Re: [PATCH] nfsd: fix posix_acl leak and ignored error in nfsd4_create_file

[Chuck Lever]

From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>

On Thu, 21 May 2026 12:37:33 -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> nfsd4_create_file() has two bugs in its ACL handling:
> 
> The return value of nfsd4_acl_to_attr() is silently discarded.  When
> the NFSv4-to-POSIX ACL conversion fails (e.g., -EINVAL for
> unsupported ACE types), the file is created without any ACL and the
> client receives NFS4_OK.  This violates RFC 7530/8881 which require
> the server to reject unsupported attributes on CREATE.
> 
> [...]

Applied to nfsd-testing, thanks!

[1/1] nfsd: fix posix_acl leak and ignored error in nfsd4_create_file
      commit: 15906201636c0850eff0e2e86791f24e007d4160

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Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>