Commit 2a4c2242 authored by Stephen Smalley's avatar Stephen Smalley Committed by Paul Moore

fs: switch order of CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE and CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH checks

generic_permission() presently checks CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE prior to
CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH.  This can cause misleading audit messages when
using a LSM such as SELinux or AppArmor, since CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE
may not be required for the operation.  Flip the order of the
tests so that CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE is only checked when required for
the operation.
Signed-off-by: default avatarStephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
Acked-by: default avatarJohn Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarSerge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
Acked-by: default avatarJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
parent 710a0647
......@@ -340,22 +340,14 @@ int generic_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
/* DACs are overridable for directories */
if (capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(inode, CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE))
return 0;
if (!(mask & MAY_WRITE))
if (capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(inode,
CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH))
return 0;
return -EACCES;
}
/*
* Read/write DACs are always overridable.
* Executable DACs are overridable when there is
* at least one exec bit set.
*/
if (!(mask & MAY_EXEC) || (inode->i_mode & S_IXUGO))
if (capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(inode, CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE))
return 0;
return -EACCES;
}
/*
* Searching includes executable on directories, else just read.
......@@ -364,6 +356,14 @@ int generic_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
if (mask == MAY_READ)
if (capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(inode, CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH))
return 0;
/*
* Read/write DACs are always overridable.
* Executable DACs are overridable when there is
* at least one exec bit set.
*/
if (!(mask & MAY_EXEC) || (inode->i_mode & S_IXUGO))
if (capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(inode, CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE))
return 0;
return -EACCES;
}
......
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