linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: socket: don't set sk_uid to garbage value in ->setattr()

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Date:   Sat, 31 Dec 2016 12:36:35 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     ebiggers3@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, lorenzo@...gle.com,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ebiggers@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: socket: don't set sk_uid to garbage value in
 ->setattr()

From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 17:42:32 -0600

> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> 
> ->setattr() was recently implemented for socket files to sync the socket
> inode's uid to the new 'sk_uid' member of struct sock.  It does this by
> copying over the ia_uid member of struct iattr.  However, ia_uid is
> actually only valid when ATTR_UID is set in ia_valid, indicating that
> the uid is being changed, e.g. by chown.  Other metadata operations such
> as chmod or utimes leave ia_uid uninitialized.  Therefore, sk_uid could
> be set to a "garbage" value from the stack.
> 
> Fix this by only copying the uid over when ATTR_UID is set.
> 
> Fixes: 86741ec25462 ("net: core: Add a UID field to struct sock.")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

Lorenzo, please review.