[PATCH RFC 4/6] fhandle: pull CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH check into may_decode_fh()
From: Christian Brauner
Date: Fri Nov 29 2024 - 08:40:30 EST
There's no point in keeping it outside of that helper. This way we have
all the permission pieces in one place.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/fhandle.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/fhandle.c b/fs/fhandle.c
index c00d88fb14e16654b5cbbb71760c0478eac20384..031ad5592a0beabcc299436f037ad5fe626332e6 100644
--- a/fs/fhandle.c
+++ b/fs/fhandle.c
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ static inline bool may_decode_fh(struct handle_to_path_ctx *ctx,
{
struct path *root = &ctx->root;
+ if (capable(CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH))
+ return true;
+
/*
* Restrict to O_DIRECTORY to provide a deterministic API that avoids a
* confusing api in the face of disconnected non-dir dentries.
@@ -337,7 +340,7 @@ static int handle_to_path(int mountdirfd, struct file_handle __user *ufh,
if (retval)
goto out_err;
- if (!capable(CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH) && !may_decode_fh(&ctx, o_flags)) {
+ if (!may_decode_fh(&ctx, o_flags)) {
retval = -EPERM;
goto out_path;
}
--
2.45.2