On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 15:16:50 -0800
Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 20:31:01 +0800 Fabian Frederick <f...@skynet.be> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > --- 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;
>
> erk. Doesn't this mean that if existing userspace is relying on the
> current behaviour, this patch will cause breakage?
>
FYI, I just noticed FreeBSD was giving the expected result : no attribute name
revealed
without read access ....
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