Re: [PATCH] filelock: don't do security checks on nfsd setlease calls

[Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>]

On Mon, 05 Feb 2024 07:09:31 -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Zdenek reported seeing some AVC denials due to nfsd trying to set
> delegations:
> 
>     type=AVC msg=audit(09.11.2023 09:03:46.411:496) : avc:  denied  { lease } for  pid=5127 comm=rpc.nfsd capability=lease  scontext=system_u:system_r:nfsd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:nfsd_t:s0 tclass=capability permissive=0
> 
> When setting delegations on behalf of nfsd, we don't want to do all of
> the normal capabilty and LSM checks. nfsd is a kernel thread and runs
> with CAP_LEASE set, so the uid checks end up being a no-op in most cases
> anyway.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.file branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.file branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.file

[1/1] filelock: don't do security checks on nfsd setlease calls
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/ec457463e0e3