linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] tun: tun_chr_open(): correctly initialize socket uid

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Date:   Tue, 31 Jan 2023 19:10:55 -0800
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Pietro Borrello <borrello@...g.uniroma1.it>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>,
        Cristiano Giuffrida <c.giuffrida@...nl>,
        "Bos, H.J." <h.j.bos@...nl>, Jakob Koschel <jkl820.git@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] tun: tun_chr_open(): correctly initialize
 socket uid

On Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:35:45 +0000
Pietro Borrello <borrello@...g.uniroma1.it> wrote:

> diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
> index a7d17c680f4a..6713fffb1488 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/tun.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
> @@ -3450,6 +3450,11 @@ static int tun_chr_open(struct inode *inode, struct file * file)
>  
>  	sock_init_data(&tfile->socket, &tfile->sk);
>  
> +	// sock_init_data initializes sk.sk_uid assuming tfile->socket is embedded
> +	// in a struct socket_alloc and reading its corresponding inode. Since we
> +	// pass a socket contained in a struct tun_file we have to fix this manually
> +	tfile->sk.sk_uid = inode->i_uid;
> +

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