1/* 2 * Security plug functions 3 * 4 * Copyright (C) 2001 WireX Communications, Inc <chris@wirex.com> 5 * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com> 6 * Copyright (C) 2001 Networks Associates Technology, Inc <ssmalley@nai.com> 7 * 8 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 9 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 10 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or 11 * (at your option) any later version. 12 */ 13 14#include <linux/config.h> 15#include <linux/module.h> 16#include <linux/init.h> 17#include <linux/kernel.h> 18#include <linux/sched.h> 19#include <linux/security.h> 20 21#define SECURITY_SCAFFOLD_VERSION "1.0.0" 22 23/* things that live in dummy.c */ 24extern struct security_operations dummy_security_ops; 25extern void security_fixup_ops (struct security_operations *ops); 26 27struct security_operations *security_ops; /* Initialized to NULL */ 28 29static inline int verify (struct security_operations *ops) 30{ 31 /* verify the security_operations structure exists */ 32 if (!ops) { 33 printk (KERN_INFO "Passed a NULL security_operations " 34 "pointer, %s failed.\n", __FUNCTION__); 35 return -EINVAL; 36 } 37 security_fixup_ops (ops); 38 return 0; 39} 40 41static void __init do_security_initcalls(void) 42{ 43 initcall_t *call; 44 call = &__security_initcall_start; 45 while (call < &__security_initcall_end) { 46 (*call)(); 47 call++; 48 } 49} 50 51/** 52 * security_scaffolding_startup - initialzes the security scaffolding framework 53 * 54 * This should be called early in the kernel initialization sequence. 55 */ 56int __init security_scaffolding_startup (void) 57{ 58 printk (KERN_INFO "Security Scaffold v" SECURITY_SCAFFOLD_VERSION 59 " initialized\n"); 60 61 if (verify (&dummy_security_ops)) { 62 printk (KERN_ERR "%s could not verify " 63 "dummy_security_ops structure.\n", __FUNCTION__); 64 return -EIO; 65 } 66 67 security_ops = &dummy_security_ops; 68 do_security_initcalls(); 69 70 return 0; 71} 72 73/** 74 * register_security - registers a security framework with the kernel 75 * @ops: a pointer to the struct security_options that is to be registered 76 * 77 * This function is to allow a security module to register itself with the 78 * kernel security subsystem. Some rudimentary checking is done on the @ops 79 * value passed to this function. A call to unregister_security() should be 80 * done to remove this security_options structure from the kernel. 81 * 82 * If there is already a security module registered with the kernel, 83 * an error will be returned. Otherwise 0 is returned on success. 84 */ 85int register_security (struct security_operations *ops) 86{ 87 if (verify (ops)) { 88 printk (KERN_INFO "%s could not verify " 89 "security_operations structure.\n", __FUNCTION__); 90 return -EINVAL; 91 } 92 93 if (security_ops != &dummy_security_ops) { 94 printk (KERN_INFO "There is already a security " 95 "framework initialized, %s failed.\n", __FUNCTION__); 96 return -EINVAL; 97 } 98 99 security_ops = ops; 100 101 return 0; 102} 103 104/** 105 * unregister_security - unregisters a security framework with the kernel 106 * @ops: a pointer to the struct security_options that is to be registered 107 * 108 * This function removes a struct security_operations variable that had 109 * previously been registered with a successful call to register_security(). 110 * 111 * If @ops does not match the valued previously passed to register_security() 112 * an error is returned. Otherwise the default security options is set to the 113 * the dummy_security_ops structure, and 0 is returned. 114 */ 115int unregister_security (struct security_operations *ops) 116{ 117 if (ops != security_ops) { 118 printk (KERN_INFO "%s: trying to unregister " 119 "a security_opts structure that is not " 120 "registered, failing.\n", __FUNCTION__); 121 return -EINVAL; 122 } 123 124 security_ops = &dummy_security_ops; 125 126 return 0; 127} 128 129/** 130 * mod_reg_security - allows security modules to be "stacked" 131 * @name: a pointer to a string with the name of the security_options to be registered 132 * @ops: a pointer to the struct security_options that is to be registered 133 * 134 * This function allows security modules to be stacked if the currently loaded 135 * security module allows this to happen. It passes the @name and @ops to the 136 * register_security function of the currently loaded security module. 137 * 138 * The return value depends on the currently loaded security module, with 0 as 139 * success. 140 */ 141int mod_reg_security (const char *name, struct security_operations *ops) 142{ 143 if (verify (ops)) { 144 printk (KERN_INFO "%s could not verify " 145 "security operations.\n", __FUNCTION__); 146 return -EINVAL; 147 } 148 149 if (ops == security_ops) { 150 printk (KERN_INFO "%s security operations " 151 "already registered.\n", __FUNCTION__); 152 return -EINVAL; 153 } 154 155 return security_ops->register_security (name, ops); 156} 157 158/** 159 * mod_unreg_security - allows a security module registered with mod_reg_security() to be unloaded 160 * @name: a pointer to a string with the name of the security_options to be removed 161 * @ops: a pointer to the struct security_options that is to be removed 162 * 163 * This function allows security modules that have been successfully registered 164 * with a call to mod_reg_security() to be unloaded from the system. 165 * This calls the currently loaded security module's unregister_security() call 166 * with the @name and @ops variables. 167 * 168 * The return value depends on the currently loaded security module, with 0 as 169 * success. 170 */ 171int mod_unreg_security (const char *name, struct security_operations *ops) 172{ 173 if (ops == security_ops) { 174 printk (KERN_INFO "%s invalid attempt to unregister " 175 " primary security ops.\n", __FUNCTION__); 176 return -EINVAL; 177 } 178 179 return security_ops->unregister_security (name, ops); 180} 181 182/** 183 * capable - calls the currently loaded security module's capable() function with the specified capability 184 * @cap: the requested capability level. 185 * 186 * This function calls the currently loaded security module's cabable() 187 * function with a pointer to the current task and the specified @cap value. 188 * 189 * This allows the security module to implement the capable function call 190 * however it chooses to. 191 */ 192int capable (int cap) 193{ 194 if (security_ops->capable (current, cap)) { 195 /* capability denied */ 196 return 0; 197 } 198 199 /* capability granted */ 200 current->flags |= PF_SUPERPRIV; 201 return 1; 202} 203 204EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_security); 205EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_security); 206EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mod_reg_security); 207EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mod_unreg_security); 208EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable); 209EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_ops); 210

