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erofs: impersonate the opener's credentials when accessing backing file
authorTatsuyuki Ishi <ishitatsuyuki@google.com>
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:18:25 +0000 (19:18 +0900)
committerGao Xiang <hsiangkao@linux.alibaba.com>
Wed, 18 Jun 2025 05:40:48 +0000 (13:40 +0800)
commit905eeb2b7c33adda23a966aeb811ab4cb9e62031
treefd8bc4ad96d71f3e9f9c06a766b7c84f09255fa4
parent19272b37aa4f83ca52bdf9c16d5d81bdd1354494
erofs: impersonate the opener's credentials when accessing backing file

Previously, file operations on a file-backed mount used the current
process' credentials to access the backing FD. Attempting to do so on
Android lead to SELinux denials, as ACL rules on the backing file (e.g.
/system/apex/foo.apex) is restricted to a small set of process.
Arguably, this error is redundant and leaking implementation details, as
access to files on a mount is already ACL'ed by path.

Instead, override to use the opener's cred when accessing the backing
file. This makes the behavior similar to a loop-backed mount, which
uses kworker cred when accessing the backing file and does not cause
SELinux denials.

Signed-off-by: Tatsuyuki Ishi <ishitatsuyuki@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@linux.alibaba.com>
Reviewed-by: Hongbo Li <lihongbo22@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250612-b4-erofs-impersonate-v1-1-8ea7d6f65171@google.com
Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@linux.alibaba.com>
fs/erofs/fileio.c