[PATCH] Smack: check for SMACK xattr max size in smack_inode_setxattr

From: Etienne Basset
Date: Tue Apr 14 2009 - 14:29:53 EST


the following patch move the check for SMACK xattr size >= SMK_LABELLEN
from smack_inode_post_setxattr (which cannot return an error to the user)
to smack_inode_setxattr (which can return an error).

without patch a SMACK setxattr with size >= SMK_LABELLEN returns success although it doesn't

Signed-off-by: Etienne Basset <etienne.basset@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index 9215149..da6954d 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -610,7 +610,8 @@ static int smack_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
if (!capable(CAP_MAC_ADMIN))
rc = -EPERM;
/* a label cannot be void and cannot begin with '-' */
- if (size == 0 || (size > 0 && ((char *)value)[0] == '-'))
+ if (size == 0 || size >= SMK_LABELLEN ||
+ (size > 0 && ((char *)value)[0] == '-'))
rc = -EINVAL;
} else
rc = cap_inode_setxattr(dentry, name, value, size, flags);
@@ -644,9 +645,6 @@ static void smack_inode_post_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
if (strcmp(name, XATTR_NAME_SMACK))
return;

- if (size >= SMK_LABELLEN)
- return;
-
isp = dentry->d_inode->i_security;

/*

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