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-rw-r--r--fs/xattr.c23
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index f1ef94974de..f060663ab70 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -46,18 +46,22 @@ xattr_permission(struct inode *inode, const char *name, int mask)
return 0;
/*
- * The trusted.* namespace can only be accessed by a privileged user.
+ * The trusted.* namespace can only be accessed by privileged users.
*/
- if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN))
- return (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ? 0 : -EPERM);
+ if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN)) {
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ return (mask & MAY_WRITE) ? -EPERM : -ENODATA;
+ return 0;
+ }
- /* In user.* namespace, only regular files and directories can have
+ /*
+ * In the user.* namespace, only regular files and directories can have
* extended attributes. For sticky directories, only the owner and
- * privileged user can write attributes.
+ * privileged users can write attributes.
*/
if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_USER_PREFIX, XATTR_USER_PREFIX_LEN)) {
if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
- return -EPERM;
+ return (mask & MAY_WRITE) ? -EPERM : -ENODATA;
if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && (inode->i_mode & S_ISVTX) &&
(mask & MAY_WRITE) && !inode_owner_or_capable(inode))
return -EPERM;
@@ -87,7 +91,11 @@ int __vfs_setxattr_noperm(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
{
struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
int error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ int issec = !strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
+ XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN);
+ if (issec)
+ inode->i_flags &= ~S_NOSEC;
if (inode->i_op->setxattr) {
error = inode->i_op->setxattr(dentry, name, value, size, flags);
if (!error) {
@@ -95,8 +103,7 @@ int __vfs_setxattr_noperm(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
security_inode_post_setxattr(dentry, name, value,
size, flags);
}
- } else if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
- XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN)) {
+ } else if (issec) {
const char *suffix = name + XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN;
error = security_inode_setsecurity(inode, suffix, value,
size, flags);