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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2018-12-21 16:46:08 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2018-12-21 16:46:08 +0100
commitcd6a22310ec2a70092e136d0cd65bb77c1502521 (patch)
treec01fa788b27b240c7b426d7f329d92bd58c7b8f5 /fs/overlayfs/inode.c
parent1e12a521d6917004f8b95a3b5864b92edc2694c8 (diff)
parent177c459b08a34dcf004aa9a4c1f1d8be682ff3af (diff)
Merge USB 4.20-rc8 mergepoint into usb-next
We need the USB changes in here for additional patches to be able to apply cleanly. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/overlayfs/inode.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/overlayfs/inode.c17
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 6bcc9dedc342..3b7ed5d2279c 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -286,22 +286,13 @@ int ovl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
if (err)
return err;
- /* No need to do any access on underlying for special files */
- if (special_file(realinode->i_mode))
- return 0;
-
- /* No need to access underlying for execute */
- mask &= ~MAY_EXEC;
- if ((mask & (MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE)) == 0)
- return 0;
-
- /* Lower files get copied up, so turn write access into read */
- if (!upperinode && mask & MAY_WRITE) {
+ old_cred = ovl_override_creds(inode->i_sb);
+ if (!upperinode &&
+ !special_file(realinode->i_mode) && mask & MAY_WRITE) {
mask &= ~(MAY_WRITE | MAY_APPEND);
+ /* Make sure mounter can read file for copy up later */
mask |= MAY_READ;
}
-
- old_cred = ovl_override_creds(inode->i_sb);
err = inode_permission(realinode, mask);
revert_creds(old_cred);