linux-kernel - [OP] 02-vfs-utimes-Honour-CAP_FOWNER-when-times-NULL.patch added to queue-2.6.22.23-op1

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Message-ID: <977557808d0b0654e508d292edd47c48@zipernowsky.hu>
Date:	Sat, 03 May 2008 14:23:45 +0200
From:	Oliver Pinter <oliver@...ernowsky.hu>
To:	Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@....iitk.ac.in>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [OP] 02-vfs-utimes-Honour-CAP_FOWNER-when-times-NULL.patch added to
 queue-2.6.22.23-op1

Your patch added to queue-2.6.22.23-op1.
If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6.22.y-op-patches.git
git://repo.or.cz/linux-2.6.22.y-op-patches.git

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>From 5b37696fda07b8acf37beba3853f83106397ccdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@....iitk.ac.in>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:24:23 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] utime(s): Honour CAP_FOWNER when times==NULL

do_utimes() does not honour CAP_FOWNER when times==NULL.
Trivial and obvious one-line fix.

Signed-off-by: Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@....iitk.ac.in>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/fs/utimes.c b/fs/utimes.c
index b3c8895..83a7e69 100644
--- a/fs/utimes.c
+++ b/fs/utimes.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ long do_utimes(int dfd, char __user *filename, struct
timespec *times, int flags
                 if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
                         goto dput_and_out;
 
-		if (current->fsuid != inode->i_uid) {
+		if ((current->fsuid != inode->i_uid) && !capable(CAP_FOWNER)) {
 			if (f) {
 				if (!(f->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 					goto dput_and_out;


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