[PATCH] fsnotify, lsm: Separate fsnotify_open_perm() and security_file_open()

[Paul Moore]

On Oct 11, 2024 Song Liu <song at kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> Currently, fsnotify_open_perm() is called from security_file_open(). This
> is not right for CONFIG_SECURITY=n and CONFIG_FSNOTIFY=y case, as
> security_file_open() in this combination will be a no-op and not call
> fsnotify_open_perm(). Fix this by calling fsnotify_open_perm() directly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <song at kernel.org>
> ---
> PS: I didn't included a Fixes tag. This issue was probably introduced 15
> years ago in [1]. If we want to back port this to stable, we will need
> another version for older kernel because of [2].
> 
> [1] c4ec54b40d33 ("fsnotify: new fsnotify hooks and events types for access decisions")
> [2] 36e28c42187c ("fsnotify: split fsnotify_perm() into two hooks")
> ---
>  fs/open.c           | 4 ++++
>  security/security.c | 9 +--------
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

This looks fine to me, if we can get an ACK from the VFS folks I can
merge this into the lsm/stable-6.12 tree and send it to Linus, or the
VFS folks can do it if they prefer (my ACK is below just in case).

As far as stable prior to v6.8 is concerned, once this hits Linus'
tree you can submit an adjusted backport for the older kernels to the
stable team.

Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>

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