linux-kernel - Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: avoid selinux denial on CAP_SYS

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Date:   Wed, 14 Mar 2018 21:07:56 +0800
From:   Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
To:     Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>, Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: avoid selinux denial on CAP_SYS_RESOURCE

On 2018/3/10 5:57, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> On 03/09, Chao Yu wrote:
>> On 2018/3/9 12:49, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
>>> This fixes CAP_SYS_RESOURCE denial of selinux when using resgid.
>>
>> A little confusion, if capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) is false, we still have chance
>> to return true for below resuid & resgid cases, right?
> 
> I didn't dig it deeply tho, it seems selinux log came up when capable() is
> failed in the first place. We actually didn't need to show it up, since next
> resgid will give mostly true.

Got it, how about adding this reason into commit message? Anyway,

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>

Thanks,

> 
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
>>> ---
>>>  fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 4 ++--
>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
>>> index f6dc70666ebb..3d12277fbe9e 100644
>>> --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
>>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
>>> @@ -1607,13 +1607,13 @@ static inline bool __allow_reserved_blocks(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
>>>  		return false;
>>>  	if (IS_NOQUOTA(inode))
>>>  		return true;
>>> -	if (capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
>>> -		return true;
>>>  	if (uid_eq(sbi->s_resuid, current_fsuid()))
>>>  		return true;
>>>  	if (!gid_eq(sbi->s_resgid, GLOBAL_ROOT_GID) &&
>>>  					in_group_p(sbi->s_resgid))
>>>  		return true;
>>> +	if (capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
>>> +		return true;
>>>  	return false;
>>>  }
>>>  
>>>
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