When inode has no listxattr op of its own (e.g. squashfs) vfs_listxattr calls the LSM inode_listsecurity hooks to list the xattrs that LSMs will intercept in inode_getxattr hooks. When selinux LSM is installed but not initialized, it will list the security.selinux xattr in inode_listsecurity, but will not intercept it in inode_getxattr. This results in -ENODATA for a getxattr call for an xattr returned by listxattr. This situation was manifested as overlayfs failure to copy up lower files from squashfs when selinux is built-in but not initialized, because ovl_copy_xattr() iterates the lower inode xattrs by vfs_listxattr() and vfs_getxattr(). ovl_copy_xattr() skips copy up of security labels that are indentified by inode_copy_up_xattr LSM hooks, but it does that after vfs_getxattr(). Since we are not going to copy them, skip vfs_getxattr() of the security labels. Reported-by: Michael Labriola <michael.d.labriola@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Michael Labriola <michael.d.labriola@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-unionfs/2nv9d47zt7.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> --- Miklos, This is a workaround for a v5.9 selinux related regression reported by Michael that caused copy up failure is a very specific configuration involving lower squashfs and built-in but disabled selinux. I've sent the bug fix to selinux list, so this patch is complementary. I removed the stable/Fixes tags, because this patch does not cleanly apply to v5.9 and is not the real bug fix. Thanks, Amir. fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c index e5b616c93e11..0fed532efa68 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c @@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ int ovl_copy_xattr(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *old, if (ovl_is_private_xattr(sb, name)) continue; + + error = security_inode_copy_up_xattr(name); + if (error < 0 && error != -EOPNOTSUPP) + break; + if (error == 1) { + error = 0; + continue; /* Discard */ + } retry: size = vfs_getxattr(old, name, value, value_size); if (size == -ERANGE) @@ -107,13 +115,6 @@ int ovl_copy_xattr(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *old, goto retry; } - error = security_inode_copy_up_xattr(name); - if (error < 0 && error != -EOPNOTSUPP) - break; - if (error == 1) { - error = 0; - continue; /* Discard */ - } error = vfs_setxattr(new, name, value, size, 0); if (error) { if (error != -EOPNOTSUPP || ovl_must_copy_xattr(name)) -- 2.25.1
