[PATCH v3 0/2] libfs: set SB_I_NOEXEC and SB_I_NODEV in init_pseudo()
From: John Hubbard
Date: Wed Jun 03 2026 - 22:54:21 EST
This began as a one-line dma-buf fix for a path_noexec() warning added
by commit 1e7ab6f67824 ("anon_inode: rework assertions"). Christoph
pointed out that the fix belongs higher up: a pseudo filesystem has no
reason not to set SB_I_NOEXEC by default. This series does that.
* Patch 1 sets both flags in init_pseudo(), so every pseudo
filesystem gets them. This is the only patch that changes a flag,
and the only one with Fixes:/Cc: stable.
* Patch 2 drops the assignments that are now redundant in the callers
that set them by hand.
Most callers already set one or both flags. I audited every
init_pseudo() caller. Here is what patch 1 actually changes for each.
The only visible effect is on dma-buf, where SB_I_NOEXEC silences the
warning. SB_I_NODEV is never consulted on these SB_NOUSER mounts, and
none of the callers that gain SB_I_NOEXEC are executed from.
caller had patch 1 adds
--------------------------- -------- --------------
fs/anon_inodes.c both nothing new
mm/secretmem.c both nothing new
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c both nothing new
fs/nsfs.c both nothing new
fs/pidfs.c both nothing new
fs/aio.c NOEXEC NODEV
drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c neither NOEXEC + NODEV
net/socket.c neither NOEXEC + NODEV
fs/pipe.c neither NOEXEC + NODEV
kernel/resource.c neither NOEXEC + NODEV
fs/erofs/super.c neither NOEXEC + NODEV
fs/btrfs/tests/... neither NOEXEC + NODEV
drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c neither NOEXEC + NODEV
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c neither NOEXEC + NODEV
drivers/dax/super.c neither NOEXEC + NODEV
block/bdev.c neither NOEXEC + NODEV
John Hubbard (2):
libfs: set SB_I_NOEXEC and SB_I_NODEV by default in init_pseudo()
libfs: drop redundant SB_I_NOEXEC/SB_I_NODEV in init_pseudo() callers
fs/aio.c | 1 -
fs/anon_inodes.c | 2 --
fs/libfs.c | 1 +
fs/nsfs.c | 1 -
fs/pidfs.c | 2 --
mm/secretmem.c | 2 --
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 2 --
7 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)
base-commit: ba3e43a9e601636f5edb54e259a74f96ca3b8fd8
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