This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled sysctl: always initialize i_uid/i_gid to the 5.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: sysctl-always-initialize-i_uid-i_gid.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 5d7defeab6026e3ce687533b8c44874295f0a96a Author: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue Apr 2 23:10:34 2024 +0200 sysctl: always initialize i_uid/i_gid [ Upstream commit 98ca62ba9e2be5863c7d069f84f7166b45a5b2f4 ] Always initialize i_uid/i_gid inside the sysfs core so set_ownership() can safely skip setting them. Commit 5ec27ec735ba ("fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c: fix the default values of i_uid/i_gid on /proc/sys inodes.") added defaults for i_uid/i_gid when set_ownership() was not implemented. It also missed adjusting net_ctl_set_ownership() to use the same default values in case the computation of a better value failed. Fixes: 5ec27ec735ba ("fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c: fix the default values of i_uid/i_gid on /proc/sys inodes.") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <j.granados@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c index d61777c67ada8..d97e2d399fe6d 100644 --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c @@ -471,12 +471,10 @@ static struct inode *proc_sys_make_inode(struct super_block *sb, make_empty_dir_inode(inode); } + inode->i_uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID; + inode->i_gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID; if (root->set_ownership) root->set_ownership(head, &inode->i_uid, &inode->i_gid); - else { - inode->i_uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID; - inode->i_gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID; - } return inode; }