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Filipe Manana pointed out that XFS' behavior w.r.t. setuid/setgid
revocation isn't consistent with btrfs[1] or ext4. Those two
filesystems use the VFS function setattr_copy to convey certain
attributes from struct iattr into the VFS inode structure.
Andrey Zhadchenko reported[2] that XFS uses the wrong user namespace to
decide if it should clear setgid and setuid on a file attribute update.
This is a second symptom of the problem that Filipe noticed.
XFS, on the other hand, open-codes setattr_copy in xfs_setattr_mode,
xfs_setattr_nonsize, and xfs_setattr_time. Regrettably, setattr_copy is
/not/ a simple copy function; it contains additional logic to clear the
setgid bit when setting the mode, and XFS' version no longer matches.
The VFS implements its own setuid/setgid stripping logic, which
establishes consistent behavior. It's a tad unfortunate that it's
scattered across notify_change, should_remove_suid, and setattr_copy but
XFS should really follow the Linux VFS. Adapt XFS to use the VFS
functions and get rid of the old functions.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/fstests/CAL3q7H47iNQ=Wmk83WcGB-KBJVOEtR9+qGczzCeXJ9Y2KCV25Q@mail.gmail.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-xfs/[email protected]/
Fixes: 7fa294c ("userns: Allow chown and setgid preservation")
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <[email protected]>
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