[PATCH] security: commoncap: clarify CAP_FS_SET comment in cap_task_fix_setuid()

Adriano Cordova adrianox at gmail.com
Sat Sep 19 13:01:12 UTC 2026


CAP_FS_SET is defined as exactly the capabilities an fsuid of 0
historically granted (see CAP_FS_MASK in include/linux/capability.h),
so dropping it when fsuid leaves 0 is correct by construction, not
"too harsh". Replace the stale FIXME with this explanation.

Signed-off-by: Adriano Cordova <adrianox at gmail.com>
---
 security/commoncap.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 3399535808fe..e0a2f386c556 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -1169,11 +1169,13 @@ int cap_task_fix_setuid(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old, int flags)
 		break;
 
 	case LSM_SETID_FS:
-		/* juggle the capabilities to follow FSUID changes, unless
-		 * otherwise suppressed
+		/* Juggle the capabilities to follow FSUID changes, unless
+		 * otherwise suppressed.
 		 *
-		 * FIXME - is fsuser used for all CAP_FS_MASK capabilities?
-		 *          if not, we might be a bit too harsh here.
+		 * CAP_FS_SET is exactly the set of capabilities that an
+		 * fsuid of 0 historically granted (see CAP_FS_MASK in
+		 * <linux/capability.h>), so dropping that set when fsuid
+		 * leaves 0 is intentional rather than too harsh.
 		 */
 		if (!issecure(SECURE_NO_SETUID_FIXUP)) {
 			kuid_t root_uid = make_kuid(old->user_ns, 0);
-- 
2.51.0




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