F_SET_RW_HINT controls data placement in the file system and / or device and should not be available to everyone who can read a given file. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- fs/fcntl.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c index 22dd9dcce7ec..7fc6190da342 100644 --- a/fs/fcntl.c +++ b/fs/fcntl.c @@ -375,6 +375,9 @@ static long fcntl_set_rw_hint(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, u64 __user *argp = (u64 __user *)arg; u64 hint; + if (!inode_owner_or_capable(file_mnt_idmap(file), inode)) + return -EPERM; + if (copy_from_user(&hint, argp, sizeof(hint))) return -EFAULT; if (!rw_hint_valid(hint)) -- 2.45.2