linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] fs: clear file privilege bits when mmap writing

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Date:	Thu, 10 Dec 2015 04:14:24 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	yalin wang <yalin.wang2010@...il.com>,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] fs: clear file privilege bits when mmap writing

On Wed, Dec 09, 2015 at 02:51:48PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index 3aa514254161..409bd7047e7e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -872,6 +872,7 @@ struct file {
>  	struct list_head	f_tfile_llink;
>  #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_EPOLL */
>  	struct address_space	*f_mapping;
> +	bool			f_remove_privs;

NAK.  If anything, such things belong in ->f_flags.  _If_ this is worth
doing at all, that is.
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