From: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:31:01 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: ntfs3: reject direct userspace writes to reserved $LX* xattrs
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/index.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5b08dccecf825cbf905f348bc6ccb497507e28e2;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git

ntfs3: reject direct userspace writes to reserved $LX* xattrs

NTFS3 uses $LXUID, $LXGID, $LXMOD and $LXDEV as internal WSL
permission metadata and reloads them into i_uid, i_gid and i_mode
from ntfs_get_wsl_perm().

Because the empty-prefix xattr handler also lets file owners call
setxattr() on these names directly, an unprivileged writer on a
writable ntfs3 mount can plant root ownership and S_ISUID on their own
file and gain euid 0 after inode reload.

Reject direct userspace writes to the reserved $LX* names. Internal
ntfs3 metadata updates are unchanged because ntfs_save_wsl_perm()
writes them via ntfs_set_ea() directly.

Signed-off-by: Zhen Yan <sdjasjbuaa@gmail.com>
[almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com: added an additional check for non privileged users]
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com>
---

diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
index 7e5118247660..04814dd29375 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
@@ -851,6 +851,12 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static bool ntfs_is_reserved_lxattr(const char *name)
+{
+	return !strcmp(name, "$LXUID") || !strcmp(name, "$LXGID") ||
+	       !strcmp(name, "$LXMOD") || !strcmp(name, "$LXDEV");
+}
+
 /*
  * ntfs_setxattr - inode_operations::setxattr
  */
@@ -957,6 +963,12 @@ set_new_fa:
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* Do not allow non privileged users to change $LXUID/$LXGID... */
+	if (ntfs_is_reserved_lxattr(name) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
+		err = -EPERM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/* Deal with NTFS extended attribute. */
 	err = ntfs_set_ea(inode, name, strlen(name), value, size, flags, 0,
 			  NULL);