[PATCH] vfs: Add MAY_DELETE_SELF and MAY_DELETE_CHILD permission flags

From: Andreas Gruenbacher
Date: Sun Sep 06 2015 - 04:14:45 EST


[This replaces v7 of this patch; MAY_DELETE_SELF now properly overrides the
sticky check.]

Normally, deleting a file requires MAY_WRITE access to the parent
directory. With richacls, a file may be deleted with MAY_DELETE_CHILD access
to the parent directory or with MAY_DELETE_SELF access to the file.

To support that, pass the MAY_DELETE_CHILD mask flag to inode_permission()
when checking for delete access inside a directory, and MAY_DELETE_SELF
when checking for delete access to a file itelf.

The MAY_DELETE_SELF permission overrides the sticky directory check.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namei.c | 21 ++++++++++++---------
include/linux/fs.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 428b4a6..1a3f0d8 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -453,9 +453,9 @@ static int sb_permission(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode, int mask)
* this, letting us set arbitrary permissions for filesystem access without
* changing the "normal" UIDs which are used for other things.
*
- * MAY_WRITE must be set in @mask whenever MAY_APPEND, MAY_CREATE_FILE, or
- * MAY_CREATE_DIR are set. That way, file systems that don't support these
- * permissions will check for MAY_WRITE instead.
+ * MAY_WRITE must be set in @mask whenever MAY_APPEND, MAY_CREATE_FILE,
+ * MAY_CREATE_DIR, or MAY_DELETE_CHILD are set. That way, file systems that
+ * don't support these permissions will check for MAY_WRITE instead.
*/
int inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
{
@@ -2528,7 +2528,7 @@ static int may_delete(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *victim,
bool isdir, bool replace)
{
struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(victim);
- int error, mask = MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC;
+ int error, mask = MAY_EXEC;

if (d_is_negative(victim))
return -ENOENT;
@@ -2538,15 +2538,18 @@ static int may_delete(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *victim,
audit_inode_child(dir, victim, AUDIT_TYPE_CHILD_DELETE);

if (replace)
- mask |= isdir ? MAY_CREATE_DIR : MAY_CREATE_FILE;
- error = inode_permission(dir, mask);
+ mask |= MAY_WRITE | (isdir ? MAY_CREATE_DIR : MAY_CREATE_FILE);
+ error = inode_permission(dir, mask | MAY_WRITE | MAY_DELETE_CHILD);
+ if (!error && check_sticky(dir, inode))
+ error = -EPERM;
+ if (error && IS_RICHACL(inode) &&
+ inode_permission(inode, MAY_DELETE_SELF) == 0)
+ error = 0;
if (error)
return error;
if (IS_APPEND(dir))
return -EPERM;
-
- if (check_sticky(dir, inode) || IS_APPEND(inode) ||
- IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_SWAPFILE(inode))
+ if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_SWAPFILE(inode))
return -EPERM;
if (isdir) {
if (!d_is_dir(victim))
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index b2f1b1b..99c95d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ typedef void (dax_iodone_t)(struct buffer_head *bh_map, int uptodate);
#define MAY_NOT_BLOCK 0x00000080
#define MAY_CREATE_FILE 0x00000100
#define MAY_CREATE_DIR 0x00000200
+#define MAY_DELETE_CHILD 0x00000400
+#define MAY_DELETE_SELF 0x00000800

/*
* flags in file.f_mode. Note that FMODE_READ and FMODE_WRITE must correspond
--
2.4.3

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