[PATCH 4.4 96/99] ovl: filter of trusted xattr results in audit

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Oct 03 2019 - 11:59:58 EST


From: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@xxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 5c2e9f346b815841f9bed6029ebcb06415caf640 upstream.

When filtering xattr list for reading, presence of trusted xattr
results in a security audit log. However, if there is other content
no errno will be set, and if there isn't, the errno will be -ENODATA
and not -EPERM as is usually associated with a lack of capability.
The check does not block the request to list the xattrs present.

Switch to ns_capable_noaudit to reflect a more appropriate check.

Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-security-module@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v3.18+
Fixes: a082c6f680da ("ovl: filter trusted xattr for non-admin")
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
fs/overlayfs/inode.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -292,7 +292,8 @@ static bool ovl_can_list(const char *s)
return true;

/* Never list trusted.overlay, list other trusted for superuser only */
- return !ovl_is_private_xattr(s) && capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+ return !ovl_is_private_xattr(s) &&
+ ns_capable_noaudit(&init_user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
}

ssize_t ovl_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t size)