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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/xattr.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -46,18 +46,22 @@ xattr_permission(struct inode *inode, const char *name, int mask) return 0; /* - * The trusted.* namespace can only be accessed by a privileged user. + * The trusted.* namespace can only be accessed by privileged users. */ - if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN)) - return (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ? 0 : -EPERM); + if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN)) { + if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + return (mask & MAY_WRITE) ? -EPERM : -ENODATA; + return 0; + } - /* In user.* namespace, only regular files and directories can have + /* + * In the user.* namespace, only regular files and directories can have * extended attributes. For sticky directories, only the owner and - * privileged user can write attributes. + * privileged users can write attributes. */ if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_USER_PREFIX, XATTR_USER_PREFIX_LEN)) { if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) - return -EPERM; + return (mask & MAY_WRITE) ? -EPERM : -ENODATA; if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && (inode->i_mode & S_ISVTX) && (mask & MAY_WRITE) && !inode_owner_or_capable(inode)) return -EPERM; |