[PATCH 5/5] xfs: Correctly lock inode when removing suid and security marks

Jan Kara jack at suse.cz
Tue Mar 3 04:38:39 CST 2015


Currently XFS calls file_remove_privs() without holding i_mutex. This is
wrong because that function can end up messing with file permissions and
security xattrs for which we need i_mutex held.

Fix the problem by grabbing iolock exclusively when we will need to
change anything in permissions / xattrs.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack at suse.cz>
---
 fs/xfs/xfs_file.c | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index fa81a43702ee..3d601e92bd44 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -563,6 +563,13 @@ restart:
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
+	/* For changing security info in file_remove_privs() we need i_mutex */
+	if (*iolock == XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED && !IS_NOSEC(inode)) {
+		xfs_rw_iunlock(ip, *iolock);
+		*iolock = XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL;
+		xfs_rw_ilock(ip, *iolock);
+		goto restart;
+	}
 	/*
 	 * If the offset is beyond the size of the file, we need to zero any
 	 * blocks that fall between the existing EOF and the start of this
@@ -601,7 +608,9 @@ restart:
 	 * setgid bits if the process is not being run by root.  This keeps
 	 * people from modifying setuid and setgid binaries.
 	 */
-	return file_remove_privs(file);
+	if (!IS_NOSEC(inode))
+		return file_remove_privs(file);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
-- 
2.1.4



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