3.16.49-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Ernesto A. Fernández <ernesto.mnd.fernandez@xxxxxxxxx> commit f070e5ac9bc7de71c34402048ce5526dccbd347c upstream. When changing a file's acl mask, __jfs_set_acl() will first set the group bits of i_mode to the value of the mask, and only then set the actual extended attribute representing the new acl. If the second part fails (due to lack of space, for example) and the file had no acl attribute to begin with, the system will from now on assume that the mask permission bits are actual group permission bits, potentially granting access to the wrong users. Prevent this by only changing the inode mode after the acl has been set. Signed-off-by: Ernesto A. Fernández <ernesto.mnd.fernandez@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@xxxxxxxxxx> [bwh: Backported to 3.16: keep using CURRENT_TIME] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/jfs/acl.c | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/fs/jfs/acl.c +++ b/fs/jfs/acl.c @@ -114,19 +114,26 @@ int jfs_set_acl(struct inode *inode, str { int rc; tid_t tid; + int update_mode = 0; + umode_t mode = inode->i_mode; tid = txBegin(inode->i_sb, 0); mutex_lock(&JFS_IP(inode)->commit_mutex); if (type == ACL_TYPE_ACCESS && acl) { - rc = posix_acl_update_mode(inode, &inode->i_mode, &acl); + rc = posix_acl_update_mode(inode, &mode, &acl); if (rc) goto end_tx; - inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME; - mark_inode_dirty(inode); + update_mode = 1; } rc = __jfs_set_acl(tid, inode, type, acl); - if (!rc) + if (!rc) { + if (update_mode) { + inode->i_mode = mode; + inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME; + mark_inode_dirty(inode); + } rc = txCommit(tid, 1, &inode, 0); + } end_tx: txEnd(tid); mutex_unlock(&JFS_IP(inode)->commit_mutex);