visor/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_personality.go

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package linux

import (
	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/errors/linuxerr"
	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/arch"
	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/kernel"
)

const (
	// getPersonality may be passed to `personality(2)` to get the current
	// personality bits without modifying them.
	getPersonality = 0xffffffff
)

// Personality implements Linux syscall personality(2).
func Personality(t *kernel.Task, sysno uintptr, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.SyscallControl, error) {
	// allowedPersonalityBits are the personality bits that are allowed to be set.
	const allowedPersonalityBits = linux.PER_LINUX | linux.PER_BSD | linux.PER_HPUX | linux.SHORT_INODE | linux.WHOLE_SECONDS

	personality := args[0].Uint()
	if personality == getPersonality {
		return uintptr(t.Personality()), nil, nil
	}
	if personality&allowedPersonalityBits != personality {
		return 0, nil, linuxerr.EINVAL
	}
	return uintptr(t.SetPersonality(personality)), nil, nil
}