Any user can display extented attribute names without read
access.

eg: attr -l <filename>

This patch checks inode_permission in listxattr common
function before executing vfs_listxattr.

Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <[email protected]>
---
 fs/xattr.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 3377dff..d26b280 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -543,6 +543,10 @@ listxattr(struct dentry *d, char __user *list, size_t size)
        char *klist = NULL;
        char *vlist = NULL;     /* If non-NULL, we used vmalloc() */
 
+       error = inode_permission(d->d_inode, MAY_READ);
+       if (error)
+               return error;
+
        if (size) {
                if (size > XATTR_LIST_MAX)
                        size = XATTR_LIST_MAX;
-- 
1.8.1.4

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