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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/capability.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c index cfbe4429948..901e0fdc3ff 100644 --- a/kernel/capability.c +++ b/kernel/capability.c @@ -121,6 +121,27 @@ static int cap_validate_magic(cap_user_header_t header, unsigned *tocopy) * uninteresting and/or not to be changed. */ +/* + * Atomically modify the effective capabilities returning the original + * value. No permission check is performed here - it is assumed that the + * caller is permitted to set the desired effective capabilities. + */ +kernel_cap_t cap_set_effective(const kernel_cap_t pE_new) +{ + kernel_cap_t pE_old; + + spin_lock(&task_capability_lock); + + pE_old = current->cap_effective; + current->cap_effective = pE_new; + + spin_unlock(&task_capability_lock); + + return pE_old; +} + +EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_set_effective); + /** * sys_capget - get the capabilities of a given process. * @header: pointer to struct that contains capability version and |