The patch titled
capability.h: extern's make no sense in userspace
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capabilityh-externs-make-no-sense-in-userspace.patch
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Subject: capability.h: extern's make no sense in userspace
From: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Impact: fix 2 make headers_check warnings:
usr/include/linux/capability.h:72: leaks CONFIG_SECURITY to userspace where it is not valid
usr/include/linux/capability.h:73: extern's make no sense in userspace
Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/capability.h | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN include/linux/capability.h~capabilityh-externs-make-no-sense-in-userspace include/linux/capability.h
--- a/include/linux/capability.h~capabilityh-externs-make-no-sense-in-userspace
+++ a/include/linux/capability.h
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ typedef struct __user_cap_data_struct {
#define VFS_CAP_U32 VFS_CAP_U32_2
#define VFS_CAP_REVISION VFS_CAP_REVISION_2
-#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES
-extern int file_caps_enabled;
-#endif
-
struct vfs_cap_data {
__le32 magic_etc; /* Little endian */
struct {
@@ -96,6 +92,10 @@ struct vfs_cap_data {
#define _KERNEL_CAPABILITY_VERSION _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3
#define _KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_3
+#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES
+extern int file_caps_enabled;
+#endif
+
typedef struct kernel_cap_struct {
__u32 cap[_KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S];
} kernel_cap_t;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from jaswinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
include-of-linux-typesh-is-preferred-over-asm-typesh.patch
linux-next.patch
capabilityh-externs-make-no-sense-in-userspace.patch
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