Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: use the mount idmap for the owner check in f2fs_xattr_advise_set()

Christian Brauner via Linux-f2fs-devel <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:23:42 +0200
Newsgroups net.sourceforge.lists.linux-f2fs-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.stable
Message-ID <20260730-jargon-tauchen-angehalten-d4e97dde0ebe@brauner>
Hi Rochan,

> f2fs_xattr_advise_set() calls inode_owner_or_capable() with
> &nop_mnt_idmap before allowing the advise xattr to be set, instead of
> the idmap that was passed into the handler.
> 
> Since f2fs supports idmapped mounts, this compares the caller's fsuid
> against the unmapped on-disk owner rather than the mapped owner; resulting
> in the actual owner to be wrongly denied with -EPERM. Use the idmap
> argument that was already passed to the xattr handler instead.
> 
> Fixes: 984fc4e76d63 ("f2fs: support idmapped mounts")
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Rochan Avlur <[email protected]>

Seems generally fine to me,
Acked-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <braurg>

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