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-rw-r--r--fs/kernfs/file.c17
-rw-r--r--fs/sysfs/mount.c3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/kernfs.h19
3 files changed, 30 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/file.c b/fs/kernfs/file.c
index e01ea4a14a01..5e9a80cfc3d8 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/file.c
@@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ static void kernfs_put_open_node(struct kernfs_node *kn,
static int kernfs_fop_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
struct kernfs_node *kn = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
+ struct kernfs_root *root = kernfs_root(kn);
const struct kernfs_ops *ops;
struct kernfs_open_file *of;
bool has_read, has_write, has_mmap;
@@ -624,14 +625,16 @@ static int kernfs_fop_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
has_write = ops->write || ops->mmap;
has_mmap = ops->mmap;
- /* check perms and supported operations */
- if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
- (!(inode->i_mode & S_IWUGO) || !has_write))
- goto err_out;
+ /* see the flag definition for details */
+ if (root->flags & KERNFS_ROOT_EXTRA_OPEN_PERM_CHECK) {
+ if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
+ (!(inode->i_mode & S_IWUGO) || !has_write))
+ goto err_out;
- if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) &&
- (!(inode->i_mode & S_IRUGO) || !has_read))
- goto err_out;
+ if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) &&
+ (!(inode->i_mode & S_IRUGO) || !has_read))
+ goto err_out;
+ }
/* allocate a kernfs_open_file for the file */
error = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index a66ad6196f59..8794423f7efb 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ int __init sysfs_init(void)
{
int err;
- sysfs_root = kernfs_create_root(NULL, 0, NULL);
+ sysfs_root = kernfs_create_root(NULL, KERNFS_ROOT_EXTRA_OPEN_PERM_CHECK,
+ NULL);
if (IS_ERR(sysfs_root))
return PTR_ERR(sysfs_root);
diff --git a/include/linux/kernfs.h b/include/linux/kernfs.h
index b0122dc6f96a..ca1be5c9136c 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernfs.h
@@ -50,7 +50,24 @@ enum kernfs_node_flag {
/* @flags for kernfs_create_root() */
enum kernfs_root_flag {
- KERNFS_ROOT_CREATE_DEACTIVATED = 0x0001,
+ /*
+ * kernfs_nodes are created in the deactivated state and invisible.
+ * They require explicit kernfs_activate() to become visible. This
+ * can be used to make related nodes become visible atomically
+ * after all nodes are created successfully.
+ */
+ KERNFS_ROOT_CREATE_DEACTIVATED = 0x0001,
+
+ /*
+ * For regular flies, if the opener has CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE, open(2)
+ * succeeds regardless of the RW permissions. sysfs had an extra
+ * layer of enforcement where open(2) fails with -EACCES regardless
+ * of CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE if the permission doesn't have the
+ * respective read or write access at all (none of S_IRUGO or
+ * S_IWUGO) or the respective operation isn't implemented. The
+ * following flag enables that behavior.
+ */
+ KERNFS_ROOT_EXTRA_OPEN_PERM_CHECK = 0x0002,
};
/* type-specific structures for kernfs_node union members */