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[GIT,PULL] xattr audit fix for v6.2

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Series [GIT,PULL] xattr audit fix for v6.2 |

Pull-request

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/idmapping.git tags/fs.xattr.simple.noaudit.v6.2

Message

Seth Forshee (DigitalOcean) Dec. 12, 2022, 3:37 p.m. UTC 
  Hi Linus,

/* Summary */
This is a single patch to remove auditing of the
capability check in simple_xattr_list(). This check is done to check
whether trusted xattrs should be included by listxattr(2). SELinux will
normally log a denial when capable() is called and the task's SELinux
context doesn't have the corresponding capability permission allowed,
which can end up spamming the log. Since a failed check here cannot be
used to infer malicious intent, auditing is of no real value, and it
makes sense to stop auditing the capability check.

/* Testing */
The patch is based off of 6.1-rc4 and has been sitting in linux-next. No
build failures or warnings were observed and fstests, selftests, and LTP
show no regressions.

/* Conflicts */
At the time of creating this PR no merge conflicts were reported from
linux-next. A test merge with current mainline also showed no conflicts.

The following changes since commit f0c4d9fc9cc9462659728d168387191387e903cc:

  Linux 6.1-rc4 (2022-11-06 15:07:11 -0800)

are available in the Git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/idmapping.git tags/fs.xattr.simple.noaudit.v6.2

for you to fetch changes up to e7eda157c4071cd1e69f4b1687b0fbe1ae5e6f46:

  fs: don't audit the capability check in simple_xattr_list() (2022-11-07 16:55:45 +0100)

Please consider pulling these changes from the signed
fs.xattr.simple.noaudit.v6.2.

Thanks!
Seth

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fs.xattr.simple.noaudit.v6.2

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Ondrej Mosnacek (1):
      fs: don't audit the capability check in simple_xattr_list()

 fs/xattr.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

pr-tracker-bot@kernel.org Dec. 13, 2022, 5 a.m. UTC | #1 
The pull request you sent on Mon, 12 Dec 2022 09:37:29 -0600:

> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/idmapping.git tags/fs.xattr.simple.noaudit.v6.2

has been merged into torvalds/linux.git:
https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/07d7a4d6961a221af7023d08c89da8ed12fa7dda

Thank you!