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* [PATCH] libselinux: selinux_restorecon(): fstat() if skip_multilink set
@ 2026-06-28  0:41 Stephen Smalley
  2026-07-01 15:40 ` Petr Lautrbach
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Smalley @ 2026-06-28  0:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: selinux; +Cc: jwcart2, Stephen Smalley

selinux_restorecon() must call fstat() on every entry if skip_multilink
is set to fetch the st_nlink value.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
---
 libselinux/src/selinux_restorecon.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libselinux/src/selinux_restorecon.c b/libselinux/src/selinux_restorecon.c
index 0159fb7f..b34d8e60 100644
--- a/libselinux/src/selinux_restorecon.c
+++ b/libselinux/src/selinux_restorecon.c
@@ -1271,13 +1271,15 @@ static int walk_next(struct rest_state *state, int *ent_fd, int *rd_fd,
 
 		/*
 		 * Skip fstat() when d_type already gives the file type and
-		 * neither xdev (st_dev) nor add_assoc (st_ino) is needed.
+		 * none of xdev (st_dev), add_assoc (st_ino), or
+		 * skip_multilink (st_nlink) are needed.
 		 * Directories always fstat for cycle detection and walk_push().
 		 */
 		mode_t mode_from_dtype = d_type_to_mode(de->d_type);
 		bool need_fstat =
 			mode_from_dtype == 0 || S_ISDIR(mode_from_dtype) ||
-			state->flags.set_xdev || state->flags.add_assoc;
+			state->flags.set_xdev || state->flags.add_assoc ||
+			state->flags.skip_multilink;
 
 		if (need_fstat) {
 			if (fstat(fd, ent_sb) < 0) {
-- 
2.54.0


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