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{ "id": 2220114, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/patches/2220114/?format=api", "web_url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/ubuntu-kernel/patch/20260406113010.38193-2-massimiliano.pellizzer@canonical.com/", "project": { "id": 15, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/projects/15/?format=api", "name": "Ubuntu Kernel", "link_name": "ubuntu-kernel", "list_id": "kernel-team.lists.ubuntu.com", "list_email": "kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com", "web_url": null, "scm_url": null, "webscm_url": null, "list_archive_url": "", "list_archive_url_format": "", "commit_url_format": "" }, "msgid": "<20260406113010.38193-2-massimiliano.pellizzer@canonical.com>", "list_archive_url": null, "date": "2026-04-06T11:30:09", "name": "[SRU,J,v2,1/2] UBUNTU: SAUCE: Revert \"UBUNTU: SAUCE: overlayfs: Skip permission checking for trusted.overlayfs.* xattrs\"", "commit_ref": null, "pull_url": null, "state": "new", "archived": false, "hash": "a2dcff7f99c3f248d426cd0bc5e9432a8cbfc399", "submitter": { "id": 89057, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/people/89057/?format=api", "name": "Massimiliano Pellizzer", "email": "massimiliano.pellizzer@canonical.com" }, "delegate": null, "mbox": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/ubuntu-kernel/patch/20260406113010.38193-2-massimiliano.pellizzer@canonical.com/mbox/", "series": [ { "id": 498844, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/series/498844/?format=api", "web_url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/ubuntu-kernel/list/?series=498844", "date": "2026-04-06T11:30:08", "name": "CVE-2023-2640 and CVE-2023-32629", "version": 2, "mbox": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/series/498844/mbox/" } ], "comments": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/patches/2220114/comments/", "check": "pending", "checks": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/patches/2220114/checks/", "tags": {}, "related": [], "headers": { "Return-Path": "<kernel-team-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com>", "X-Original-To": "incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org", "Delivered-To": "patchwork-incoming@legolas.ozlabs.org", "Authentication-Results": [ "legolas.ozlabs.org;\n\tdkim=fail reason=\"signature verification failed\" (4096-bit key;\n unprotected) header.d=canonical.com header.i=@canonical.com\n header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=20251003 header.b=WhHpI2Gj;\n\tdkim-atps=neutral", "legolas.ozlabs.org;\n spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=lists.ubuntu.com\n (client-ip=185.125.189.65; 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charset=\"utf-8\"", "Content-Transfer-Encoding": "base64", "Errors-To": "kernel-team-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com", "Sender": "\"kernel-team\" <kernel-team-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com>" }, "content": "This reverts commit 3fb38c98e060b327cb58373775dcc95ed52d1f22.\n\nThe reverted commit bypasses vfs_setxattr() in ovl_do_setxattr() by\ncalling __vfs_setxattr_noperm() directly. After upstream commit\nc914c0e27eb0 (\"ovl: use wrappers to all vfs_*xattr() calls\")\nwas backported, this routed security.capability writes during copy-up\nthrough the unchecked path, bypassing cap_convert_nscap() and enabling\nCVE-2023-2640 and CVE-2023-32629.\n\nCVE-2023-2640\nCVE-2023-32629\nSigned-off-by: Massimiliano Pellizzer <massimiliano.pellizzer@canonical.com>\n---\n fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h | 15 ++-------------\n fs/xattr.c | 36 ++++++------------------------------\n include/linux/xattr.h | 1 -\n 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)", "diff": "diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h\nindex 585797e23b547..43b211cf437cc 100644\n--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h\n+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h\n@@ -211,12 +211,7 @@ static inline int ovl_do_setxattr(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *dentry,\n \t\t\t\t const char *name, const void *value,\n \t\t\t\t size_t size, int flags)\n {\n-\tstruct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;\n-\tint err;\n-\n-\tinode_lock(inode);\n-\terr = __vfs_setxattr_noperm(&init_user_ns, dentry, name, value, size, flags);\n-\tinode_unlock(inode);\n+\tint err = vfs_setxattr(&init_user_ns, dentry, name, value, size, flags);\n \n \tpr_debug(\"setxattr(%pd2, \\\"%s\\\", \\\"%*pE\\\", %zu, %d) = %i\\n\",\n \t\t dentry, name, min((int)size, 48), value, size, flags, err);\n@@ -233,13 +228,7 @@ static inline int ovl_setxattr(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *dentry,\n static inline int ovl_do_removexattr(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *dentry,\n \t\t\t\t const char *name)\n {\n-\tstruct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;\n-\tint err;\n-\n-\tinode_lock(inode);\n-\terr = __vfs_removexattr_noperm(&init_user_ns, dentry, name);\n-\tinode_unlock(inode);\n-\n+\tint err = vfs_removexattr(&init_user_ns, dentry, name);\n \tpr_debug(\"removexattr(%pd2, \\\"%s\\\") = %i\\n\", dentry, name, err);\n \treturn err;\n }\ndiff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c\nindex bad89a9144cc7..030f93f3f9d0e 100644\n--- a/fs/xattr.c\n+++ b/fs/xattr.c\n@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ int __vfs_setxattr_noperm(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,\n \n \treturn error;\n }\n-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__vfs_setxattr_noperm);\n \n /**\n * __vfs_setxattr_locked - set an extended attribute while holding the inode\n@@ -474,34 +473,6 @@ __vfs_removexattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct dentry *dentry,\n }\n EXPORT_SYMBOL(__vfs_removexattr);\n \n-/**\n- * __vfs_removexattr_noperm - perform removexattr operation without\n- * performing permission checks.\n- *\n- * @dentry - object to perform setxattr on\n- * @name - xattr name to set\n- *\n- * returns the result of the internal setxattr or setsecurity operations.\n- *\n- * This function requires the caller to lock the inode's i_mutex before it\n- * is executed. It also assumes that the caller will make the appropriate\n- * permission checks.\n- */\n-int\n-__vfs_removexattr_noperm(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,\n-\t\t\t struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)\n-{\n-\tint error;\n-\n-\terror =__vfs_removexattr(mnt_userns, dentry, name);\n-\tif (!error) {\n-\t\tfsnotify_xattr(dentry);\n-\t\tevm_inode_post_removexattr(dentry, name);\n-\t}\n-\treturn error;\n-}\n-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__vfs_removexattr_noperm);\n-\n /**\n * __vfs_removexattr_locked - set an extended attribute while holding the inode\n * lock\n@@ -532,7 +503,12 @@ __vfs_removexattr_locked(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,\n \tif (error)\n \t\tgoto out;\n \n-\terror = __vfs_removexattr_noperm(mnt_userns, dentry, name);\n+\terror = __vfs_removexattr(mnt_userns, dentry, name);\n+\n+\tif (!error) {\n+\t\tfsnotify_xattr(dentry);\n+\t\tevm_inode_post_removexattr(dentry, name);\n+\t}\n \n out:\n \treturn error;\ndiff --git a/include/linux/xattr.h b/include/linux/xattr.h\nindex 077b3844f2eeb..4c379d23ec6e7 100644\n--- a/include/linux/xattr.h\n+++ b/include/linux/xattr.h\n@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ int __vfs_setxattr_locked(struct user_namespace *, struct dentry *,\n int vfs_setxattr(struct user_namespace *, struct dentry *, const char *,\n \t\t const void *, size_t, int);\n int __vfs_removexattr(struct user_namespace *, struct dentry *, const char *);\n-int __vfs_removexattr_noperm(struct user_namespace *, struct dentry *, const char *);\n int __vfs_removexattr_locked(struct user_namespace *, struct dentry *,\n \t\t\t const char *, struct inode **);\n int vfs_removexattr(struct user_namespace *, struct dentry *, const char *);\n", "prefixes": [ "SRU", "J", "v2", "1/2" ] }