In many of the vfs helpers, file permission hook is called before taking sb_start_write(), making them "start-write-safe". do_clone_file_range() is an exception to this rule. do_clone_file_range() has two callers - vfs_clone_file_range() and overlayfs. Move remap_verify_area() checks from do_clone_file_range() out to vfs_clone_file_range() to make them "start-write-safe". Overlayfs already has calls to rw_verify_area() with the same security permission hooks as remap_verify_area() has. The rest of the checks in remap_verify_area() are irrelevant for overlayfs that calls do_clone_file_range() offset 0 and positive length. This is needed for fanotify "pre content" events. Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/remap_range.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/remap_range.c b/fs/remap_range.c index 87ae4f0dc3aa..42f79cb2b1b1 100644 --- a/fs/remap_range.c +++ b/fs/remap_range.c @@ -385,14 +385,6 @@ loff_t do_clone_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in, if (!file_in->f_op->remap_file_range) return -EOPNOTSUPP; - ret = remap_verify_area(file_in, pos_in, len, false); - if (ret) - return ret; - - ret = remap_verify_area(file_out, pos_out, len, true); - if (ret) - return ret; - ret = file_in->f_op->remap_file_range(file_in, pos_in, file_out, pos_out, len, remap_flags); if (ret < 0) @@ -410,6 +402,14 @@ loff_t vfs_clone_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in, { loff_t ret; + ret = remap_verify_area(file_in, pos_in, len, false); + if (ret) + return ret; + + ret = remap_verify_area(file_out, pos_out, len, true); + if (ret) + return ret; + file_start_write(file_out); ret = do_clone_file_range(file_in, pos_in, file_out, pos_out, len, remap_flags); -- 2.34.1