linux-kernel - [PATCH] commoncap: Make cap_inode

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Date:   Fri, 22 May 2020 14:32:25 +0300
From:   Dmitry Mastykin <dmastykin@...ralinux.ru>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     dmastykin@...ralinux.ru, Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] commoncap: Make cap_inode_killpriv ignore other LSM xattr

Other LSM may set own capabilities to files. But its inode_killpriv
hook may not be called because cap_inode_killpriv breaks
the chain returning -ENODATA on remove xattr other than
XATTR_NAME_CAPS.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Mastykin <dmastykin@...ralinux.ru>
---
 security/commoncap.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index f4ee0ae106b2..0c12ecf5676f 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ int cap_inode_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry)
 	int error;
 
 	error = __vfs_removexattr(dentry, XATTR_NAME_CAPS);
-	if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+	if (error == -ENODATA || error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		error = 0;
 	return error;
 }
-- 
2.23.0