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  • Changed file permission mode from 0666 (world-writable) to 0200 (write-only for owner) when writing to sysfs pseudo-files in the FC volume plugin
  • Added comments explaining the rationale for the permission mode choice

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The FC volume plugin uses WriteFile to write to sysfs pseudo-files at:

  • /sys/block/<device>/device/delete - to remove SCSI devices
  • /sys/class/scsi_host/<host>/scan - to rescan SCSI bus

While sysfs files have kernel-defined permissions that override the specified mode, using 0200 better reflects the intent that only root should write to these files. This addresses the misleading use of world-writable permissions (0666) in the codebase.

This is a partial fix for the security audit finding in issue #81116 (TOB-K8S-004: Pervasive world-accessible file permissions).

Fixes #81116

Test plan

  • Ran go test ./pkg/volume/fc/... - all tests pass
  • The change is cosmetic (sysfs files already have kernel-defined permissions) so no functional impact is expected

Change file permission mode from 0666 (world-writable) to 0200
(write-only for owner) when writing to sysfs pseudo-files in
the FC volume plugin. While sysfs files have kernel-defined
permissions that override the specified mode, using 0200 better
reflects the intent that only root should write to these files.

This addresses part of the security audit finding in issue kubernetes#81116
(TOB-K8S-004: Pervasive world-accessible file permissions).

Fixes kubernetes#81116

Signed-off-by: majiayu000 <[email protected]>
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