linux-kernel - [PATCH 11/13] fscrypto: restrict setting encryption policy to inode owner

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Date:	Sun,  3 Apr 2016 00:22:02 -0500
From:	Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
To:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jaegeuk@...nel.org, tytso@....edu,
	mhalcrow@...gle.com, Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 11/13] fscrypto: restrict setting encryption policy to inode owner

On a filesystem with encryption enabled, a user could set an encryption
policy on any empty directory to which they have readonly access.  This
is a potential security issue since such a directory might be owned by
another user, and the new encryption policy may prevent that user from
creating files in their own directory.

Fix this by requiring inode_owner_or_capable() permission to set an
encryption policy.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
---
 fs/crypto/policy.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/crypto/policy.c b/fs/crypto/policy.c
index cb5ba27..3f5c275 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/policy.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/policy.c
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ int fscrypt_set_policy(struct inode *inode, const struct fscrypt_policy *policy)
 {
 	int ret = 0;

+	if (!inode_owner_or_capable(inode))
+		return -EACCES;
+
 	if (policy->version != 0)
 		return -EINVAL;

-- 
2.7.4