Hi Roberto, On Wed, 2022-11-23 at 16:47 +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote: > int security_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir, > const struct qstr *qstr, > const initxattrs initxattrs, void *fs_data) > { > - struct xattr new_xattrs[MAX_LSM_EVM_XATTR + 1]; > - struct xattr *lsm_xattr, *evm_xattr, *xattr; > - int ret; > + struct security_hook_list *P; > + struct xattr *new_xattrs; > + struct xattr *xattr; > + int ret = -EOPNOTSUPP, num_filled_xattrs = 0; > > if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(inode))) > return 0; > > + if (!blob_sizes.lbs_xattr) > + return 0; > + > if (!initxattrs) > return call_int_hook(inode_init_security, -EOPNOTSUPP, inode, > - dir, qstr, NULL, NULL, NULL); > - memset(new_xattrs, 0, sizeof(new_xattrs)); > - lsm_xattr = new_xattrs; > - ret = call_int_hook(inode_init_security, -EOPNOTSUPP, inode, dir, qstr, > - &lsm_xattr->name, > - &lsm_xattr->value, > - &lsm_xattr->value_len); > - if (ret) > + dir, qstr, NULL); > + /* Allocate +1 for EVM and +1 as terminator. */ > + new_xattrs = kcalloc(blob_sizes.lbs_xattr + 2, sizeof(*new_xattrs), > + GFP_NOFS); > + if (!new_xattrs) > + return -ENOMEM; > + > + hlist_for_each_entry(P, &security_hook_heads.inode_init_security, > + list) { > + ret = P->hook.inode_init_security(inode, dir, qstr, new_xattrs); > + if (ret && ret != -EOPNOTSUPP) > + goto out; > + if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP) > + continue; In this context, -EOPNOTSUPP originally signified that the filesystem does not support writing xattrs. Writing any xattr would fail. Returning -ENODATA for no LSM xattr(s) data would seem to be more appropriate than -EOPNOTSUPP. thanks, Mimi > + /* > + * As the number of xattrs reserved by LSMs is not directly > + * available, directly use the total number blob_sizes.lbs_xattr > + * to keep the code simple, while being not the most efficient > + * way. > + */ > + ret = security_check_compact_filled_xattrs(new_xattrs, > + blob_sizes.lbs_xattr, > + &num_filled_xattrs); > + if (ret < 0) { > + ret = -ENOMEM; > + goto out; > + } > + } > + > + if (!num_filled_xattrs) > goto out; > > - evm_xattr = lsm_xattr + 1; > - ret = evm_inode_init_security(inode, lsm_xattr, evm_xattr); > + ret = evm_inode_init_security(inode, new_xattrs, > + new_xattrs + num_filled_xattrs); > if (ret) > goto out; > ret = initxattrs(inode, new_xattrs, fs_data); > out: > for (xattr = new_xattrs; xattr->value != NULL; xattr++) > kfree(xattr->value); > + kfree(new_xattrs); > return (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP) ? 0 : ret; > } b