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SubjectRe: [PATCH] tmpfs: security xattr setting on inode creation
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:19:22 -0800 (PST)
Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> wrote:

> +/*
> + * Callback for security_inode_init_security() for acquiring xattrs.
> + */
> +static int shmem_initxattrs(struct inode *inode,
> + const struct xattr *xattr_array,
> + void *fs_info)
> +{
> + struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(inode);
> + const struct xattr *xattr;
> + struct shmem_xattr *new_xattr;
> + size_t len;
> +
> + for (xattr = xattr_array; xattr->name != NULL; xattr++) {
> + new_xattr = shmem_xattr_alloc(xattr->value, xattr->value_len);
> + if (!new_xattr)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + len = strlen(xattr->name) + 1;
> + new_xattr->name = kmalloc(XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN + len,
> + GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!new_xattr->name) {
> + kfree(new_xattr);
> + return -ENOMEM;
> + }
> +
> + memcpy(new_xattr->name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
> + XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN);
> + memcpy(new_xattr->name + XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN,
> + xattr->name, len);
> +
> + spin_lock(&info->lock);
> + list_add(&new_xattr->list, &info->xattr_list);
> + spin_unlock(&info->lock);
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> +}

So if there's a kmalloc failure partway through the array, we leave a
partially xattrified inode in place.

Are we sure this is OK?


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