[PATCH] device_cgroup: Roll back to original exceptions after copy failure

[wangweiyang]

On 2022/11/17 7:33, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 7:02 AM Wang Weiyang <wangweiyang2 at huawei.com> wrote:
>>
>> When add the 'a *:* rwm' entry to devcgroup A's whitelist, at first A's
>> exceptions will be cleaned and A's behavior is changed to
>> DEVCG_DEFAULT_ALLOW. Then parent's exceptions will be copyed to A's
>> whitelist. If copy failure occurs, just return leaving A to grant
>> permissions to all devices. And A may grant more permissions than
>> parent.
>>
>> Backup A's whitelist and recover original exceptions after copy
>> failure.
>>
>> Fixes: 4cef7299b478 ("device_cgroup: add proper checking when changing default behavior")
>> Signed-off-by: Wang Weiyang <wangweiyang2 at huawei.com>
>> ---
>>  security/device_cgroup.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> Merged into lsm/next, but with a stable at vger tag.  Normally I would
> merge something like this into lsm/stable-X.Y and send it up to Linus
> after a few days, but I'd really like this to spend some time in
> linux-next before going up to Linus.

Thanks Paul. This sounds fine.