From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> If the tracefs system is set to a specific owner and group, then the files and directories that are created under them should inherit the owner and group of the parent. 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 f20f575cdaef..6b16d89cf187 100644 --- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c +++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c @@ -488,6 +488,8 @@ 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 = dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_uid; + inode->i_gid = dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_gid; d_instantiate(dentry, inode); fsnotify_create(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry); return end_creating(dentry); @@ -510,6 +512,8 @@ 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 = dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_uid; + inode->i_gid = dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_gid; /* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */ inc_nlink(inode); -- 2.31.1