[PATCH v4 2/5] capability: Add new capable_noaudit

From: Carlos Maiolino <[email protected]>

In some situations (quota enforcement bypass in this case) we'd like to
check for a specific capability without triggering spurious audit
messages from security modules like selinux.

Add a new helper so we don't need to use ns_capable_noaudit() directly.

Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
---

V4: Mention capable_noaudit check for process effective capabilities
V3: remove the extern declaration

 include/linux/capability.h |  5 +++++
 kernel/capability.c        | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
index 37db92b3d6f8..f8532d92fcad 100644
--- a/include/linux/capability.h
+++ b/include/linux/capability.h
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ extern bool has_capability_noaudit(struct task_struct *t, int cap);
 extern bool has_ns_capability_noaudit(struct task_struct *t,
 				      struct user_namespace *ns, int cap);
 extern bool capable(int cap);
+bool capable_noaudit(int cap);
 extern bool ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap);
 extern bool ns_capable_noaudit(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap);
 extern bool ns_capable_setid(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap);
@@ -167,6 +168,10 @@ static inline bool capable(int cap)
 {
 	return true;
 }
+static inline bool capable_noaudit(int cap)
+{
+	return true;
+}
 static inline bool ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap)
 {
 	return true;
diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index 829f49ae07b9..f4a7f1963c9d 100644
--- a/kernel/capability.c
+++ b/kernel/capability.c
@@ -416,6 +416,24 @@ bool capable(int cap)
 	return ns_capable(&init_user_ns, cap);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable);
+
+/**
+ * capable_noaudit - Determine if the current task has a superior
+ * capability in effect by checking the process's effective
+ * capabilities (unaudited).
+ * @cap: The capability to be tested for
+ *
+ * This is the same as capable(), except it uses CAP_OPT_NOAUDIT as to prevent
+ * issuing spurious audit messages.
+ *
+ * This sets PF_SUPERPRIV on the task if the capability is available on the
+ * assumption that it's about to be used.
+ */
+bool capable_noaudit(int cap)
+{
+	return ns_capable_noaudit(&init_user_ns, cap);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable_noaudit);
 #endif /* CONFIG_MULTIUSER */
 
 /**
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