From f69e749a49353d96af1a293f56b5b56de59c668a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Lochmann Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 11:55:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Abort file_remove_privs() for non-reg. files file_remove_privs() might be called for non-regular files, e.g. blkdev inode. There is no reason to do its job on things like blkdev inodes, pipes, or cdevs. Hence, abort if file does not refer to a regular inode. AV: more to the point, for devices there might be any number of inodes refering to given device. Which one to strip the permissions from, even if that made any sense in the first place? All of them will be observed with contents modified, after all. Found by LockDoc (Alexander Lochmann, Horst Schirmeier and Olaf Spinczyk) Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Alexander Lochmann Signed-off-by: Horst Schirmeier Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/inode.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index e9d97add2b36..9a453f3637f8 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c @@ -1817,8 +1817,13 @@ int file_remove_privs(struct file *file) int kill; int error = 0; - /* Fast path for nothing security related */ - if (IS_NOSEC(inode)) + /* + * Fast path for nothing security related. + * As well for non-regular files, e.g. blkdev inodes. + * For example, blkdev_write_iter() might get here + * trying to remove privs which it is not allowed to. + */ + if (IS_NOSEC(inode) || !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) return 0; kill = dentry_needs_remove_privs(dentry); -- 2.30.2