3.16.60-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit fd2498211a551fd42b2d6b9050d649d43536e75c upstream.
The AFS_ACE_READ and AFS_ACE_WRITE permission bits should not
be used to make access decisions for the directory itself. They
are meant to control access for the objects contained in that
directory.
Reading a directory is allowed if the AFS_ACE_LOOKUP bit is set.
This would cause an incorrect access denied error for a directory
with AFS_ACE_LOOKUP but not AFS_ACE_READ.
The AFS_ACE_WRITE bit does not allow operations that modify the
directory. For a directory with AFS_ACE_WRITE but neither
AFS_ACE_INSERT nor AFS_ACE_DELETE, this would result in trying
operations that would ultimately be denied by the server.
Signed-off-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/afs/security.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/afs/security.c
+++ b/fs/afs/security.c
@@ -327,12 +327,11 @@ int afs_permission(struct inode *inode,
if (!(access & AFS_ACE_LOOKUP))
goto permission_denied;
} else if (mask & MAY_READ) {
- if (!(access & AFS_ACE_READ))
+ if (!(access & AFS_ACE_LOOKUP))
goto permission_denied;
} else if (mask & MAY_WRITE) {
if (!(access & (AFS_ACE_DELETE | /* rmdir, unlink, rename from */
- AFS_ACE_INSERT | /* create, mkdir, symlink, rename to */
- AFS_ACE_WRITE))) /* chmod */
+ AFS_ACE_INSERT))) /* create, mkdir, symlink, rename to */
goto permission_denied;
} else {
BUG();
