@@ -20,6 +20,34 @@
#include "internal.h"
+/**
+ * setattr_should_drop_sgid - determine whether the setgid bit needs to be
+ * removed
+ * @mnt_userns: user namespace of the mount @inode was found from
+ * @inode: inode to check
+ *
+ * This function determines whether the setgid bit needs to be removed.
+ * We retain backwards compatibility and require setgid bit to be removed
+ * unconditionally if S_IXGRP is set. Otherwise we have the exact same
+ * requirements as setattr_prepare() and setattr_copy().
+ *
+ * Return: ATTR_KILL_SGID if setgid bit needs to be removed, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+int setattr_should_drop_sgid(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+ const struct inode *inode)
+{
+ umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
+
+ if (!(mode & S_ISGID))
+ return 0;
+ if (mode & S_IXGRP)
+ return ATTR_KILL_SGID;
+ if (!in_group_or_capable(mnt_userns, inode,
+ i_gid_into_mnt(mnt_userns, inode)))
+ return ATTR_KILL_SGID;
+ return 0;
+}
+
/*
* The logic we want is
*
@@ -231,3 +231,9 @@ struct xattr_ctx {
int setxattr_copy(const char __user *name, struct xattr_ctx *ctx);
int do_setxattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct dentry *dentry,
struct xattr_ctx *ctx);
+
+/*
+ * fs/attr.c
+ */
+int setattr_should_drop_sgid(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+ const struct inode *inode);