From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C7F1C6786C for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:19:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7E3C2084E for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:19:15 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org A7E3C2084E Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=namei.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=selinux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727359AbeLLWTO (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Dec 2018 17:19:14 -0500 Received: from namei.org ([65.99.196.166]:51376 "EHLO namei.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728415AbeLLWTO (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Dec 2018 17:19:14 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by namei.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id wBCMIwNl005593; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:18:58 GMT Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 09:18:58 +1100 (AEDT) From: James Morris To: selinux@vger.kernel.org cc: Paul Moore , Stephen Smalley , linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, mszeredi@redhat.com, "J. Bruce Fields" Subject: SELinux testsuite failure in overlayfs with v4.20-rc kernels Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LRH 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: selinux-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: selinux@vger.kernel.org The SELinux testsuite is failing in the overlayfs tests in current -rc kernels. I bisected the issue to commit 007ea44892e6fa963a0876a979e34890325c64eb Author: Miklos Szeredi Date: Fri Oct 26 23:34:39 2018 +0200 ovl: relax permission checking on underlying layers Make permission checking more consistent: - special files don't need any access check on underling fs - exec permission check doesn't need to be performed on underlying fs Reported-by: "J. Bruce Fields" Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi Reverting this commit fixes the testsuite failure. Is there any more information on the rationale for the change? -- James Morris