Re: [PATCH] nfsd: nfsd should drop CAP_MKNOD for non-root

[James Morris]

On Wed, 18 Mar 2009, J. Bruce Fields wrote:

> From: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 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>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  include/linux/capability.h |    6 ++++--
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
> index 1b98725..4864a43 100644
> --- a/include/linux/capability.h
> +++ b/include/linux/capability.h
> @@ -393,8 +393,10 @@ struct cpu_vfs_cap_data {
>  # 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 */
>  
> -- 
> 1.6.0.4
> 
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