@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static int evm_calc_hmac_or_hash(struct dentry *dentry,
data->hdr.length = crypto_shash_digestsize(desc->tfm);
error = -ENODATA;
- list_for_each_entry_rcu(xattr, &evm_config_xattrnames, list) {
+ list_for_each_entry_lockless(xattr, &evm_config_xattrnames, list) {
bool is_ima = false;
if (strcmp(xattr->name, XATTR_NAME_IMA) == 0)
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static int evm_find_protected_xattrs(struct dentry *dentry)
if (!(inode->i_opflags & IOP_XATTR))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- list_for_each_entry_rcu(xattr, &evm_config_xattrnames, list) {
+ list_for_each_entry_lockless(xattr, &evm_config_xattrnames, list) {
error = __vfs_getxattr(dentry, inode, xattr->name, NULL, 0);
if (error < 0) {
if (error == -ENODATA)
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static int evm_protected_xattr(const char *req_xattr_name)
struct xattr_list *xattr;
namelen = strlen(req_xattr_name);
- list_for_each_entry_rcu(xattr, &evm_config_xattrnames, list) {
+ list_for_each_entry_lockless(xattr, &evm_config_xattrnames, list) {
if ((strlen(xattr->name) == namelen)
&& (strncmp(req_xattr_name, xattr->name, namelen) == 0)) {
found = 1;
@@ -237,7 +237,14 @@ static ssize_t evm_write_xattrs(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
goto out;
}
- /* Guard against races in evm_read_xattrs */
+ /*
+ * xattr_list_mutex guards against races in evm_read_xattrs().
+ * Entries are only added to the evm_config_xattrnames list
+ * and never deleted. Therefore, the list is traversed
+ * using list_for_each_entry_lockless() without holding
+ * the mutex in evm_calc_hmac_or_hash(), evm_find_protected_xattrs()
+ * and evm_protected_xattr().
+ */
mutex_lock(&xattr_list_mutex);
list_for_each_entry(tmp, &evm_config_xattrnames, list) {
if (strcmp(xattr->name, tmp->name) == 0) {