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Commit 207cdd56 authored by Roberto Sassu's avatar Roberto Sassu Committed by Mimi Zohar
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ima: Don't modify file descriptor mode on the fly



Commit a408e4a8 ("ima: open a new file instance if no read
permissions") already introduced a second open to measure a file when the
original file descriptor does not allow it. However, it didn't remove the
existing method of changing the mode of the original file descriptor, which
is still necessary if the current process does not have enough privileges
to open a new one.

Changing the mode isn't really an option, as the filesystem might need to
do preliminary steps to make the read possible. Thus, this patch removes
the code and keeps the second open as the only option to measure a file
when it is unreadable with the original file descriptor.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.20.x: 0014cc04 ima: Set file->f_mode
Fixes: 2fe5d6de ("ima: integrity appraisal extension")
Signed-off-by: default avatarRoberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
parent dea87d08
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