[PATCH 1/6] security_dentry_init_security(): constify qstr argument

Al Viro viro at zeniv.linux.org.uk
Thu Sep 11 05:05:29 UTC 2025


Nothing outside of fs/dcache.c has any business modifying
dentry names; passing &dentry->d_name as an argument should
have that argument declared as a const pointer.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro at zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
 include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h | 2 +-
 include/linux/security.h      | 4 ++--
 security/security.c           | 2 +-
 security/selinux/hooks.c      | 2 +-
 security/smack/smack_lsm.c    | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
index fd11fffdd3c3..aa4d6ec9c98b 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ LSM_HOOK(int, -EOPNOTSUPP, dentry_init_security, struct dentry *dentry,
 	 int mode, const struct qstr *name, const char **xattr_name,
 	 struct lsm_context *cp)
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, dentry_create_files_as, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
-	 struct qstr *name, const struct cred *old, struct cred *new)
+	 const struct qstr *name, const struct cred *old, struct cred *new)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_PATH
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, path_unlink, const struct path *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 521bcb5b9717..3f694d3ebd70 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ int security_dentry_init_security(struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 				  const char **xattr_name,
 				  struct lsm_context *lsmcxt);
 int security_dentry_create_files_as(struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
-					struct qstr *name,
+					const struct qstr *name,
 					const struct cred *old,
 					struct cred *new);
 int security_path_notify(const struct path *path, u64 mask,
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ static inline int security_dentry_init_security(struct dentry *dentry,
 }
 
 static inline int security_dentry_create_files_as(struct dentry *dentry,
-						  int mode, struct qstr *name,
+						  int mode, const struct qstr *name,
 						  const struct cred *old,
 						  struct cred *new)
 {
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index ad163f06bf7a..db2d75be87cc 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_dentry_init_security);
  * Return: Returns 0 on success, error on failure.
  */
 int security_dentry_create_files_as(struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
-				    struct qstr *name,
+				    const struct qstr *name,
 				    const struct cred *old, struct cred *new)
 {
 	return call_int_hook(dentry_create_files_as, dentry, mode,
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index c95a5874bf7d..58ce49954206 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -2901,7 +2901,7 @@ static int selinux_dentry_init_security(struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 }
 
 static int selinux_dentry_create_files_as(struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
-					  struct qstr *name,
+					  const struct qstr *name,
 					  const struct cred *old,
 					  struct cred *new)
 {
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index fc340a6f0dde..5caa372ffbf3 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -4908,7 +4908,7 @@ static int smack_inode_copy_up_xattr(struct dentry *src, const char *name)
 }
 
 static int smack_dentry_create_files_as(struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
-					struct qstr *name,
+					const struct qstr *name,
 					const struct cred *old,
 					struct cred *new)
 {
-- 
2.47.2




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