vfs: move cap_convert_nscap() call into vfs_setxattr()
authorMiklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
Mon, 14 Dec 2020 14:26:13 +0000 (15:26 +0100)
committerBen Hutchings <benh@debian.org>
Mon, 19 May 2025 17:24:37 +0000 (19:24 +0200)
commite561f3722255756cf9671c79e01388667d27d202
tree905218de3a752b02fbf3acfe8c48aa75090f7043
parentfd8e94f8b57034a8674f4574c53a68694ab45921
vfs: move cap_convert_nscap() call into vfs_setxattr()

Origin: https://git.kernel.org/linus/7c03e2cda4a584cadc398e8f6641ca9988a39d52
Bug-Debian-Security: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3493

cap_convert_nscap() does permission checking as well as conversion of the
xattr value conditionally based on fs's user-ns.

This is needed by overlayfs and probably other layered fs (ecryptfs) and is
what vfs_foo() is supposed to do anyway.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
Acked-by: James Morris <jamorris@linux.microsoft.com>
Gbp-Pq: Topic bugfix/all
Gbp-Pq: Name vfs-move-cap_convert_nscap-call-into-vfs_setxattr.patch
fs/xattr.c
include/linux/capability.h
security/commoncap.c