linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] create_inode: set xattrs to the root directory as well

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Fri, 17 Jul 2020 09:29:02 +0200
From:   Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>
To:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu
Cc:     matthew.weber@...kwellcollins.com, thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] create_inode: set xattrs to the root directory as well

Hello,

Gentle ping. Does anyone have a comment on this patch?

Thanks!
Antoine

Quoting Antoine Tenart (2020-07-01 17:34:04)
> __populate_fs do copy the xattrs for all files and directories, but the
> root directory is skipped and as a result its extended attributes aren't
> set. This is an issue when using mkfs to build a full system image that
> can be used with SElinux in enforcing mode without making any runtime
> fix at first boot.
> 
> This patch adds logic to set the root directory's extended attributes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>
> ---
>  misc/create_inode.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/misc/create_inode.c b/misc/create_inode.c
> index e8d1df6b55a5..0a6e4dc23d16 100644
> --- a/misc/create_inode.c
> +++ b/misc/create_inode.c
> @@ -820,7 +820,29 @@ static errcode_t __populate_fs(ext2_filsys fs, ext2_ino_t parent_ino,
>  
>         for (i = 0; i < num_dents; free(dent[i]), i++) {
>                 name = dent[i]->d_name;
> -               if ((!strcmp(name, ".")) || (!strcmp(name, "..")))
> +               if (!strcmp(name, ".")) {
> +                       retval = ext2fs_namei(fs, root, parent_ino, ".", &ino);
> +                       if (retval) {
> +                               com_err(name, retval, 0);
> +                                       goto out;
> +                       }
> +
> +                       /*
> +                        * Take special care for the root directory, to copy its
> +                        * extended attributes.
> +                        */
> +                       if (ino == root) {
> +                               retval = set_inode_xattr(fs, ino, ".");
> +                               if (retval) {
> +                                       com_err(__func__, retval,
> +                                               _("while setting xattrs for ."));
> +                                       goto out;
> +                               }
> +                       }
> +
> +                       continue;
> +               }
> +               if (!strcmp(name, ".."))
>                         continue;
>                 if (lstat(name, &st)) {
>                         retval = errno;
> -- 
> 2.26.2
> 

-- 
Antoine Ténart, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com