Merge "Allow network stack UID caller to retrieve cell identity" into rvc-dev am: 855eb749ed

Original change: https://googleplex-android-review.googlesource.com/c/platform/frameworks/base/+/12226436

Change-Id: I6f82a1ee38717d801c828d4922b89dea5267215f
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TreeHugger Robot
2020-07-24 22:08:26 +00:00
committed by Automerger Merge Worker

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@@ -260,11 +260,12 @@ public final class LocationAccessPolicy {
/** Check if location permissions have been granted */
public static LocationPermissionResult checkLocationPermission(
Context context, LocationPermissionQuery query) {
// Always allow the phone process and system server to access location. This avoid
// breaking legacy code that rely on public-facing APIs to access cell location, and
// it doesn't create an info leak risk because the cell location is stored in the phone
// Always allow the phone process, system server, and network stack to access location.
// This avoid breaking legacy code that rely on public-facing APIs to access cell location,
// and it doesn't create an info leak risk because the cell location is stored in the phone
// process anyway, and the system server already has location access.
if (query.callingUid == Process.PHONE_UID || query.callingUid == Process.SYSTEM_UID
|| query.callingUid == Process.NETWORK_STACK_UID
|| query.callingUid == Process.ROOT_UID) {
return LocationPermissionResult.ALLOWED;
}