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[v18,4/4] overlayfs: inode_owner_or_capable called during execv

Message ID 20201021143533.115895-5-salyzyn@android.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series overlayfs override_creds=off & nested get xattr fix | expand

Commit Message

Mark Salyzyn Oct. 21, 2020, 2:35 p.m. UTC 
From: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>

Using old_creds as an indication that we are not overriding the
credentials, bypass call to inode_owner_or_capable.  This solves
a problem with all execv calls being blocked when using the caller's
credentials.

Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@android.com>
Fixes: 05acefb4872da ("ovl: check permission to open real file")
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
To: linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kernel-team@android.com
Cc: selinux@vger.kernel.org

v18 - rebase

v17 - rebase

v16 - introduced fix over rebased series
---
 fs/overlayfs/file.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
index b1357bb067d9..9ab9663b02d8 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@  static struct file *ovl_open_realfile(const struct file *file,
 	err = inode_permission(realinode, MAY_OPEN | acc_mode);
 	if (err) {
 		realfile = ERR_PTR(err);
-	} else if (!inode_owner_or_capable(realinode)) {
+	} else if (old_cred && !inode_owner_or_capable(realinode)) {
 		realfile = ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 	} else {
 		realfile = open_with_fake_path(&file->f_path, flags, realinode,