* [PATCH 2/2] smb/client: fix security flag calculation when setting security descriptors
2026-06-24 15:51 [PATCH 1/2] smb: client: refactor ACL setting control flow in id_mode_to_cifs_acl() Steve French
@ 2026-06-24 15:51 ` Steve French
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From: Steve French @ 2026-06-24 15:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-cifs; +Cc: Ralph Boehme, Steve French
From: Ralph Boehme <slow@samba.org>
In id_mode_to_cifs_acl(), aclflag was initialized to CIFS_ACL_DACL by default.
This forced the client to request setting the DACL even when only an ownership
(chown) or group (chgrp) change was being performed.
Let build_sec_desc() do the proper flag calculation by initializing aclflag
to 0. build_sec_desc() sets the appropriate bits (CIFS_ACL_OWNER, CIFS_ACL_GROUP,
or CIFS_ACL_DACL) depending on what actually changed. During ownership transfer,
CIFS_ACL_DACL is only set if replace_sids_and_copy_aces() actually replaces the
SIDs inside any of the DACL's ACEs.
If build_sec_desc() results in aclflag being 0 (meaning no changes were mapped),
exit early to avoid sending an empty security descriptor update to the server.
Signed-off-by: Ralph Boehme <slow@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
---
fs/smb/client/cifsacl.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsacl.c b/fs/smb/client/cifsacl.c
index 5bbf73736358..07cf0e578233 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsacl.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsacl.c
@@ -1185,7 +1185,8 @@ static void populate_new_aces(char *nacl_base,
static __u16 replace_sids_and_copy_aces(struct smb_acl *pdacl, struct smb_acl *pndacl,
struct smb_sid *pownersid, struct smb_sid *pgrpsid,
- struct smb_sid *pnownersid, struct smb_sid *pngrpsid)
+ struct smb_sid *pnownersid, struct smb_sid *pngrpsid,
+ int *aclflag)
{
int i;
u16 size = 0;
@@ -1209,12 +1210,15 @@ static __u16 replace_sids_and_copy_aces(struct smb_acl *pdacl, struct smb_acl *p
pntace = (struct smb_ace *) (acl_base + size);
pnntace = (struct smb_ace *) (nacl_base + nsize);
- if (pnownersid && compare_sids(&pntace->sid, pownersid) == 0)
+ if (pnownersid && compare_sids(&pntace->sid, pownersid) == 0) {
ace_size = cifs_copy_ace(pnntace, pntace, pnownersid);
- else if (pngrpsid && compare_sids(&pntace->sid, pgrpsid) == 0)
+ *aclflag |= CIFS_ACL_DACL;
+ } else if (pngrpsid && compare_sids(&pntace->sid, pgrpsid) == 0) {
ace_size = cifs_copy_ace(pnntace, pntace, pngrpsid);
- else
+ *aclflag |= CIFS_ACL_DACL;
+ } else {
ace_size = cifs_copy_ace(pnntace, pntace, NULL);
+ }
size += le16_to_cpu(pntace->size);
nsize += ace_size;
@@ -1521,7 +1525,8 @@ static int build_sec_desc(struct smb_ntsd *pntsd, struct smb_ntsd *pnntsd,
/* Replace ACEs for old owner with new one */
size = replace_sids_and_copy_aces(dacl_ptr, ndacl_ptr,
owner_sid_ptr, group_sid_ptr,
- nowner_sid_ptr, ngroup_sid_ptr);
+ nowner_sid_ptr, ngroup_sid_ptr,
+ aclflag);
ndacl_ptr->size = cpu_to_le16(size);
}
@@ -1738,7 +1743,7 @@ id_mode_to_cifs_acl(struct inode *inode, const char *path, __u64 *pnmode,
kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid)
{
int rc = 0;
- int aclflag = CIFS_ACL_DACL; /* default flag to set */
+ int aclflag = 0;
__u32 secdesclen = 0;
__u32 nsecdesclen = 0;
__u32 dacloffset = 0;
@@ -1837,6 +1842,11 @@ id_mode_to_cifs_acl(struct inode *inode, const char *path, __u64 *pnmode,
if (rc != 0)
goto id_mode_to_cifs_acl_exit;
+ if (aclflag == 0) {
+ cifs_dbg(FYI, "set_cifs_acl aclflag=0, no change mapped\n");
+ goto id_mode_to_cifs_acl_exit;
+ }
+
if (ops->set_acl == NULL) {
rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
goto id_mode_to_cifs_acl_exit;
--
2.53.0
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