[PATCH v15 3/4] overlayfs: internal getxattr operations without sepolicy checking

From: Mark Salyzyn
Date: Mon Nov 04 2019 - 17:23:24 EST


Check impure, opaque, origin & meta xattr with no sepolicy audit
(using __vfs_getxattr) since these operations are internal to
overlayfs operations and do not disclose any data. This became
an issue for credential override off since sys_admin would have
been required by the caller; whereas would have been inherently
present for the creator since it performed the mount.

This is a change in operations since we do not check in the new
ovl_do_vfs_getxattr function if the credential override is off or
not. Reasoning is that the sepolicy check is unnecessary overhead,
especially since the check can be expensive.

Because for override credentials off, this affects _everyone_ that
underneath performs private xattr calls without the appropriate
sepolicy permissions and sys_admin capability. Providing blanket
support for sys_admin would be bad for all possible callers.

For the override credentials on, this will affect only the mounter,
should it lack sepolicy permissions. Not considered a security
problem since mounting by definition has sys_admin capabilities,
but sepolicy contexts would still need to be crafted.

It should be noted that there is precedence, __vfs_getxattr is used
in other filesystems for their own internal trusted xattr management.

Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-unionfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-security-module@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

v15 - revert to v13 as xattr_gs_args was rejected.
- move ovl_do_wrapper from util.c to inline in overlayfs.h

v14 - rebase to use xattr_gs_args.

v13 - rebase to use __vfs_getxattr flags option

v12 - rebase

v11 - switch name to ovl_do_vfs_getxattr, fortify comment

v10 - added to patch series
---
fs/overlayfs/namei.c | 12 +++++++-----
fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h | 8 ++++++++
fs/overlayfs/util.c | 18 +++++++++---------
3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
index e9717c2f7d45..f5aba0a0767b 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
@@ -106,10 +106,11 @@ int ovl_check_fh_len(struct ovl_fh *fh, int fh_len)

static struct ovl_fh *ovl_get_fh(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
{
- int res, err;
+ ssize_t res;
+ int err;
struct ovl_fh *fh = NULL;

- res = vfs_getxattr(dentry, name, NULL, 0);
+ res = ovl_do_vfs_getxattr(dentry, name, NULL, 0);
if (res < 0) {
if (res == -ENODATA || res == -EOPNOTSUPP)
return NULL;
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ static struct ovl_fh *ovl_get_fh(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
if (!fh)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);

- res = vfs_getxattr(dentry, name, fh, res);
+ res = ovl_do_vfs_getxattr(dentry, name, fh, res);
if (res < 0)
goto fail;

@@ -141,10 +142,11 @@ static struct ovl_fh *ovl_get_fh(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
return NULL;

fail:
- pr_warn_ratelimited("overlayfs: failed to get origin (%i)\n", res);
+ pr_warn_ratelimited("overlayfs: failed to get origin (%zi)\n", res);
goto out;
invalid:
- pr_warn_ratelimited("overlayfs: invalid origin (%*phN)\n", res, fh);
+ pr_warn_ratelimited("overlayfs: invalid origin (%*phN)\n",
+ (int)res, fh);
goto out;
}

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index ab3d031c422b..55b872c28bf9 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -200,6 +200,14 @@ static inline bool ovl_open_flags_need_copy_up(int flags)
return ((OPEN_FMODE(flags) & FMODE_WRITE) || (flags & O_TRUNC));
}

+static inline ssize_t ovl_do_vfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry,
+ const char *name, void *buf,
+ size_t size)
+{
+ return __vfs_getxattr(dentry, d_inode(dentry), name, buf, size,
+ XATTR_NOSECURITY);
+}
+
/* util.c */
int ovl_want_write(struct dentry *dentry);
void ovl_drop_write(struct dentry *dentry);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
index f5678a3f8350..2050c5084a82 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/util.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
@@ -537,9 +537,9 @@ void ovl_copy_up_end(struct dentry *dentry)

bool ovl_check_origin_xattr(struct dentry *dentry)
{
- int res;
+ ssize_t res;

- res = vfs_getxattr(dentry, OVL_XATTR_ORIGIN, NULL, 0);
+ res = ovl_do_vfs_getxattr(dentry, OVL_XATTR_ORIGIN, NULL, 0);

/* Zero size value means "copied up but origin unknown" */
if (res >= 0)
@@ -550,13 +550,13 @@ bool ovl_check_origin_xattr(struct dentry *dentry)

bool ovl_check_dir_xattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
{
- int res;
+ ssize_t res;
char val;

if (!d_is_dir(dentry))
return false;

- res = vfs_getxattr(dentry, name, &val, 1);
+ res = ovl_do_vfs_getxattr(dentry, name, &val, 1);
if (res == 1 && val == 'y')
return true;

@@ -837,13 +837,13 @@ int ovl_lock_rename_workdir(struct dentry *workdir, struct dentry *upperdir)
/* err < 0, 0 if no metacopy xattr, 1 if metacopy xattr found */
int ovl_check_metacopy_xattr(struct dentry *dentry)
{
- int res;
+ ssize_t res;

/* Only regular files can have metacopy xattr */
if (!S_ISREG(d_inode(dentry)->i_mode))
return 0;

- res = vfs_getxattr(dentry, OVL_XATTR_METACOPY, NULL, 0);
+ res = ovl_do_vfs_getxattr(dentry, OVL_XATTR_METACOPY, NULL, 0);
if (res < 0) {
if (res == -ENODATA || res == -EOPNOTSUPP)
return 0;
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ int ovl_check_metacopy_xattr(struct dentry *dentry)

return 1;
out:
- pr_warn_ratelimited("overlayfs: failed to get metacopy (%i)\n", res);
+ pr_warn_ratelimited("overlayfs: failed to get metacopy (%zi)\n", res);
return res;
}

@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ ssize_t ovl_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name, char **value,
ssize_t res;
char *buf = NULL;

- res = vfs_getxattr(dentry, name, NULL, 0);
+ res = ovl_do_vfs_getxattr(dentry, name, NULL, 0);
if (res < 0) {
if (res == -ENODATA || res == -EOPNOTSUPP)
return -ENODATA;
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ ssize_t ovl_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name, char **value,
if (!buf)
return -ENOMEM;

- res = vfs_getxattr(dentry, name, buf, res);
+ res = ovl_do_vfs_getxattr(dentry, name, buf, res);
if (res < 0)
goto fail;
}
--
2.24.0.rc1.363.gb1bccd3e3d-goog