1 /* permission.c: key permission determination
3 * Copyright (C) 2005 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
4 * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
6 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
8 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
9 * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
12 #include <linux/module.h>
13 #include <linux/security.h>
16 /*****************************************************************************/
18 * check to see whether permission is granted to use a key in the desired way,
19 * but permit the security modules to override
21 int key_task_permission(const key_ref_t key_ref,
22 struct task_struct *context,
29 key = key_ref_to_ptr(key_ref);
31 /* use the second 8-bits of permissions for keys the caller owns */
32 if (key->uid == context->fsuid) {
33 kperm = key->perm >> 16;
37 /* use the third 8-bits of permissions for keys the caller has a group
38 * membership in common with */
39 if (key->gid != -1 && key->perm & KEY_GRP_ALL) {
40 if (key->gid == context->fsgid) {
41 kperm = key->perm >> 8;
46 ret = groups_search(context->group_info, key->gid);
50 kperm = key->perm >> 8;
55 /* otherwise use the least-significant 8-bits */
59 /* use the top 8-bits of permissions for keys the caller possesses
60 * - possessor permissions are additive with other permissions
62 if (is_key_possessed(key_ref))
63 kperm |= key->perm >> 24;
65 kperm = kperm & perm & KEY_ALL;
70 /* let LSM be the final arbiter */
71 return security_key_permission(key_ref, context, perm);
73 } /* end key_task_permission() */
75 EXPORT_SYMBOL(key_task_permission);
77 /*****************************************************************************/
81 int key_validate(struct key *key)
87 /* check it's still accessible */
89 if (test_bit(KEY_FLAG_REVOKED, &key->flags) ||
90 test_bit(KEY_FLAG_DEAD, &key->flags))
93 /* check it hasn't expired */
96 now = current_kernel_time();
97 if (now.tv_sec >= key->expiry)
105 } /* end key_validate() */
107 EXPORT_SYMBOL(key_validate);