[patch 11/43] nfsd: nfsd should drop CAP_MKNOD for non-root

[Greg KH]

2.6.28-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 76a67ec6fb79ff3570dcb5342142c16098299911 upstream.

Since creating a device node is normally an operation requiring special
privilege, Igor Zhbanov points out that it is surprising (to say the
least) that a client can, for example, create a device node on a
filesystem exported with root_squash.

So, make sure CAP_MKNOD is among the capabilities dropped when an nfsd
thread handles a request from a non-root user.

Reported-by: Igor Zhbanov <izh1979@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
 include/linux/capability.h |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/capability.h
+++ b/include/linux/capability.h
@@ -382,8 +382,10 @@ typedef struct kernel_cap_struct {
 # define CAP_FULL_SET     ((kernel_cap_t){{ ~0, ~0 }})
 # define CAP_INIT_EFF_SET ((kernel_cap_t){{ ~CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_SETPCAP), ~0 }})
 # define CAP_FS_SET       ((kernel_cap_t){{ CAP_FS_MASK_B0, CAP_FS_MASK_B1 } })
-# define CAP_NFSD_SET     ((kernel_cap_t){{ CAP_FS_MASK_B0|CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE), \
-					CAP_FS_MASK_B1 } })
+# define CAP_NFSD_SET     ((kernel_cap_t){{ CAP_FS_MASK_B0 \
+					    | CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) \
+					    | CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_MKNOD), \
+					    CAP_FS_MASK_B1 } })
 
 #endif /* _KERNEL_CAPABILITY_U32S != 2 */
 


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