[RFC PATCH 4/6] selinux: explicitly skip mediation of O_PATH file descriptors

Ryan Lee ryan.lee at canonical.com
Wed Mar 12 21:21:44 UTC 2025


Now that O_PATH fds are being passed to the file_open hook,
unconditionally skip mediation of them to preserve existing behavior.

Signed-off-by: Ryan Lee <ryan.lee at canonical.com>
---
 security/selinux/hooks.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 07f71e6c2660..886ee9381507 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -4009,6 +4009,11 @@ static int selinux_file_open(struct file *file)
 	 */
 	fsec->isid = isec->sid;
 	fsec->pseqno = avc_policy_seqno();
+
+	/* Preserve the behavior of O_PATH fd creation not being mediated */
+	if (file->f_flags & O_PATH)
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * Since the inode label or policy seqno may have changed
 	 * between the selinux_inode_permission check and the saving
-- 
2.43.0

base-kernel: v6.14-rc6



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