[PATCH v6 3/6] selinux: implement inode_file_[g|s]etattr hooks

From: Andrey Albershteyn
Date: Mon Jun 30 2025 - 12:22:07 EST


These hooks are called on inode extended attribute retrieval/change.

Cc: selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrey Albershteyn <aalbersh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
security/selinux/hooks.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 595ceb314aeb..be7aca2269fa 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -3480,6 +3480,18 @@ static int selinux_inode_removexattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
return -EACCES;
}

+static int selinux_inode_file_setattr(struct dentry *dentry,
+ struct fileattr *fa)
+{
+ return dentry_has_perm(current_cred(), dentry, FILE__SETATTR);
+}
+
+static int selinux_inode_file_getattr(struct dentry *dentry,
+ struct fileattr *fa)
+{
+ return dentry_has_perm(current_cred(), dentry, FILE__GETATTR);
+}
+
static int selinux_path_notify(const struct path *path, u64 mask,
unsigned int obj_type)
{
@@ -7350,6 +7362,8 @@ static struct security_hook_list selinux_hooks[] __ro_after_init = {
LSM_HOOK_INIT(inode_getxattr, selinux_inode_getxattr),
LSM_HOOK_INIT(inode_listxattr, selinux_inode_listxattr),
LSM_HOOK_INIT(inode_removexattr, selinux_inode_removexattr),
+ LSM_HOOK_INIT(inode_file_getattr, selinux_inode_file_getattr),
+ LSM_HOOK_INIT(inode_file_setattr, selinux_inode_file_setattr),
LSM_HOOK_INIT(inode_set_acl, selinux_inode_set_acl),
LSM_HOOK_INIT(inode_get_acl, selinux_inode_get_acl),
LSM_HOOK_INIT(inode_remove_acl, selinux_inode_remove_acl),

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