On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Kees, > > Why not add a new file flag instead ? > > Something like this (editing your patch by hand to illustrate) : > > diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c > index ad17e05ebf95..3a7eee76ea90 100644 > --- a/fs/file_table.c > +++ b/fs/file_table.c > @@ -191,6 +191,17 @@ static void __fput(struct file *file) > > might_sleep(); > > + /* > + * XXX: While avoiding mmap_sem, we've already been written to. > + * We must ignore the return value, since we can't reject the > + * write. > + */ > + if (unlikely(file->f_flags & FL_DROP_PRIVS)) { > + mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); > + file_remove_privs(file); > + mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); > + } > + > fsnotify_close(file); > /* > * The function eventpoll_release() should be the first called > diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h > index 3aa514254161..409bd7047e7e 100644 > --- a/include/linux/fs.h > +++ b/include/linux/fs.h > @@ -913,3 +913,4 @@ > #define FL_OFDLCK 1024 /* lock is "owned" by struct file */ > #define FL_LAYOUT 2048 /* outstanding pNFS layout */ > +#define FL_DROP_PRIVS 4096 /* lest something weird decides that 2 is OK */ > > diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c > index c387430f06c3..08a77e0cf65f 100644 > --- a/mm/memory.c > +++ b/mm/memory.c > @@ -2036,6 +2036,7 @@ static inline int wp_page_reuse(struct mm_struct *mm, > > if (!page_mkwrite) > file_update_time(vma->vm_file); > + vma->vm_file->f_flags |= FL_DROP_PRIVS; > } > > return VM_FAULT_WRITE; > > Willy > Is f_flags safe to write like this without holding a lock? -Kees -- Kees Cook Chrome OS & Brillo Security -- 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