# Re: \[PATCH v2 06/11\] ubifs: reorder capability check last

- From: Zhihao Cheng \<chengzhihao1@huawei.com\>
- Date: 2025-03-03 13:49:22 
- List: linux-security-module
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-security-module/2025/03/2953386
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-security-module/2025/03/2952156/t.md

```text
在 2025/3/3 0:06, Christian Göttsche 写道:
> From: Christian Göttsche <redacted>
>
> capable() calls refer to enabled LSMs whether to permit or deny the
> request.  This is relevant in connection with SELinux, where a
> capability check results in a policy decision and by default a denial
> message on insufficient permission is issued.
> It can lead to three undesired cases:
>    1. A denial message is generated, even in case the operation was an
>       unprivileged one and thus the syscall succeeded, creating noise.
>    2. To avoid the noise from 1. the policy writer adds a rule to ignore
>       those denial messages, hiding future syscalls, where the task
>       performs an actual privileged operation, leading to hidden limited
>       functionality of that task.
>    3. To avoid the noise from 1. the policy writer adds a rule to permit
>       the task the requested capability, while it does not need it,
>       violating the principle of least privilege.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <redacted>
> Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
> Acked-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
> ---
> v2: split into two patches for each subsystem
> ---
>   fs/ubifs/budget.c | 5 +++--
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@huawei.com>
>
> diff --git a/fs/ubifs/budget.c b/fs/ubifs/budget.c
> index d76eb7b39f56..6137aeadec3f 100644
> --- a/fs/ubifs/budget.c
> +++ b/fs/ubifs/budget.c
> @@ -256,8 +256,9 @@ long long ubifs_calc_available(const struct ubifs_info *c, int min_idx_lebs)
>    */
>   static int can_use_rp(struct ubifs_info *c)
>   {
> -	if (uid_eq(current_fsuid(), c->rp_uid) || capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) ||
> -	    (!gid_eq(c->rp_gid, GLOBAL_ROOT_GID) && in_group_p(c->rp_gid)))
> +	if (uid_eq(current_fsuid(), c->rp_uid) ||
> +	    (!gid_eq(c->rp_gid, GLOBAL_ROOT_GID) && in_group_p(c->rp_gid)) ||
> +	    capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
>   		return 1;
>   	return 0;
>   }
>

```