Commit e79c6a4fc923 ("net: make net namespace sysctls belong to container's owner") added default values for i_uid/i_gid. These however are only used when ctl_table_root->set_ownership is not implemented. But the callbacks themselves could fail to compute i_uid/i_gid and they all need to have the same fallback logic for this case. This is unnecessary code duplication and prone to errors. For example net_ctl_set_ownership() missed the fallback. Instead always initialize i_uid/i_gid inside the sysfs core so set_ownership() can safely skip setting them. Fixes: e79c6a4fc923 ("net: make net namespace sysctls belong to container's owner") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v2: - Move the fallback logic to the sysctl core - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240315-sysctl-net-ownership-v1-1-2b465555a292@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c index 37cde0efee57..9e34ab9c21e4 100644 --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c @@ -479,12 +479,10 @@ 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, table, &inode->i_uid, &inode->i_gid); - else { - inode->i_uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID; - inode->i_gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID; - } return inode; } --- base-commit: ff9c18e435b042596c9d48badac7488e3fa76a55 change-id: 20240315-sysctl-net-ownership-bc4e17eaeea6 Best regards, -- Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>