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ext2: preserve i_mode if ext2_set_acl() fails 

When changing a file's acl mask, ext2_set_acl() will first set the group
bits of i_mode to the value of the mask, and only then set the actual
extended attribute representing the new acl.

If the second part fails (due to lack of space, for example) and the file
had no acl attribute to begin with, the system will from now on assume
that the mask permission bits are actual group permission bits, potentially
granting access to the wrong users.

Prevent this by only changing the inode mode after the acl has been set.

[JK: Rebased on top of "ext2: Don't clear SGID when inheriting ACLs"]
Signed-off-by: Ernesto A. Fernández <ernesto.mnd.fernandez@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
Ernesto A. Fernández 2017-07-12 06:54:19 -03:00 committed by Jan Kara
parent a992f2d38e
commit fe26569eb9
1 changed files with 9 additions and 2 deletions
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@ -218,15 +218,22 @@ int
ext2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
{
int error;
int update_mode = 0;
umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
if (type == ACL_TYPE_ACCESS && acl) {
error = posix_acl_update_mode(inode, &inode->i_mode, &acl);
error = posix_acl_update_mode(inode, &mode, &acl);
if (error)
return error;
update_mode = 1;
}
error = __ext2_set_acl(inode, acl, type);
if (!error && update_mode) {
inode->i_mode = mode;
inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
mark_inode_dirty(inode);
}
return __ext2_set_acl(inode, acl, type);
return error;
}
/*