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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/notify/fsnotify.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/notify/fsnotify.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c index d27ff5e5f165..71bd44e5ab6d 100644 --- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c +++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c @@ -270,8 +270,15 @@ int __fsnotify_parent(struct dentry *dentry, __u32 mask, const void *data, /* * Include parent/name in notification either if some notification * groups require parent info or the parent is interested in this event. + * The parent interest in ACCESS/MODIFY events does not apply to special + * files, where read/write are not on the filesystem of the parent and + * events can provide an undesirable side-channel for information + * exfiltration. */ - parent_interested = mask & p_mask & ALL_FSNOTIFY_EVENTS; + parent_interested = mask & p_mask & ALL_FSNOTIFY_EVENTS && + !(data_type == FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH && + d_is_special(dentry) && + (mask & (FS_ACCESS | FS_MODIFY))); if (parent_needed || parent_interested) { /* When notifying parent, child should be passed as data */ WARN_ON_ONCE(inode != fsnotify_data_inode(data, data_type)); |