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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/xattr.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/xattr.c | 43 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c index 61107b6bbed2..31b5ac65ca34 100644 --- a/fs/xattr.c +++ b/fs/xattr.c @@ -80,6 +80,31 @@ xattr_resolve_name(struct inode *inode, const char **name) return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP); } +/** + * may_write_xattr - check whether inode allows writing xattr + * @mnt_userns: User namespace of the mount the inode was found from + * @inode: the inode on which to set an xattr + * + * Check whether the inode allows writing xattrs. Specifically, we can never + * set or remove an extended attribute on a read-only filesystem or on an + * immutable / append-only inode. + * + * We also need to ensure that the inode has a mapping in the mount to + * not risk writing back invalid i_{g,u}id values. + * + * Return: On success zero is returned. On error a negative errno is returned. + */ +int may_write_xattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *inode) +{ + if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode)) + return -EPERM; + if (IS_APPEND(inode)) + return -EPERM; + if (HAS_UNMAPPED_ID(mnt_userns, inode)) + return -EPERM; + return 0; +} + /* * Check permissions for extended attribute access. This is a bit complicated * because different namespaces have very different rules. @@ -88,20 +113,12 @@ static int xattr_permission(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *inode, const char *name, int mask) { - /* - * We can never set or remove an extended attribute on a read-only - * filesystem or on an immutable / append-only inode. - */ if (mask & MAY_WRITE) { - if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode)) - return -EPERM; - /* - * Updating an xattr will likely cause i_uid and i_gid - * to be writen back improperly if their true value is - * unknown to the vfs. - */ - if (HAS_UNMAPPED_ID(mnt_userns, inode)) - return -EPERM; + int ret; + + ret = may_write_xattr(mnt_userns, inode); + if (ret) + return ret; } /* |