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SubjectRe: [PATCH] xfs: correct statx's result_mask value
On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 09:52:29AM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 04:53:10AM -0500, Su Yanjun wrote:
> > For statx syscall, xfs return the wrong result_mask.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Su Yanjun <suyj.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
> > ---
> > fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c | 3 +++
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
> > index f48ffd7..3811457 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
> > @@ -521,6 +521,9 @@ xfs_vn_getattr(
> > stat->btime.tv_nsec = ip->i_d.di_crtime.t_nsec;
> > }
> > }
> > +
> > + /* Only return mask that we care */
> > + stat->result_mask &= request_mask;
>
> Why not just:
>
> stat->result_mask = STATX_BASIC_STATS;
>
> at the top of the function?
>
> I don't see the need to mask off result_mask at all, since we could some
> day elect to return more than what's in request_mask...
>
> ...waitaminute, are you seeing garbage in the result_mask that's
> returned to userspace? I also noticed the vfs stat functions declare
> "struct kstat stat;" without explicitly zeroing the structure fields,
> which means (I think) that we can leak stack information if the kernel
> isn't built with the stackleak plugin?

Ignore the above; vfs_getattr_nosec actually does zero the kstat buffer
before calling ->getattr. We also set result_mask to STATX_BASIC_STATS.

Now I'm really confused: why is this necessary at all? What incorrect
masks did you see, and under what circumstances?

--D

> --D
>
> >
> > if (ip->i_d.di_flags & XFS_DIFLAG_IMMUTABLE)
> > stat->attributes |= STATX_ATTR_IMMUTABLE;
> > --
> > 2.7.4
> >
> >
> >

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