(r);
+	return error;
+}
+
+/**
+ * cs_execute - Check permission for "execute".
+ *
+ * @r: Pointer to "struct cs_request_info".
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, negative value otherwise.
+ *
+ * Caller holds cs_read_lock().
+ */
+static int cs_execute(struct cs_request_info *r)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	/* Get symlink's dentry/vfsmount. */
+	retval = cs_execute_path(r->bprm, &r->obj.path[1]);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return retval;
+	cs_populate_patharg(r, false);
+	if (!r->param.s[1])
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* Check execute permission. */
+	r->type = CS_MAC_EXECUTE;
+	return cs_check_acl(r, false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * cs_start_execve - Prepare for execve() operation.
+ *
+ * @bprm: Pointer to "struct linux_binprm".
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, negative value otherwise.
+ */
+int cs_start_execve(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
+{
+	int retval;
+	struct cs_request_info r = { };
+	int idx;
+
+	r.tmp = kzalloc(CS_EXEC_TMPSIZE, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!r.tmp)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	idx = cs_read_lock();
+	r.bprm = bprm;
+	r.obj.path[0] = bprm->file->f_path;
+	retval = cs_execute(&r);
+	cs_clear_request_info(&r);
+	/* Drop refcount obtained by cs_execute_path(). */
+	if (r.obj.path[1].dentry) {
+		path_put(&r.obj.path[1]);
+		r.obj.path[1].dentry = NULL;
+	}
+	cs_read_unlock(idx);
+	kfree(r.tmp);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+/**
+ * cs_execute_path - Get dentry/vfsmount of a program.
+ *
+ * @bprm: Pointer to "struct linux_binprm".
+ * @path: Pointer to "struct path".
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, negative value otherwise.
+ */
+static int cs_execute_path(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct path *path)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Follow symlinks if the requested pathname is on procfs, for
+	 * /proc/\$/exe is meaningless.
+	 */
+	const unsigned int follow =
+		(bprm->file->f_path.dentry->d_sb->s_magic == PROC_SUPER_MAGIC)
+		? LOOKUP_FOLLOW : 0;
+
+	if (kern_path(bprm->filename, follow, path))
+		return -ENOENT;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * cs_manager - Check whether the current process is a policy manager.
+ *
+ * Returns true if the current process is permitted to modify policy
+ * via /sys/kernel/security/caitsith/ interface.
+ *
+ * Caller holds cs_read_lock().
+ */
+bool cs_manager(void)
+{
+	if (!cs_policy_loaded)
+		return true;
+	{
+		struct cs_request_info r = { };
+
+		r.type = CS_MAC_MODIFY_POLICY;
+		if (cs_check_acl(&r, true) == 0)
+			return true;
+	}
+	{ /* Reduce error messages. */
+		static pid_t cs_last_pid;
+		const pid_t pid = current->pid;
+
+		if (cs_last_pid != pid) {
+			const char *exe = cs_get_exe();
+
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "'%s' (pid=%u) is not permitted to update policies.\n",
+			       exe, pid);
+			cs_last_pid = pid;
+			kfree(exe);
+		}
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * cs_populate_patharg - Calculate pathname for permission check and audit logs.
+ *
+ * @r:     Pointer to "struct cs_request_info".
+ * @first: True for first pathname, false for second pathname.
+ *
+ * Returns nothing.
+ */
+void cs_populate_patharg(struct cs_request_info *r, const bool first)
+{
+	struct cs_path_info *buf = &r->obj.pathname[!first];
+	struct path *path = &r->obj.path[!first];
+
+	if (!buf->name && path->dentry) {
+		buf->name = cs_realpath(path);
+		/* Set OOM flag if failed. */
+		if (!buf->name) {
+			r->failed_by_oom = true;
+			return;
+		}
+		cs_fill_path_info(buf);
+	}
+	if (!r->param.s[!first] && buf->name)
+		r->param.s[!first] = buf;
+}
+
+/**
+ * cs_cond2arg - Assign values to condition variables.
+ *
+ * @arg:   Pointer to "struct cs_cond_arg".
+ * @cmd:   One of values in "enum cs_conditions_index".
+ * @condp: Pointer to "union cs_condition_element *".
+ * @r:     Pointer to "struct cs_request_info".
+ *
+ * Returns true on success, false othwerwise.
+ *
+ * This function should not fail. But it can fail if (for example) out of
+ * memory has occurred while calculating cs_populate_patharg() or
+ * cs_get_exename().
+ */
+static bool cs_cond2arg(struct cs_cond_arg *arg,
+			const enum cs_conditions_index cmd,
+			const union cs_condition_element **condp,
+			struct cs_request_info *r)
+{
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case CS_COND_SARG0:
+		if (!r->param.s[0])
+			cs_populate_patharg(r, true);
+		arg->name = r->param.s[0];
+		break;
+	case CS_COND_SARG1:
+		if (!r->param.s[1])
+			cs_populate_patharg(r, false);
+		arg->name = r->param.s[1];
+		break;
+	case CS_IMM_NAME_ENTRY:
+		arg->name = (*condp)->path;
+		(*condp)++;
+		break;
+	case CS_SELF_EXE:
+		if (!r->exename.name) {
+			cs_get_exename(&r->exename);
+			/* Set OOM flag if failed. */
+			if (!r->exename.name)
+				r->failed_by_oom = true;
+		}
+		arg->name = &r->exename;
+		break;
+	default:
+		arg->name = NULL;
+		break;
+	}
+	if (!arg->name)
+		return false;
+	arg->type = CS_ARG_TYPE_NAME;
+	return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * cs_condition - Check condition part.
+ *
+ * @r:    Pointer to "struct cs_request_info".
+ * @cond: Pointer to "struct cs_condition". Maybe NULL.
+ *
+ * Returns true on success, false otherwise.
+ *
+ * Caller holds cs_read_lock().
+ */
+static bool cs_condition(struct cs_request_info *r,
+			 const struct cs_condition *cond)
+{
+	const union cs_condition_element *condp;
+
+	if (!cond)
+		return true;
+	condp = (typeof(condp)) (cond + 1);
+	while ((void *) condp < (void *) ((u8 *) cond) + cond->size) {
+		struct cs_cond_arg left;
+		struct cs_cond_arg right;
+		const enum cs_conditions_index left_op = condp->left;
+		const enum cs_conditions_index right_op = condp->right;
+		const bool match = !condp->is_not;
+
+		condp++;
+		if (!cs_cond2arg(&left, left_op, &condp, r) ||
+		    !cs_cond2arg(&right, right_op, &condp, r))
+			/*
+			 * Something wrong (e.g. out of memory or invalid
+			 * argument) occurred. We can't check permission.
+			 */
+			return false;
+		if (left.type == CS_ARG_TYPE_NAME) {
+			if (right.type != CS_ARG_TYPE_NAME)
+				return false;
+			if (cs_path_matches_pattern
+			    (left.name, right.name) == match)
+				continue;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * cs_byte_range - Check whether the string is a \ooo style octal value.
+ *
+ * @str: Pointer to the string.
+ *
+ * Returns true if @str is a \ooo style octal value, false otherwise.
+ */
+static bool cs_byte_range(const char *str)
+{
+	return *str >= '0' && *str++ <= '3' &&
+		*str >= '0' && *str++ <= '7' &&
+		*str >= '0' && *str <= '7';
+}
+
+/**
+ * cs_alphabet_char - Check whether the character is an alphabet.
+ *
+ * @c: The character to check.
+ *
+ * Returns true if @c is an alphabet character, false otherwise.
+ */
+static bool cs_alphabet_char(const char c)
+{
+	return (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z');
+}
+
+/**
+ * cs_file_matches_pattern2 - Pattern matching without '/' character and "\-" pattern.
+ *
+ * @filename:     The start of string to check.
+ * @filename_end: The end of string to check.
+ * @pattern:      The start of pattern to compare.
+ * @pattern_end:  The end of pattern to compare.
+ *
+ * Returns true if @filename matches @pattern, false otherwise.
+ */
+static bool cs_file_matches_pattern2(const char *filename,
+				     const char *filename_end,
+				     const char *pattern,
+				     const char *pattern_end)
+{
+	while (filename < filename_end && pattern < pattern_end) {
+		char c;
+
+		if (*pattern != '\\') {
+			if (*filename++ != *pattern++)
+				return false;
+			continue;
+		}
+		c = *filename;
+		pattern++;
+		switch (*pattern) {
+			int i;
+			int j;
+		case '?':
+			if (c == '/') {
+				return false;
+			} else if (c == '\\') {
+				if (cs_byte_range(filename + 1))
+					filename += 3;
+				else
+					return false;
+			}
+			break;
+		case '+':
+			if (!isdigit(c))
+				return false;
+			break;
+		case 'x':
+			if (!isxdigit(c))
+				return false;
+			break;
+		case 'a':
+			if (!cs_alphabet_char(c))
+				return false;
+			break;
+		case '0':
+		case '1':
+		case '2':
+		case '3':
+			if (c == '\\' && cs_byte_range(filename + 1)
+			    && !strncmp(filename + 1, pattern, 3)) {
+				filename += 3;
+				pattern += 2;
+				break;
+			}
+			return false; /* Not matched. */
+		case '*':
+		case '@':
+			for (i = 0; i <= filename_end - filename; i++) {
+				if (cs_file_matches_pattern2(filename + i,
+							     filename_end,
+							     pattern + 1,
+							     pattern_end))
+					return true;
+				c = filename[i];
+				if (c == '.' && *pattern == '@')
+					break;
+				if (c != '\\')
+					continue;
+				if (cs_byte_range(filename + i + 1))
+					i += 3;
+				else
+					break; /* Bad pattern. */
+			}
+			return false; /* Not matched. */
+		default:
+			j = 0;
+			c = *pattern;
+			if (c == '$') {
+				while (isdigit(filename[j]))
+					j++;
+			} else if (c == 'X') {
+				while (isxdigit(filename[j]))
+					j++;
+			} else if (c == 'A') {
+				while (cs_alphabet_char(filename[j]))
+					j++;
+			}
+			for (i = 1; i <= j; i++) {
+				if (cs_file_matches_pattern2(filename + i,
+							     filename_end,
+							     pattern + 1,
+							     pattern_end))
+					return true;
+			}
+			return false; /* Not matched or bad pattern. */
+		}
+		filename++;
+		pattern++;
+	}
+	/* Ignore trailing "\*" and "\@" in @pattern. */
+	while (*pattern == '\\' &&
+	       (*(pattern + 1) == '*' || *(pattern + 1) == '@'))
+		pattern += 2;
+	return filename == filename_end && pattern == pattern_end;
+}
+
+/**
+ * cs_file_matches_pattern - Pattern matching without '/' character.
+ *
+ * @filename:     The start of string to check.
+ * @filename_end: The end of string to check.
+ * @pattern:      The start of pattern to compare.
+ * @pattern_end:  The end of pattern to compare.
+ *
+ * Returns true if @filename matches @pattern, false otherwise.
+ */
+static bool cs_file_matches_pattern(const char *filename,
+				    const char *filename_end,
+				    const char *pattern,
+				    const char *pattern_end)
+{
+	const char *pattern_start = pattern;
+	bool first = true;
+	bool result;
+
+	while (pattern < pattern_end - 1) {
+		/* Split at "\-" pattern. */
+		if (*pattern++ != '\\' || *pattern++ != '-')
+			continue;
+		result = cs_file_matches_pattern2(filename, filename_end,
+						  pattern_start, pattern - 2);
+		if (first)
+			result = !result;
+		if (result)
+			return false;
+		first = false;
+		pattern_start = pattern;
+	}
+	result = cs_file_matches_pattern2(filename, filename_end,
+					  pattern_start, pattern_end);
+	return first ? result : !result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * cs_path_matches_pattern2 - Do pathname pattern matching.
+ *
+ * @f: The start of string to check.
+ * @p: The start of pattern to compare.
+ *
+ * Returns true if @f matches @p, false otherwise.
+ */
+static bool cs_path_matches_pattern2(const char *f, const char *p)
+{
+	const char *f_delimiter;
+	const char *p_delimiter;
+
+	while (*f && *p) {
+		f_delimiter = strchr(f + 1, '/');
+		if (!f_delimiter)
+			f_delimiter = f + strlen(f);
+		p_delimiter = strchr(p + 1, '/');
+		if (!p_delimiter)
+			p_delimiter = p + strlen(p);
+		if (*p == '/' && *(p + 1) == '\\') {
+			if (*(p + 2) == '(') {
+				/* Check zero repetition. */
+				if (cs_path_matches_pattern2(f, p_delimiter))
+					return true;
+				/* Check one or more repetition. */
+				goto repetition;
+			}
+			if (*(p + 2) == '{')
+				goto repetition;
+		}
+		if ((*f == '/' || *p == '/') && *f++ != *p++)
+			return false;
+		if (!cs_file_matches_pattern(f, f_delimiter, p, p_delimiter))
+			return false;
+		f = f_delimiter;
+		p = p_delimiter;
+	}
+	/* Ignore trailing "\*" and "\@" in @pattern. */
+	while (*p == '\\' && (*(p + 1) == '*' || *(p + 1) == '@'))
+		p += 2;
+	return !*f && !*p;
+repetition:
+	do {
+		/* Compare current component with pattern. */
+		if (!cs_file_matches_pattern(f + 1, f_delimiter, p + 3,
+					     p_delimiter - 2))
+			break;
+		/* Proceed to next component. */
+		f = f_delimiter;
+		if (!*f)
+			break;
+		/* Continue comparison. */
+		if (cs_path_matches_pattern2(f, p_delimiter))
+			return true;
+		f_delimiter = strchr(f + 1, '/');
+	} while (f_delimiter);
+	return false; /* Not matched. */
+}
+
+/**
+ * cs_path_matches_pattern - Check whether the given filename matches the given pattern.
+ *
+ * @filename: The filename to check.
+ * @pattern:  The pattern to compare.
+ *
+ * Returns true if matches, false otherwise.
+ *
+ * The following patterns are available.
+ *   \ooo   Octal representation of a byte.
+ *   \*     Zero or more repetitions of characters other than '/'.
+ *   \@     Zero or more repetitions of characters other than '/' or '.'.
+ *   \?     1 byte character other than '/'.
+ *   \$     One or more repetitions of decimal digits.
+ *   \+     1 decimal digit.
+ *   \X     One or more repetitions of hexadecimal digits.
+ *   \x     1 hexadecimal digit.
+ *   \A     One or more repetitions of alphabet characters.
+ *   \a     1 alphabet character.
+ *
+ *   \-     Subtraction operator.
+ *
+ *   /\{dir\}/   '/' + 'One or more repetitions of dir/' (e.g. /dir/ /dir/dir/
+ *               /dir/dir/dir/ ).
+ *
+ *   /\(dir\)/   '/' + 'Zero or more repetitions of dir/' (e.g. / /dir/
+ *               /dir/dir/ ).
+ */
+static bool cs_path_matches_pattern(const struct cs_path_info *filename,
+				    const struct cs_path_info *pattern)
+{
+	const char *f = filename->name;
+	const char *p = pattern->name;
+	const int len = pattern->const_len;
+
+	/* If @pattern doesn't contain pattern, I can use strcmp(). */
+	if (len == pattern->total_len)
+		return !cs_pathcmp(filename, pattern);
+	/* Compare the initial length without patterns. */
+	if (len) {
+		if (strncmp(f, p, len))
+			return false;
+		f += len - 1;
+		p += len - 1;
+	}
+	return cs_path_matches_pattern2(f, p);
+}
+
+/**
+ * cs_clear_request_info - Release memory allocated during permission check.
+ *
+ * @r: Pointer to "struct cs_request_info".
+ *
+ * Returns nothing.
+ */
+static void cs_clear_request_info(struct cs_request_info *r)
+{
+	u8 i;
+
+	/*
+	 * r->obj.pathname[0] (which is referenced by r->obj.s[0]) and
+	 * r->obj.pathname[1] (which is referenced by r->obj.s[1]) may contain
+	 * pathnames allocated using cs_populate_patharg().
+	 * Their callers do not allocate memory until pathnames becomes needed
+	 * for checking condition.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+		kfree(r->obj.pathname[i].name);
+		r->obj.pathname[i].name = NULL;
+	}
+	kfree(r->exename.name);
+	r->exename.name = NULL;
+}
