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The metadata validation checks introduced by the previous commits are
good, but to reduce the attack surface it would be much better to avoid
reading and parsing files owned by other users in the first place.
There are some possible use cases for users sharing fscrypt metadata
files, but I think that for the vast majority of users it is unneeded
and just opens up attack surface. Thus, make fscrypt (and pam_fscrypt)
not process policies or protectors owned by other users by default.
Specifically,
* If fscrypt or pam_fscrypt is running as a non-root user, only
policies and protectors owned by the user or by root can be used.
* If fscrypt is running as root, any policy or protector can be used.
(This is to match user expectations -- starting a sudo session
should gain rights, not remove rights.)
* If pam_fscrypt is running as root, only policies and protectors
owned by root can be used. Note that this only applies when the
root user themselves has an fscrypt login protector, which is rare.
Add an option 'allow_cross_user_metadata' to /etc/fscrypt.conf which
allows restoring the old behavior for anyone who really needs it.
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