Merge tag 'fw-restrict-3.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux into next

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 59820f8782a1..0ae4b147718a 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -702,6 +702,15 @@ static inline void security_free_mnt_opts(struct security_mnt_opts *opts)
  *	@inode points to the inode to use as a reference.
  *	The current task must be the one that nominated @inode.
  *	Return 0 if successful.
+ * @kernel_fw_from_file:
+ *	Load firmware from userspace (not called for built-in firmware).
+ *	@file contains the file structure pointing to the file containing
+ *	the firmware to load. This argument will be NULL if the firmware
+ *	was loaded via the uevent-triggered blob-based interface exposed
+ *	by CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER.
+ *	@buf pointer to buffer containing firmware contents.
+ *	@size length of the firmware contents.
+ *	Return 0 if permission is granted.
  * @kernel_module_request:
  *	Ability to trigger the kernel to automatically upcall to userspace for
  *	userspace to load a kernel module with the given name.
@@ -1568,6 +1577,7 @@ struct security_operations {
 	void (*cred_transfer)(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old);
 	int (*kernel_act_as)(struct cred *new, u32 secid);
 	int (*kernel_create_files_as)(struct cred *new, struct inode *inode);
+	int (*kernel_fw_from_file)(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size);
 	int (*kernel_module_request)(char *kmod_name);
 	int (*kernel_module_from_file)(struct file *file);
 	int (*task_fix_setuid) (struct cred *new, const struct cred *old,
@@ -1840,6 +1850,7 @@ int security_prepare_creds(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old, gfp_t gfp);
 void security_transfer_creds(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old);
 int security_kernel_act_as(struct cred *new, u32 secid);
 int security_kernel_create_files_as(struct cred *new, struct inode *inode);
+int security_kernel_fw_from_file(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size);
 int security_kernel_module_request(char *kmod_name);
 int security_kernel_module_from_file(struct file *file);
 int security_task_fix_setuid(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old,
@@ -2366,6 +2377,12 @@ static inline int security_kernel_create_files_as(struct cred *cred,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int security_kernel_fw_from_file(struct file *file,
+					       char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int security_kernel_module_request(char *kmod_name)
 {
 	return 0;