On Thu, 2024-03-07 at 08:31 -0600, Seth Forshee wrote: > On Thu, Mar 07, 2024 at 01:22:39PM +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote: > > From: Roberto Sassu <[email protected]> > > > > Use __vfs_getxattr() instead of vfs_getxattr(), in preparation for > > deprecating using the vfs_ interfaces for retrieving fscaps. > > > > __vfs_getxattr() is only used for debugging purposes, to check if kernel > > space and user space see the same xattr value. > > __vfs_getxattr() won't give you the value as seen by userspace though. > Userspace goes through vfs_getxattr() -> xattr_getsecurity() -> > cap_inode_getsecurity(), which does the conversion to the value > userspace sees. __vfs_getxattr() just gives the raw disk data. > > I'm also currently working on changes to my fscaps series that will make > it so that __vfs_getxattr() also cannot be used to read fscaps xattrs. > I'll fix this and other code in EVM which will be broken by that change > as part of the next version too.
You are right, thank you! Roberto > > > > Cc: [email protected] # 5.14.x > > Cc: [email protected] > > Cc: Christian Brauner <[email protected]> > > Cc: Seth Forshee (DigitalOcean) <[email protected]> > > Fixes: 907a399de7b0 ("evm: Check xattr size discrepancy between kernel and > > user") > > Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <[email protected]> > > --- > > security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c | 4 ++-- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c > > b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c > > index b1ffd4cc0b44..168d98c63513 100644 > > --- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c > > +++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c > > @@ -278,8 +278,8 @@ static int evm_calc_hmac_or_hash(struct dentry *dentry, > > if (size < 0) > > continue; > > > > - user_space_size = vfs_getxattr(&nop_mnt_idmap, dentry, > > - xattr->name, NULL, 0); > > + user_space_size = __vfs_getxattr(dentry, inode, xattr->name, > > + NULL, 0); > > if (user_space_size != size) > > pr_debug("file %s: xattr %s size mismatch (kernel: %d, > > user: %d)\n", > > dentry->d_name.name, xattr->name, size, > > -- > > 2.34.1 > >
