[PATCH] file: Call security_file_alloc() after initializing the filp

From: Tianjia Zhang
Date: Tue Dec 09 2025 - 02:56:02 EST


When developing a dedicated LSM module, we need to operate on the
file object within the LSM function, such as retrieving the path.
However, in `security_file_alloc()`, the passed-in `filp` is
only a valid pointer; the content of `filp` is completely
uninitialized and entirely random, which confuses the LSM function.

Therefore, it is necessary to call `security_file_alloc()` only
after the main fields of the `filp` object have been initialized.
This patch only moves the call to `security_file_alloc()` to the
end of the `init_file()` function.

Signed-off-by: Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/file_table.c | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 81c72576e548..e66531a629aa 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -156,11 +156,6 @@ static int init_file(struct file *f, int flags, const struct cred *cred)
int error;

f->f_cred = get_cred(cred);
- error = security_file_alloc(f);
- if (unlikely(error)) {
- put_cred(f->f_cred);
- return error;
- }

spin_lock_init(&f->f_lock);
/*
@@ -202,6 +197,14 @@ static int init_file(struct file *f, int flags, const struct cred *cred)
* They may be enabled later by fsnotify_open_perm_and_set_mode().
*/
file_set_fsnotify_mode(f, FMODE_NONOTIFY_PERM);
+
+ error = security_file_alloc(f);
+ if (unlikely(error)) {
+ mutex_destroy(&f->f_pos_lock);
+ put_cred(f->f_cred);
+ return error;
+ }
+
return 0;
}

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