[PATCH 5.8 49/70] erofs: avoid duplicated permission check for "trusted." xattrs

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sat Oct 31 2020 - 07:42:24 EST


From: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit d578b46db69d125a654f509bdc9091d84e924dc8 upstream.

Don't recheck it since xattr_permission() already
checks CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability.

Just follow 5d3ce4f70172 ("f2fs: avoid duplicated permission check for "trusted." xattrs")

Reported-by: Hongyu Jin <hongyu.jin@xxxxxxxxxx>
[ Gao Xiang: since it could cause some complex Android overlay
permission issue as well on android-5.4+, it'd be better to
backport to 5.4+ rather than pure cleanup on mainline. ]
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 5.4+
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200811070020.6339-1-hsiangkao@xxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
fs/erofs/xattr.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/erofs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/xattr.c
@@ -473,8 +473,6 @@ static int erofs_xattr_generic_get(const
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
break;
case EROFS_XATTR_INDEX_TRUSTED:
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
break;
case EROFS_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY:
break;