ext4: preserve i_mode if __ext4_set_acl() fails
authorErnesto A. Fernández <ernesto.mnd.fernandez@gmail.com>
Mon, 31 Jul 2017 02:43:41 +0000 (22:43 -0400)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Thu, 28 Sep 2017 17:27:56 +0000 (18:27 +0100)
commit63e2d80d34649e4d7a304e827b3cbfcc6f111dc0
tree8dcd8a0efcb7229e5a80522eeb0d5973a9d660b0
parent33b444767870da66a4c8096caab87babaae2f269
ext4: preserve i_mode if __ext4_set_acl() fails

When changing a file's acl mask, __ext4_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.

Signed-off-by: Ernesto A. Fernández <ernesto.mnd.fernandez@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
[bwh: Backported to 4.9: keep using ext4_current_time()]

Gbp-Pq: Topic bugfix/all
Gbp-Pq: Name ext4-preserve-i_mode-if-__ext4_set_acl-fails.patch
fs/ext4/acl.c