staging: gasket: always allow root open for write

Always allow root to open device for writing.

Drop special-casing of ioctl permissions for root vs. owner.

Convert to bool types as appropriate.

Reported-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Zhongze Hu <frankhu@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Todd Poynor <toddpoynor@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

apex_driver.c

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static int apex_reset(struct gasket_dev *gasket_dev, uint type);
 
 static int apex_get_status(struct gasket_dev *gasket_dev);
 
-static uint apex_ioctl_check_permissions(struct file *file, uint cmd);
+static bool apex_ioctl_check_permissions(struct file *file, uint cmd);
 
 static long apex_ioctl(struct file *file, uint cmd, ulong arg);
 
@@ -627,18 +627,11 @@ static bool is_gcb_in_reset(struct gasket_dev *gasket_dev)
  * @file: File pointer from ioctl.
  * @cmd: ioctl command.
  *
- * Returns 1 if the current user may execute this ioctl, and 0 otherwise.
+ * Returns true if the current user may execute this ioctl, and false otherwise.
  */
-static uint apex_ioctl_check_permissions(struct file *filp, uint cmd)
+static bool apex_ioctl_check_permissions(struct file *filp, uint cmd)
 {
-	struct gasket_dev *gasket_dev = filp->private_data;
-	int root = capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
-	int is_owner = gasket_dev->dev_info.ownership.is_owned &&
-		       current->tgid == gasket_dev->dev_info.ownership.owner;
-
-	if (root || is_owner)
-		return 1;
-	return 0;
+	return !!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE);
 }
 
 /*

gasket_core.c

@@ -1082,6 +1082,7 @@ static int gasket_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	char task_name[TASK_COMM_LEN];
 	struct gasket_cdev_info *dev_info =
 	    container_of(inode->i_cdev, struct gasket_cdev_info, cdev);
+	int is_root = capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
 
 	gasket_dev = dev_info->gasket_dev_ptr;
 	driver_desc = gasket_dev->internal_desc->driver_desc;
@@ -1095,7 +1096,7 @@ static int gasket_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 		"Attempting to open with tgid %u (%s) (f_mode: 0%03o, "
 		"fmode_write: %d is_root: %u)",
 		current->tgid, task_name, filp->f_mode,
-		(filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE), capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN));
+		(filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE), is_root);
 
 	/* Always allow non-writing accesses. */
 	if (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)) {
@@ -1109,8 +1110,9 @@ static int gasket_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 		gasket_dev, "Current owner open count (owning tgid %u): %d.",
 		ownership->owner, ownership->write_open_count);
 
-	/* Opening a node owned by another TGID is an error (even root.) */
-	if (ownership->is_owned && ownership->owner != current->tgid) {
+	/* Opening a node owned by another TGID is an error (unless root) */
+	if (ownership->is_owned && ownership->owner != current->tgid &&
+	    !is_root) {
 		gasket_log_error(
 			gasket_dev,
 			"Process %u is opening a node held by %u.",

gasket_ioctl.c

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #define trace_gasket_ioctl_config_coherent_allocator(x, ...)
 #endif
 
-static uint gasket_ioctl_check_permissions(struct file *filp, uint cmd);
+static bool gasket_ioctl_check_permissions(struct file *filp, uint cmd);
 static int gasket_set_event_fd(struct gasket_dev *dev, ulong arg);
 static int gasket_read_page_table_size(
 	struct gasket_dev *gasket_dev, ulong arg);
@@ -167,12 +167,13 @@ long gasket_is_supported_ioctl(uint cmd)
  * @filp: File structure pointer describing this node usage session.
  * @cmd: ioctl number to handle.
  *
- * Standard permissions checker.
+ * Check permissions for Gasket ioctls.
+ * Returns true if the file opener may execute this ioctl, or false otherwise.
  */
-static uint gasket_ioctl_check_permissions(struct file *filp, uint cmd)
+static bool gasket_ioctl_check_permissions(struct file *filp, uint cmd)
 {
-	uint alive, root, device_owner;
-	fmode_t read, write;
+	bool alive;
+	bool read, write;
 	struct gasket_dev *gasket_dev = (struct gasket_dev *)filp->private_data;
 
 	alive = (gasket_dev->status == GASKET_STATUS_ALIVE);
@@ -183,36 +184,33 @@ static uint gasket_ioctl_check_permissions(struct file *filp, uint cmd)
 			alive, gasket_dev->status);
 	}
 
-	root = capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
-	read = filp->f_mode & FMODE_READ;
-	write = filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE;
-	device_owner = (gasket_dev->dev_info.ownership.is_owned &&
-			current->tgid == gasket_dev->dev_info.ownership.owner);
+	read = !!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_READ);
+	write = !!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE);
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case GASKET_IOCTL_RESET:
 	case GASKET_IOCTL_CLEAR_INTERRUPT_COUNTS:
-		return root || (write && device_owner);
+		return write;
 
 	case GASKET_IOCTL_PAGE_TABLE_SIZE:
 	case GASKET_IOCTL_SIMPLE_PAGE_TABLE_SIZE:
 	case GASKET_IOCTL_NUMBER_PAGE_TABLES:
-		return root || read;
+		return read;
 
 	case GASKET_IOCTL_PARTITION_PAGE_TABLE:
 	case GASKET_IOCTL_CONFIG_COHERENT_ALLOCATOR:
-		return alive && (root || (write && device_owner));
+		return alive && write;
 
 	case GASKET_IOCTL_MAP_BUFFER:
 	case GASKET_IOCTL_UNMAP_BUFFER:
-		return alive && (root || (write && device_owner));
+		return alive && write;
 
 	case GASKET_IOCTL_CLEAR_EVENTFD:
 	case GASKET_IOCTL_SET_EVENTFD:
-		return alive && (root || (write && device_owner));
+		return alive && write;
 	}
 
-	return 0; /* unknown permissions */
+	return false; /* unknown permissions */
 }
 
 /*