Quoting Seth Forshee (seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx): > Currently root is restricted from performing some modifications > to inodes whose owner is INVALID_UID or group is INVALID_GID > because this id doesn't map into any user namespace. Add a > special case to the relevant checks to make sure root is always > capable of performing these operations. > > Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (A case which was previously not possible.) Acked-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/inode.c | 3 +++ > kernel/capability.c | 6 +++++- > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c > index 26753ba7b6d6..1029320ff029 100644 > --- a/fs/inode.c > +++ b/fs/inode.c > @@ -1840,6 +1840,9 @@ bool inode_owner_or_capable(const struct inode *inode) > { > struct user_namespace *ns; > > + if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) > + return true; > + > if (uid_eq(current_fsuid(), inode->i_uid)) > return true; > > diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c > index 989f5bfc57dc..a472eaa52b6a 100644 > --- a/kernel/capability.c > +++ b/kernel/capability.c > @@ -438,8 +438,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(capable); > */ > bool capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(const struct inode *inode, int cap) > { > - struct user_namespace *ns = current_user_ns(); > + struct user_namespace *ns; > > + if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) > + return true; > + > + ns = current_user_ns(); > return ns_capable(ns, cap) && kuid_has_mapping(ns, inode->i_uid) && > kgid_has_mapping(ns, inode->i_gid); > } > -- > 1.9.1 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html