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> diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c index b1c2c0b82116..dd7b462387a0 100644 --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c @@ -476,12 +476,10 @@ 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; }