On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 5:19 PM James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The SELinux testsuite is failing in the overlayfs tests in current -rc > kernels. I bisected the issue to > > commit 007ea44892e6fa963a0876a979e34890325c64eb > Author: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri Oct 26 23:34:39 2018 +0200 > > ovl: relax permission checking on underlying layers > > Make permission checking more consistent: > > - special files don't need any access check on underling fs > > - exec permission check doesn't need to be performed on underlying fs > > Reported-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Reverting this commit fixes the testsuite failure. > > Is there any more information on the rationale for the change? This is a known problem, see the archive link below, with Miklos promising to send a revert to Linus for v4.20. I just pinged him earlier this week to remind him, but I haven't heard back yet and I don't see anything in Linus' tree. I would much prefer if Miklos sent the revert, but if he doesn't send the revert by the end of the week, I'm going to send one next week. https://lore.kernel.org/selinux/CAJfpeguJoEOEjQs4ZpJQaJXF-xCnevUApzNobwmqNX27KQ4vHQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- paul moore www.paul-moore.com
