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-rw-r--r--fs/xattr.c13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 3956351..0901bdc 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -48,14 +48,21 @@ xattr_permission(struct inode *inode, const char *name, int mask)
return 0;
/*
- * The trusted.* namespace can only accessed by a privilegued user.
+ * The trusted.* namespace can only be accessed by a privileged user.
*/
if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN))
return (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ? 0 : -EPERM);
+ /* In user.* namespace, only regular files and directories can have
+ * extended attributes. For sticky directories, only the owner and
+ * privileged user can write attributes.
+ */
if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_USER_PREFIX, XATTR_USER_PREFIX_LEN)) {
- if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) &&
- (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || inode->i_mode & S_ISVTX))
+ if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+ return -EPERM;
+ if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && (inode->i_mode & S_ISVTX) &&
+ (mask & MAY_WRITE) && (current->fsuid != inode->i_uid) &&
+ !capable(CAP_FOWNER))
return -EPERM;
}
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