[PATCH 0/5] tracefs/eventfs: Fix inconsistent permissions

Steven Rostedt
2024-05-02T03:00:07Z

The tracefs and eventfs permissions are created dynamically based
on what the mount point inode has or the instances directory inode has.
But the way it worked had some inconsistencies that could lead to
security issues as the file system is not behaving like admins would
expect.

The files and directories could ignore the remount option that changes
the gid or uid ownerships, leaving files susceptable to access that
is not expected. This happens if a file had its value changed previously
and then a remount changed all the files permissions. The one that
was changed previously would not be affected.

This change set resolves these inconsistencies.

This also fixes the test_ownership.tc test as it would pass on the
first time it is run, but fail on the second time, because of the
inconsistant state of the permissions. Now you can run that test
multiple times and it will always pass.

Steven Rostedt (Google) (5):
tracefs: Reset permissions on remount if permissions are options
tracefs: Still use mount point as default permissions for instances
eventfs: Do not differentiate the toplevel events directory
eventfs: Do not treat events directory different than other directories
eventfs: Have "events" directory get permissions from its parent

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fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 102 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
fs/tracefs/inode.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
fs/tracefs/internal.h | 9 +++--
3 files changed, 130 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)