Linux-libre 4.8.4-gnupck-4.8.4-gnu

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/attr.c b/fs/attr.c
index 42bb42bb3..3c42cab06 100644
--- a/fs/attr.c
+++ b/fs/attr.c
@@ -202,6 +202,21 @@ int notify_change(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * attr, struct inode **de
 			return -EPERM;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If utimes(2) and friends are called with times == NULL (or both
+	 * times are UTIME_NOW), then we need to check for write permission
+	 */
+	if (ia_valid & ATTR_TOUCH) {
+		if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
+			return -EPERM;
+
+		if (!inode_owner_or_capable(inode)) {
+			error = inode_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE);
+			if (error)
+				return error;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if ((ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)) {
 		umode_t amode = attr->ia_mode;
 		/* Flag setting protected by i_mutex */