[PATCH stable/linux-5.10.y 0/7] Backport Fix incorrect overlayfs mmap() and mprotect() LSM access controls

Cai Xinchen <[email protected]> Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:06:46 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-unionfs,org.kernel.vger.bpf,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-security-module,org.kernel.vger.selinux,org.kernel.vger.stable
Message-ID <[email protected]>
ackport the patch series
"Fix incorrect overlayfs mmap() and mprotect() LSM access controls" [1]
to 5.10 lts

I test selinux-testsuite[2] overlay test, it pass 135 tests.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
[2] https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux-testsuite

Amir Goldstein (4):
  ovl: pass layer mnt to ovl_open_realfile()
  fs: move kmem_cache_zalloc() into alloc_empty_file*() helpers
  fs: use backing_file container for internal files with "fake" f_path
  fs: prepare for adding LSM blob to backing_file

Khadija Kamran (1):
  lsm: constify the 'file' parameter in security_binder_transfer_file()

Paul Moore (2):
  lsm: add backing_file LSM hooks
  selinux: fix overlayfs mmap() and mprotect() access checks

 fs/file_table.c                   | 125 +++++++++++++--
 fs/internal.h                     |   6 +-
 fs/open.c                         |  46 ++++--
 fs/overlayfs/file.c               |  32 ++--
 fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h          |   1 +
 fs/overlayfs/util.c               |  14 ++
 include/linux/fs.h                |  46 +++++-
 include/linux/lsm_audit.h         |   2 +-
 include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h     |   7 +-
 include/linux/lsm_hooks.h         |   1 +
 include/linux/security.h          |  26 ++-
 security/security.c               | 112 ++++++++++++-
 security/selinux/hooks.c          | 252 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 security/selinux/include/objsec.h |  11 ++
 14 files changed, 560 insertions(+), 121 deletions(-)

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