From f3f1a18330ac1b717cd7a32adff38d965f365aa2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Seth Forshee Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 14:35:35 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] fs: Allow CAP_SYS_ADMIN in s_user_ns to freeze and thaw filesystems The user in control of a super block should be allowed to freeze and thaw it. Relax the restrictions on the FIFREEZE and FITHAW ioctls to require CAP_SYS_ADMIN in s_user_ns. Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee Acked-by: Christian Brauner Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman --- fs/ioctl.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ioctl.c b/fs/ioctl.c index 4823431d1c9d..b445b13fc59b 100644 --- a/fs/ioctl.c +++ b/fs/ioctl.c @@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ static int ioctl_fsfreeze(struct file *filp) { struct super_block *sb = file_inode(filp)->i_sb; - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (!ns_capable(sb->s_user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) return -EPERM; /* If filesystem doesn't support freeze feature, return. */ @@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static int ioctl_fsthaw(struct file *filp) { struct super_block *sb = file_inode(filp)->i_sb; - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (!ns_capable(sb->s_user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) return -EPERM; /* Thaw */