Re: [patch 5/9] unprivileged mounts: allow unprivileged bind mounts

From: Serge E. Hallyn
Date: Wed Jan 09 2008 - 23:48:10 EST


Quoting Miklos Szeredi (miklos@xxxxxxxxxx):
> From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
>
> Allow bind mounts to unprivileged users if the following conditions are met:
>
> - mountpoint is not a symlink
> - parent mount is owned by the user
> - the number of user mounts is below the maximum
>
> Unprivileged mounts imply MS_SETUSER, and will also have the "nosuid" and
> "nodev" mount flags set.
>
> In particular, if mounting process doesn't have CAP_SETUID capability,
> then the "nosuid" flag will be added, and if it doesn't have CAP_MKNOD
> capability, then the "nodev" flag will be added.

That little part by itself is really needed in order to make the ability
to remove CAP_MKNOD from a process tree's bounding set meaningful.
Else instead of creating /dev/hda1, the user can just mount a filesystem
with hda1 existing on it. (Which is why I was surprised when one day
I found this code missing :)

But of course I'm a fan of the patchset altogether. I plan to review in
more detail early next week, but since I liked the previous submission I
don't see myself having any complaints, so I'm glad to see the reviews
by others.

thanks,
-serge

> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Index: linux/fs/namespace.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/fs/namespace.c 2008-01-04 13:47:49.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux/fs/namespace.c 2008-01-04 13:48:01.000000000 +0100
> @@ -487,11 +487,34 @@ static void dec_nr_user_mounts(void)
> spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
> }
>
> -static void set_mnt_user(struct vfsmount *mnt)
> +static int reserve_user_mount(void)
> +{
> + int err = 0;
> +
> + spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
> + if (nr_user_mounts >= max_user_mounts && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> + err = -EPERM;
> + else
> + nr_user_mounts++;
> + spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
> + return err;
> +}
> +
> +static void __set_mnt_user(struct vfsmount *mnt)
> {
> BUG_ON(mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_USER);
> mnt->mnt_uid = current->fsuid;
> mnt->mnt_flags |= MNT_USER;
> +
> + if (!capable(CAP_SETUID))
> + mnt->mnt_flags |= MNT_NOSUID;
> + if (!capable(CAP_MKNOD))
> + mnt->mnt_flags |= MNT_NODEV;
> +}
> +
> +static void set_mnt_user(struct vfsmount *mnt)
> +{
> + __set_mnt_user(mnt);
> spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
> nr_user_mounts++;
> spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
> @@ -510,10 +533,16 @@ static struct vfsmount *clone_mnt(struct
> int flag)
> {
> struct super_block *sb = old->mnt_sb;
> - struct vfsmount *mnt = alloc_vfsmnt(old->mnt_devname);
> + struct vfsmount *mnt;
>
> + if (flag & CL_SETUSER) {
> + int err = reserve_user_mount();
> + if (err)
> + return ERR_PTR(err);
> + }
> + mnt = alloc_vfsmnt(old->mnt_devname);
> if (!mnt)
> - return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> + goto alloc_failed;
>
> mnt->mnt_flags = old->mnt_flags;
> atomic_inc(&sb->s_active);
> @@ -525,7 +554,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *clone_mnt(struct
> /* don't copy the MNT_USER flag */
> mnt->mnt_flags &= ~MNT_USER;
> if (flag & CL_SETUSER)
> - set_mnt_user(mnt);
> + __set_mnt_user(mnt);
>
> if (flag & CL_SLAVE) {
> list_add(&mnt->mnt_slave, &old->mnt_slave_list);
> @@ -550,6 +579,11 @@ static struct vfsmount *clone_mnt(struct
> spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
> }
> return mnt;
> +
> + alloc_failed:
> + if (flag & CL_SETUSER)
> + dec_nr_user_mounts();
> + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> }
>
> static inline void __mntput(struct vfsmount *mnt)
> @@ -986,22 +1020,26 @@ asmlinkage long sys_oldumount(char __use
>
> #endif
>
> -static int mount_is_safe(struct nameidata *nd)
> +/*
> + * Conditions for unprivileged mounts are:
> + * - mountpoint is not a symlink
> + * - mountpoint is in a mount owned by the user
> + */
> +static bool permit_mount(struct nameidata *nd, int *flags)
> {
> + struct inode *inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
> +
> if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> - return 0;
> - return -EPERM;
> -#ifdef notyet
> - if (S_ISLNK(nd->path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
> - return -EPERM;
> - if (nd->path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode & S_ISVTX) {
> - if (current->uid != nd->path.dentry->d_inode->i_uid)
> - return -EPERM;
> - }
> - if (vfs_permission(nd, MAY_WRITE))
> - return -EPERM;
> - return 0;
> -#endif
> + return true;
> +
> + if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
> + return false;
> +
> + if (!is_mount_owner(nd->path.mnt, current->fsuid))
> + return false;
> +
> + *flags |= MS_SETUSER;
> + return true;
> }
>
> static int lives_below_in_same_fs(struct dentry *d, struct dentry *dentry)
> @@ -1245,9 +1283,10 @@ static int do_loopback(struct nameidata
> int clone_fl;
> struct nameidata old_nd;
> struct vfsmount *mnt = NULL;
> - int err = mount_is_safe(nd);
> - if (err)
> - return err;
> + int err;
> +
> + if (!permit_mount(nd, &flags))
> + return -EPERM;
> if (!old_name || !*old_name)
> return -EINVAL;
> err = path_lookup(old_name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &old_nd);
>
> --
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