[PATCH stable/linux-5.10.y 4/7] lsm: constify the 'file' parameter in security_binder_transfer_file()
From: Cai Xinchen
Date: Mon Jun 29 2026 - 02:48:40 EST
From: Khadija Kamran <kamrankhadijadj@xxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 8e4672d6f902d5c4db1e87e8aa9f530149d85bc6 ]
SELinux registers the implementation for the "binder_transfer_file"
hook. Looking at the function implementation we observe that the
parameter "file" is not changing.
Mark the "file" parameter of LSM hook security_binder_transfer_file() as
"const" since it will not be changing in the LSM hook.
Signed-off-by: Khadija Kamran <kamrankhadijadj@xxxxxxxxx>
[PM: subject line whitespace fix]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Cai Xinchen <caixinchen1@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h | 2 +-
include/linux/security.h | 4 ++--
security/security.c | 2 +-
security/selinux/hooks.c | 8 ++++----
4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
index 35bb13ce1faf..e34b295bc15a 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ LSM_HOOK(int, 0, binder_transaction, const struct cred *from,
LSM_HOOK(int, 0, binder_transfer_binder, const struct cred *from,
const struct cred *to)
LSM_HOOK(int, 0, binder_transfer_file, const struct cred *from,
- const struct cred *to, struct file *file)
+ const struct cred *to, const struct file *file)
LSM_HOOK(int, 0, ptrace_access_check, struct task_struct *child,
unsigned int mode)
LSM_HOOK(int, 0, ptrace_traceme, struct task_struct *parent)
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 2b8a00118903..f3c9d640b60b 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ int security_binder_transaction(const struct cred *from,
int security_binder_transfer_binder(const struct cred *from,
const struct cred *to);
int security_binder_transfer_file(const struct cred *from,
- const struct cred *to, struct file *file);
+ const struct cred *to, const struct file *file);
int security_ptrace_access_check(struct task_struct *child, unsigned int mode);
int security_ptrace_traceme(struct task_struct *parent);
int security_capget(struct task_struct *target,
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ static inline int security_binder_transfer_binder(const struct cred *from,
static inline int security_binder_transfer_file(const struct cred *from,
const struct cred *to,
- struct file *file)
+ const struct file *file)
{
return 0;
}
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 6de10b6699a4..d6b1b82094b7 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ int security_binder_transfer_binder(const struct cred *from,
}
int security_binder_transfer_file(const struct cred *from,
- const struct cred *to, struct file *file)
+ const struct cred *to, const struct file *file)
{
return call_int_hook(binder_transfer_file, 0, from, to, file);
}
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 90935ed3d8d8..e1bbdef0bcd3 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@ static inline int file_path_has_perm(const struct cred *cred,
}
#ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL
-static int bpf_fd_pass(struct file *file, u32 sid);
+static int bpf_fd_pass(const struct file *file, u32 sid);
#endif
/* Check whether a task can use an open file descriptor to
@@ -1972,7 +1972,7 @@ static inline u32 file_mask_to_av(int mode, int mask)
}
/* Convert a Linux file to an access vector. */
-static inline u32 file_to_av(struct file *file)
+static inline u32 file_to_av(const struct file *file)
{
u32 av = 0;
@@ -2050,7 +2050,7 @@ static int selinux_binder_transfer_binder(const struct cred *from,
static int selinux_binder_transfer_file(const struct cred *from,
const struct cred *to,
- struct file *file)
+ const struct file *file)
{
u32 sid = cred_sid(to);
struct file_security_struct *fsec = selinux_file(file);
@@ -6799,7 +6799,7 @@ static u32 bpf_map_fmode_to_av(fmode_t fmode)
* access the bpf object and that's why we have to add this additional check in
* selinux_file_receive and selinux_binder_transfer_files.
*/
-static int bpf_fd_pass(struct file *file, u32 sid)
+static int bpf_fd_pass(const struct file *file, u32 sid)
{
struct bpf_security_struct *bpfsec;
struct bpf_prog *prog;
--
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