From bd4f0fe8bb7c73c738e1e11bc90d6e2cf9c6e20e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tyler Hicks Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:14:19 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] eCryptfs: Remove unnecessary grow_file() function When creating a new eCryptfs file, the crypto metadata is written out and then the lower file was being "grown" with 4 kB of encrypted zeroes. I suspect that growing the encrypted file was to prevent an information leak that the unencrypted file was empty. However, the unencrypted file size is stored, in plaintext, in the metadata so growing the file is unnecessary. Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks --- fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c | 1 + fs/ecryptfs/inode.c | 23 ----------------------- 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c index bfd8b68..98a2a31 100644 --- a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c +++ b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c @@ -1389,6 +1389,7 @@ int ecryptfs_write_metadata(struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry) rc = -ENOMEM; goto out; } + /* Zeroed page ensures the in-header unencrypted i_size is set to 0 */ rc = ecryptfs_write_headers_virt(virt, virt_len, &size, crypt_stat, ecryptfs_dentry); if (unlikely(rc)) { diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c index b592938..8fa365a 100644 --- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c @@ -143,26 +143,6 @@ out: } /** - * grow_file - * @ecryptfs_dentry: the eCryptfs dentry - * - * This is the code which will grow the file to its correct size. - */ -static int grow_file(struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry) -{ - struct inode *ecryptfs_inode = ecryptfs_dentry->d_inode; - char zero_virt[] = { 0x00 }; - int rc = 0; - - rc = ecryptfs_write(ecryptfs_inode, zero_virt, 0, 1); - i_size_write(ecryptfs_inode, 0); - rc = ecryptfs_write_inode_size_to_metadata(ecryptfs_inode); - ecryptfs_inode_to_private(ecryptfs_inode)->crypt_stat.flags |= - ECRYPTFS_NEW_FILE; - return rc; -} - -/** * ecryptfs_initialize_file * * Cause the file to be changed from a basic empty file to an ecryptfs @@ -202,9 +182,6 @@ static int ecryptfs_initialize_file(struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry) printk(KERN_ERR "Error writing headers; rc = [%d]\n", rc); goto out; } - rc = grow_file(ecryptfs_dentry); - if (rc) - printk(KERN_ERR "Error growing file; rc = [%d]\n", rc); out: return rc; } -- 2.7.4