[PATCH] erofs: use the opener's credential when verifing metadata accesses

From: Gao Xiang

Date: Tue May 05 2026 - 12:00:20 EST


Similar to commit 905eeb2b7c33 ("erofs: impersonate the opener's
credentials when accessing backing file"), rw_verify_area() needs
the same too.

Fixes: 307210c262a2 ("erofs: verify metadata accesses for file-backed mounts")
Cc: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sandeep Dhavale <dhavale@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tatsuyuki Ishi <ishitatsuyuki@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Can we verify this patch resolve the android-mainline issue?

fs/erofs/data.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/erofs/data.c b/fs/erofs/data.c
index b2c12c5856ac..51b8e860b6b2 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/data.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/data.c
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ void *erofs_bread(struct erofs_buf *buf, erofs_off_t offset, bool need_kmap)
*/
if (buf->file) {
fpos = (loff_t)index << PAGE_SHIFT;
- err = rw_verify_area(READ, buf->file, &fpos, PAGE_SIZE);
- if (err < 0)
- return ERR_PTR(err);
+ scoped_with_creds(buf->file->f_cred) {
+ err = rw_verify_area(READ, buf->file, &fpos, PAGE_SIZE);
+ if (err < 0)
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
+ }
}

if (buf->page) {
--
2.43.5