[for-linus][PATCH 1/5] tracefs: Have new files inherit the ownership of their parent

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Thu Dec 09 2021 - 10:32:41 EST


From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

If directories in tracefs have their ownership changed, then any new files
and directories that are created under those directories should inherit
the ownership of the director they are created in.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211208075720.4855d180@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yabin Cui <yabinc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 4282d60689d4f ("tracefs: Add new tracefs file system")
Reported-by: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAC_TJve8MMAv+H_NdLSJXZUSoxOEq2zB_pVaJ9p=7H6Bu3X76g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/tracefs/inode.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/tracefs/inode.c b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
index 925a621b432e..06cf0534cc60 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
@@ -414,6 +414,8 @@ struct dentry *tracefs_create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
inode->i_mode = mode;
inode->i_fop = fops ? fops : &tracefs_file_operations;
inode->i_private = data;
+ inode->i_uid = d_inode(dentry->d_parent)->i_uid;
+ inode->i_gid = d_inode(dentry->d_parent)->i_gid;
d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
fsnotify_create(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry);
return end_creating(dentry);
@@ -436,6 +438,8 @@ static struct dentry *__create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent,
inode->i_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUSR| S_IRGRP | S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP;
inode->i_op = ops;
inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
+ inode->i_uid = d_inode(dentry->d_parent)->i_uid;
+ inode->i_gid = d_inode(dentry->d_parent)->i_gid;

/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
inc_nlink(inode);
--
2.33.0