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authorOndrej Mosnacek <omosnace@redhat.com>2026-01-22 15:13:03 +0100
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2026-01-31 16:16:07 -0800
commit8924336531e21b187d724b5fdf5277269c9ec22c (patch)
treec6566876347955c691fde53d8d794502cc23b4c9 /tools/perf/lib/Documentation/tutorial/git@git.tavy.me:linux.git
parent480e1d5c64bb14441f79f2eb9421d5e26f91ea3d (diff)
ipc: don't audit capability check in ipc_permissions()
The IPC sysctls implement the ctl_table_root::permissions hook and they override the file access mode based on the CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE capability, which is being checked regardless of whether any access is actually denied or not, so if an LSM denies the capability, an audit record may be logged even when access is in fact granted. It wouldn't be viable to restructure the sysctl permission logic to only check the capability when the access would be actually denied if it's not granted. Thus, do the same as in net_ctl_permissions() (net/sysctl_net.c) - switch from ns_capable() to ns_capable_noaudit(), so that the check never emits an audit record. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260122141303.241133-1-omosnace@redhat.com Fixes: 0889f44e2810 ("ipc: Check permissions for checkpoint_restart sysctls at open time") Signed-off-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@redhat.com> Acked-by: Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com> Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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