[PATCH GHAK16 V5 08/10] capabilities: invert logic for clarity

Richard Guy Briggs rgb at redhat.com
Thu Oct 12 00:57:12 UTC 2017


The way the logic was presented, it was awkward to read and verify.
Invert the logic using DeMorgan's Law to be more easily able to read and
understand.

Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb at redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge at hallyn.com>
Acked-by: James Morris <james.l.morris at oracle.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
Okay-ished-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>
---
 security/commoncap.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index eac70e2..0bd94d3 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -782,10 +782,10 @@ static inline bool nonroot_raised_pE(struct cred *cred, kuid_t root)
 	bool ret = false;
 
 	if (__cap_grew(effective, ambient, cred) &&
-	    (!__cap_full(effective, cred) ||
-	     !__is_eff(root, cred) ||
-	     !__is_real(root, cred) ||
-	     !root_privileged()))
+	    !(__cap_full(effective, cred) &&
+	      __is_eff(root, cred) &&
+	      __is_real(root, cred) &&
+	      root_privileged()))
 		ret = true;
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
1.8.3.1




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