The groups-related functions declared in include/linux/cred.h are defined in kernel/groups.c, which is compiled only when CONFIG_MULTIUSER=y. Move all these function declarations under #ifdef CONFIG_MULTIUSER to help avoid accidental usage in contexts where CONFIG_MULTIUSER might be disabled. This patch also adds a fallback for groups_search(). Currently this function is only called from kernel/groups.c itself and keys/permissions.c, which depends on CONFIG_MULTIUSER. However, the audit subsystem (which does not depend on CONFIG_MULTIUSER) calls this function in -next, so the fallback will be needed to avoid compilation errors or ugly workarounds. See also: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/6/20/670 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/audit.git/commit/... Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap(a)infradead.org&gt; Signed-off-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace(a)redhat.com&gt; --- include/linux/cred.h | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h index 631286535d0f..7eed6101c791 100644 --- a/include/linux/cred.h +++ b/include/linux/cred.h @@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ extern void groups_free(struct group_info *); extern int in_group_p(kgid_t); extern int in_egroup_p(kgid_t); +extern int groups_search(const struct group_info *, kgid_t); + +extern int set_current_groups(struct group_info *); +extern void set_groups(struct cred *, struct group_info *); +extern bool may_setgroups(void); +extern void groups_sort(struct group_info *); #else static inline void groups_free(struct group_info *group_info) { @@ -78,12 +84,11 @@ static inline int in_egroup_p(kgid_t grp) { return 1; } +static inline int groups_search(const struct group_info *group_info, kgid_t grp) +{ + return 1; +} #endif -extern int set_current_groups(struct group_info *); -extern void set_groups(struct cred *, struct group_info *); -extern int groups_search(const struct group_info *, kgid_t); -extern bool may_setgroups(void); -extern void groups_sort(struct group_info *);

po 25. 6. 2018 o 23:04 Paul Moore <paul(a)paul-moore.com&gt; napísal(a): > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 2:56 AM Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > > The groups-related functions declared in include/linux/cred.h are > > defined in kernel/groups.c, which is compiled only when > > CONFIG_MULTIUSER=y. Move all these function declarations under #ifdef > > CONFIG_MULTIUSER to help avoid accidental usage in contexts where > > CONFIG_MULTIUSER might be disabled. > > > > This patch also adds a fallback for groups_search(). Currently this > > function is only called from kernel/groups.c itself and > > keys/permissions.c, which depends on CONFIG_MULTIUSER. However, the > > audit subsystem (which does not depend on CONFIG_MULTIUSER) calls this > > function in -next, so the fallback will be needed to avoid compilation > > errors or ugly workarounds. > > > > See also: > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/6/20/670 > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/audit.git/commit/... > > > > Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap(a)infradead.org&gt; > > Signed-off-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace(a)redhat.com&gt; > > --- > > include/linux/cred.h | 15 ++++++++++----- > > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h > > index 631286535d0f..7eed6101c791 100644 > > --- a/include/linux/cred.h > > +++ b/include/linux/cred.h > > @@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ extern void groups_free(struct group_info *); > > > > extern int in_group_p(kgid_t); > > extern int in_egroup_p(kgid_t); > > +extern int groups_search(const struct group_info *, kgid_t); > > + > > +extern int set_current_groups(struct group_info *); > > +extern void set_groups(struct cred *, struct group_info *); > > +extern bool may_setgroups(void); > > +extern void groups_sort(struct group_info *); > > #else > > static inline void groups_free(struct group_info *group_info) > > { > > @@ -78,12 +84,11 @@ static inline int in_egroup_p(kgid_t grp) > > { > > return 1; > > } > > +static inline int groups_search(const struct group_info *group_info, kgid_t grp) > > +{ > > + return 1; > > +} > > #endif > > -extern int set_current_groups(struct group_info *); > > -extern void set_groups(struct cred *, struct group_info *); > > -extern int groups_search(const struct group_info *, kgid_t); > > -extern bool may_setgroups(void); > > -extern void groups_sort(struct group_info *); > > I was going through the list of functions to make sure it was safe to > move all of these under CONFIG_MULTIUSER and I believe there may be an > issue with key_task_permission() and groups_search(), specifically one > can disable CONFIG_MULTIUSER yet keep CONFIG_KEYS enabled. Oh, you're right, CONFIG_KEYS does not depend on CONFIG_MULTIUSER, for some reason I was looking at CONFIG_SECURITY instead, which does :/ I will need to update the commit message... > I'm going to guess that the fix is going to be to have CONFIG_KEYS > depend on CONFIG_MULTIUSER, but I would talk with the keys folks (I've > CC'd David Howells) to see what they would prefer. I was wondering why the security/keys/permissions.c did not give the link error and it turns out that it is due to the definition of __kgid_val(), which is hard-coded to 0 if CINFIG_MULTIUSER=n, so the compiler just optimizes out most of the code in key_task_permission() (including the groups_search() call). Thus, for permissions.c it does not matter which fallback we choose (and since this patch always defines groups_search(), it will not lead to compile errors in permissions.c either). TL;DR: There is no need to fix anything in the keys code (beyond this patch). I also checked the other functions and they are only used in places that either depend on MULTIUSER or use also groups_alloc(), which is already declared only when CONFIG_MULTIUSER=y.