We really only need CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH, not CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE, and only when we are going to probe the environ file. Also, fix the non-libcap-ng trim_capabilities prototype. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx> --- cifs.upcall.c | 17 ++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/cifs.upcall.c b/cifs.upcall.c index 6d9c427b7032..dae58b919408 100644 --- a/cifs.upcall.c +++ b/cifs.upcall.c @@ -70,22 +70,21 @@ typedef enum _sectype { #ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP_NG static int -trim_capabilities(bool need_ptrace) +trim_capabilities(bool need_environ) { capng_clear(CAPNG_SELECT_BOTH); - /* - * Need PTRACE and DAC_OVERRIDE for environment scraping, SETGID to - * change gid and grouplist, and SETUID to change uid. - */ + /* SETUID and SETGID to change uid, gid, and grouplist */ if (capng_updatev(CAPNG_ADD, CAPNG_PERMITTED|CAPNG_EFFECTIVE, - CAP_SETUID, CAP_SETGID, CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE, -1)) { + CAP_SETUID, CAP_SETGID, -1)) { syslog(LOG_ERR, "%s: Unable to update capability set: %m\n", __func__); return 1; } - if (need_ptrace && - capng_update(CAPNG_ADD, CAPNG_PERMITTED|CAPNG_EFFECTIVE, CAP_SYS_PTRACE)) { + /* Need PTRACE and DAC_OVERRIDE for environment scraping */ + if (need_environ && + capng_updatev(CAPNG_ADD, CAPNG_PERMITTED|CAPNG_EFFECTIVE, + CAP_SYS_PTRACE, CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH, -1)) { syslog(LOG_ERR, "%s: Unable to update capability set: %m\n", __func__); return 1; } @@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ drop_all_capabilities(void) } #else /* HAVE_LIBCAP_NG */ static int -trim_capabilities(void) +trim_capabilities(bool unused) { return 0; } -- 2.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html