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From: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
To: selinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH ported/repost v2] security,fs,nfs,net: update security_inode_listsecurity() interface
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:21:20 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260428192119.226244-2-paul@paul-moore.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250428195022.24587-2-stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>

From: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>

Update the security_inode_listsecurity() interface to allow
use of the xattr_list_one() helper and update the hook
implementations.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/selinux/20250424152822.2719-1-stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
[PM: forward porting to bring this patch up to v7.1-rc1+]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
---
 fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c             |  7 ++-----
 fs/xattr.c                    | 11 +++++++----
 include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h |  4 ++--
 include/linux/security.h      |  5 +++--
 security/security.c           | 16 ++++++++--------
 security/selinux/hooks.c      | 10 +++-------
 security/smack/smack_lsm.c    | 13 ++++---------
 7 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index a9b8d482d289..a16342056ae5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -10562,13 +10562,10 @@ static ssize_t nfs4_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t size)
 		left -= error;
 	}
 
-	error2 = security_inode_listsecurity(d_inode(dentry), list, left);
+	error2 = security_inode_listsecurity(d_inode(dentry), &list, &left);
 	if (error2 < 0)
 		return error2;
-	if (list) {
-		list += error2;
-		left -= error2;
-	}
+	error2 = size - error - left;
 
 	error3 = nfs4_listxattr_nfs4_user(d_inode(dentry), list, left);
 	if (error3 < 0)
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 09ecbaaa1660..0bc3b47e6936 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -510,9 +510,12 @@ vfs_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t size)
 	if (inode->i_op->listxattr) {
 		error = inode->i_op->listxattr(dentry, list, size);
 	} else {
-		error = security_inode_listsecurity(inode, list, size);
-		if (size && error > size)
-			error = -ERANGE;
+		ssize_t remaining = size;
+
+		error = security_inode_listsecurity(inode, &list, &remaining);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+		error = size - remaining;
 	}
 	return error;
 }
@@ -1540,7 +1543,7 @@ ssize_t simple_xattr_list(struct inode *inode, struct simple_xattrs *xattrs,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	err = security_inode_listsecurity(inode, buffer, remaining_size);
+	err = security_inode_listsecurity(inode, &buffer, &remaining_size);
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
index 2b8dfb35caed..65c9609ec207 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ LSM_HOOK(int, -EOPNOTSUPP, inode_getsecurity, struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	 struct inode *inode, const char *name, void **buffer, bool alloc)
 LSM_HOOK(int, -EOPNOTSUPP, inode_setsecurity, struct inode *inode,
 	 const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
-LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_listsecurity, struct inode *inode, char *buffer,
-	 size_t buffer_size)
+LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_listsecurity, struct inode *inode, char **buffer,
+	 ssize_t *remaining_size)
 LSM_HOOK(void, LSM_RET_VOID, inode_getlsmprop, struct inode *inode,
 	 struct lsm_prop *prop)
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_copy_up, struct dentry *src, struct cred **new)
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 41d7367cf403..153e9043058f 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ int security_inode_getsecurity(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			       struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 			       void **buffer, bool alloc);
 int security_inode_setsecurity(struct inode *inode, const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
-int security_inode_listsecurity(struct inode *inode, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size);
+int security_inode_listsecurity(struct inode *inode, char **buffer, ssize_t *remaining_size);
 void security_inode_getlsmprop(struct inode *inode, struct lsm_prop *prop);
 int security_inode_copy_up(struct dentry *src, struct cred **new);
 int security_inode_copy_up_xattr(struct dentry *src, const char *name);
@@ -1097,7 +1097,8 @@ static inline int security_inode_setsecurity(struct inode *inode, const char *na
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
-static inline int security_inode_listsecurity(struct inode *inode, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
+static inline int security_inode_listsecurity(struct inode *inode,
+					char **buffer, ssize_t *remaining_size)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 4e999f023651..71aea8fdf014 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -2258,22 +2258,22 @@ int security_inode_setsecurity(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 /**
  * security_inode_listsecurity() - List the xattr security label names
  * @inode: inode
- * @buffer: buffer
- * @buffer_size: size of buffer
+ * @buffer: pointer to buffer
+ * @remaining_size: pointer to remaining size of buffer
  *
  * Copy the extended attribute names for the security labels associated with
- * @inode into @buffer.  The maximum size of @buffer is specified by
- * @buffer_size.  @buffer may be NULL to request the size of the buffer
- * required.
+ * @inode into *(@buffer).  The remaining size of @buffer is specified by
+ * *(@remaining_size).  *(@buffer) may be NULL to request the size of the
+ * buffer required. Updates *(@buffer) and *(@remaining_size).
  *
- * Return: Returns number of bytes used/required on success.
+ * Return: Returns 0 on success, or -errno on failure.
  */
 int security_inode_listsecurity(struct inode *inode,
-				char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
+				char **buffer, ssize_t *remaining_size)
 {
 	if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(inode)))
 		return 0;
-	return call_int_hook(inode_listsecurity, inode, buffer, buffer_size);
+	return call_int_hook(inode_listsecurity, inode, buffer, remaining_size);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_inode_listsecurity);
 
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 97801966bf32..4ae736755557 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -3684,16 +3684,12 @@ static int selinux_inode_setsecurity(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int selinux_inode_listsecurity(struct inode *inode, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
+static int selinux_inode_listsecurity(struct inode *inode, char **buffer,
+				ssize_t *remaining_size)
 {
-	const int len = sizeof(XATTR_NAME_SELINUX);
-
 	if (!selinux_initialized())
 		return 0;
-
-	if (buffer && len <= buffer_size)
-		memcpy(buffer, XATTR_NAME_SELINUX, len);
-	return len;
+	return xattr_list_one(buffer, remaining_size, XATTR_NAME_SELINUX);
 }
 
 static void selinux_inode_getlsmprop(struct inode *inode, struct lsm_prop *prop)
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index 3f9ae05039a2..ff115068c5c0 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -1665,17 +1665,12 @@ static int smack_inode_getsecurity(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
  * smack_inode_listsecurity - list the Smack attributes
  * @inode: the object
  * @buffer: where they go
- * @buffer_size: size of buffer
+ * @remaining_size: size of buffer
  */
-static int smack_inode_listsecurity(struct inode *inode, char *buffer,
-				    size_t buffer_size)
+static int smack_inode_listsecurity(struct inode *inode, char **buffer,
+				    ssize_t *remaining_size)
 {
-	int len = sizeof(XATTR_NAME_SMACK);
-
-	if (buffer != NULL && len <= buffer_size)
-		memcpy(buffer, XATTR_NAME_SMACK, len);
-
-	return len;
+	return xattr_list_one(buffer, remaining_size, XATTR_NAME_SMACK);
 }
 
 /**
-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-28 19:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-04-28 19:50 [PATCH v2] security,fs,nfs,net: update security_inode_listsecurity() interface Stephen Smalley
2025-04-29  7:46 ` Christian Brauner
2025-04-29 12:25   ` Stephen Smalley
2025-04-29 23:34 ` Paul Moore
2025-05-20 21:31   ` Paul Moore
2025-05-21  0:22     ` Casey Schaufler
2025-05-27 21:03     ` Anna Schumaker
2025-06-19 21:18       ` Paul Moore
2025-07-24  2:09         ` Paul Moore
2025-12-03 15:35           ` Stephen Smalley
2025-12-03 15:55             ` Paul Moore
2025-12-03 18:08               ` Stephen Smalley
2025-12-03 20:01                 ` Stephen Smalley
2025-06-05 18:09   ` Stephen Smalley
2025-06-05 18:24     ` Paul Moore
2025-05-21  0:31 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2025-06-19 21:04   ` Paul Moore
2025-06-06 13:39 ` Konstantin Andreev
2025-06-06 14:28   ` Stephen Smalley
2025-06-06 15:24     ` Konstantin Andreev
2026-04-28 19:21 ` Paul Moore [this message]
2026-04-28 19:26   ` [PATCH ported/repost " Paul Moore
2026-05-01 16:00     ` Paul Moore

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