[PATCH v5 2/7] lsm: introduce new hooks for setting/getting inode fsxattr

Andrey Albershteyn aalbersh at redhat.com
Mon May 12 23:18:55 AEST 2025


Introduce new hooks for setting and getting filesystem extended
attributes on inode (FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR).

Cc: selinux at vger.kernel.org
Cc: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>

Signed-off-by: Andrey Albershteyn <aalbersh at kernel.org>
---
 fs/file_attr.c                | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h |  2 ++
 include/linux/security.h      | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 security/security.c           | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/file_attr.c b/fs/file_attr.c
index 2910b7047721..be62d97cc444 100644
--- a/fs/file_attr.c
+++ b/fs/file_attr.c
@@ -76,10 +76,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(fileattr_fill_flags);
 int vfs_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct fileattr *fa)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+	int error;
 
 	if (!inode->i_op->fileattr_get)
 		return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
 
+	error = security_inode_file_getattr(dentry, fa);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
 	return inode->i_op->fileattr_get(dentry, fa);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_fileattr_get);
@@ -242,12 +247,20 @@ int vfs_fileattr_set(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 		} else {
 			fa->flags |= old_ma.flags & ~FS_COMMON_FL;
 		}
+
 		err = fileattr_set_prepare(inode, &old_ma, fa);
-		if (!err)
-			err = inode->i_op->fileattr_set(idmap, dentry, fa);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+		err = security_inode_file_setattr(dentry, fa);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+		err = inode->i_op->fileattr_set(idmap, dentry, fa);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
 	}
+
+out:
 	inode_unlock(inode);
-
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_fileattr_set);
diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
index bf3bbac4e02a..9600a4350e79 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_removexattr, struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	 struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 LSM_HOOK(void, LSM_RET_VOID, inode_post_removexattr, struct dentry *dentry,
 	 const char *name)
+LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_file_setattr, struct dentry *dentry, struct fileattr *fa)
+LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_file_getattr, struct dentry *dentry, struct fileattr *fa)
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_set_acl, struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	 struct dentry *dentry, const char *acl_name, struct posix_acl *kacl)
 LSM_HOOK(void, LSM_RET_VOID, inode_post_set_acl, struct dentry *dentry,
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index cc9b54d95d22..d2da2f654345 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -451,6 +451,10 @@ int security_inode_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry);
 int security_inode_removexattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			       struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
 void security_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
+int security_inode_file_setattr(struct dentry *dentry,
+			      struct fileattr *fa);
+int security_inode_file_getattr(struct dentry *dentry,
+			      struct fileattr *fa);
 int security_inode_need_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry);
 int security_inode_killpriv(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry);
 int security_inode_getsecurity(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
@@ -1053,6 +1057,18 @@ static inline void security_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry,
 						   const char *name)
 { }
 
+static inline int security_inode_file_setattr(struct dentry *dentry,
+					      struct fileattr *fa)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int security_inode_file_getattr(struct dentry *dentry,
+					      struct fileattr *fa)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int security_inode_need_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return cap_inode_need_killpriv(dentry);
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index fb57e8fddd91..09c891e6027d 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -2622,6 +2622,36 @@ void security_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 	call_void_hook(inode_post_removexattr, dentry, name);
 }
 
+/**
+ * security_inode_file_setattr() - check if setting fsxattr is allowed
+ * @dentry: file to set filesystem extended attributes on
+ * @fa: extended attributes to set on the inode
+ *
+ * Called when file_setattr() syscall or FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR ioctl() is called on
+ * inode
+ *
+ * Return: Returns 0 if permission is granted.
+ */
+int security_inode_file_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct fileattr *fa)
+{
+	return call_int_hook(inode_file_setattr, dentry, fa);
+}
+
+/**
+ * security_inode_file_getattr() - check if retrieving fsxattr is allowed
+ * @dentry: file to retrieve filesystem extended attributes from
+ * @fa: extended attributes to get
+ *
+ * Called when file_getattr() syscall or FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR ioctl() is called on
+ * inode
+ *
+ * Return: Returns 0 if permission is granted.
+ */
+int security_inode_file_getattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct fileattr *fa)
+{
+	return call_int_hook(inode_file_getattr, dentry, fa);
+}
+
 /**
  * security_inode_need_killpriv() - Check if security_inode_killpriv() required
  * @dentry: associated dentry

-- 
2.47.2



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