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Diffstat (limited to 'security/selinux/ss/mls.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/selinux/ss/mls.c | 30 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/mls.c b/security/selinux/ss/mls.c index 84047f69f9c1b4..7bc5b6440f70ba 100644 --- a/security/selinux/ss/mls.c +++ b/security/selinux/ss/mls.c @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ * * Support for enhanced MLS infrastructure. * - * Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Trusted Computer Solutions, Inc. + * Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Trusted Computer Solutions, Inc. */ #include <linux/kernel.h> @@ -385,6 +385,34 @@ out: } /* + * Set the MLS fields in the security context structure + * `context' based on the string representation in + * the string `str'. This function will allocate temporary memory with the + * given constraints of gfp_mask. + */ +int mls_from_string(char *str, struct context *context, gfp_t gfp_mask) +{ + char *tmpstr, *freestr; + int rc; + + if (!selinux_mls_enabled) + return -EINVAL; + + /* we need freestr because mls_context_to_sid will change + the value of tmpstr */ + tmpstr = freestr = kstrdup(str, gfp_mask); + if (!tmpstr) { + rc = -ENOMEM; + } else { + rc = mls_context_to_sid(':', &tmpstr, context, + NULL, SECSID_NULL); + kfree(freestr); + } + + return rc; +} + +/* * Copies the effective MLS range from `src' into `dst'. */ static inline int mls_scopy_context(struct context *dst, |