Re: [PATCH] vfs,shmem,kernfs: fix listxattr to include security.* xattrs

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 08:46:43AM -0400, Stephen Smalley wrote:
> The vfs has long had a fallback to obtain the security.* xattrs from the
> LSM when the filesystem does not implement its own listxattr, but
> shmem/tmpfs and kernfs later gained their own xattr handlers to support
> other xattrs. Unfortunately, as a side effect, tmpfs and kernfs-based
> filesystems like sysfs no longer return the synthetic security.* xattr
> names via listxattr unless they are explicitly set by userspace or
> initially set upon inode creation after policy load. coreutils has
> recently switched from unconditionally invoking getxattr for security.*
> for ls -Z via libselinux to only doing so if listxattr returns the xattr
> name, breaking ls -Z of such inodes.
> 
> Before:
> $ getfattr -m.* /run/initramfs
> <no output>
> $ getfattr -m.* /sys/kernel/fscaps
> <no output>
> 
> After:
> $ getfattr -m.* /run/initramfs
> security.selinux
> $ getfattr -m.* /sys/kernel/fscaps
> security.selinux
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/selinux/CAFqZXNtF8wDyQajPCdGn=iOawX4y77ph0EcfcqcUUj+T87FKyA@mail.gmail.com/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/selinux/20250423175728.3185-2-stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com/
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>

As this "changed" in the past, shouldn't it have a "Fixes:" tag?

thanks,

greg k-h