Re: [PATCH v8 10/41] richacl: Permission check algorithm

From: J. Bruce Fields
Date: Mon Sep 28 2015 - 12:09:16 EST


On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 12:09:01AM +0200, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
> A richacl roughly grants a requested access if the NFSv4 acl in the
> richacl grants the requested permissions according to the NFSv4
> permission check algorithm and the file mask that applies to the process
> includes the requested permissions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/Makefile | 2 +-
> fs/richacl_inode.c | 148 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/richacl.h | 3 +
> 3 files changed, 152 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> create mode 100644 fs/richacl_inode.c
>
> diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
> index fe3e9dd..ec665fd 100644
> --- a/fs/Makefile
> +++ b/fs/Makefile
> @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL) += drop_caches.o
>
> obj-$(CONFIG_FHANDLE) += fhandle.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_FS_RICHACL) += richacl.o
> -richacl-y := richacl_base.o
> +richacl-y := richacl_base.o richacl_inode.o
>
> obj-y += quota/
>
> diff --git a/fs/richacl_inode.c b/fs/richacl_inode.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..54e899d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/fs/richacl_inode.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2010 Novell, Inc.
> + * Copyright (C) 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
> + * Written by Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> + * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
> + * Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
> + * later version.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> + * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
> + * General Public License for more details.
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/sched.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/fs.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/richacl.h>
> +
> +/**
> + * richacl_permission - richacl permission check algorithm
> + * @inode: inode to check
> + * @acl: rich acl of the inode
> + * @want: requested access (MAY_* flags)
> + *
> + * Checks if the current process is granted @mask flags in @acl.
> + */
> +int
> +richacl_permission(struct inode *inode, const struct richacl *acl,
> + int want)
> +{
> + const struct richace *ace;
> + unsigned int mask = richacl_want_to_mask(want);
> + unsigned int requested = mask, denied = 0;
> + int in_owning_group = in_group_p(inode->i_gid);
> + int in_owner_or_group_class = in_owning_group;
> +
> + /*
> + * A process is
> + * - in the owner file class if it owns the file,
> + * - in the group file class if it is in the file's owning group or
> + * it matches any of the user or group entries, and
> + * - in the other file class otherwise.
> + * The file class is only relevant for determining which file mask to
> + * apply, which only happens for masked acls.
> + */
> + if (acl->a_flags & RICHACL_MASKED) {
> + if ((acl->a_flags & RICHACL_WRITE_THROUGH) &&
> + uid_eq(current_fsuid(), inode->i_uid)) {
> + denied = requested & ~acl->a_owner_mask;
> + goto out;
> + }
> + } else {
> + /*
> + * When the acl is not masked, there is no need to determine if
> + * the process is in the group class and we can break out
> + * earlier of the loop below.
> + */
> + in_owner_or_group_class = 1;
> + }
> +
> + /*
> + * Check if the acl grants the requested access and determine which
> + * file class the process is in.
> + */
> + richacl_for_each_entry(ace, acl) {
> + unsigned int ace_mask = ace->e_mask;
> +
> + if (richace_is_inherit_only(ace))
> + continue;
> + if (richace_is_owner(ace)) {
> + if (!uid_eq(current_fsuid(), inode->i_uid))
> + continue;
> + goto entry_matches_owner;
> + } else if (richace_is_group(ace)) {
> + if (!in_owning_group)
> + continue;
> + } else if (richace_is_unix_user(ace)) {
> + if (!uid_eq(current_fsuid(), ace->e_id.uid))
> + continue;
> + goto entry_matches_owner;
> + } else if (richace_is_unix_group(ace)) {
> + if (!in_group_p(ace->e_id.gid))
> + continue;
> + } else
> + goto entry_matches_everyone;
> +
> + /*
> + * Apply the group file mask to entries other than owner@ and
> + * everyone@ or user entries matching the owner.

The above also skips the following group_mask application on any unix
group. But that's OK, since a non-owner matching a unix group will be
placed into the group class, so the RICHACL_MASKED clause after the loop
below will apply the group mask. That logic is a little subtle, but OK.

--b.

> This ensures
> + * that we grant the same permissions as the acl computed by
> + * richacl_apply_masks().
> + *
> + * Without this restriction, the following richacl would grant
> + * rw access to processes which are both the owner and in the
> + * owning group, but not to other users in the owning group,
> + * which could not be represented without masks:
> + *
> + * owner:rw::mask
> + * group@:rw::allow
> + */
> + if ((acl->a_flags & RICHACL_MASKED) && richace_is_allow(ace))
> + ace_mask &= acl->a_group_mask;
> +
> +entry_matches_owner:
> + /* The process is in the owner or group file class. */
> + in_owner_or_group_class = 1;
> +
> +entry_matches_everyone:
> + /* Check which mask flags the ACE allows or denies. */
> + if (richace_is_deny(ace))
> + denied |= ace_mask & mask;
> + mask &= ~ace_mask;
> +
> + /*
> + * Keep going until we know which file class
> + * the process is in.
> + */
> + if (!mask && in_owner_or_group_class)
> + break;
> + }
> + denied |= mask;
> +
> + if (acl->a_flags & RICHACL_MASKED) {
> + /*
> + * The file class a process is in determines which file mask
> + * applies. Check if that file mask also grants the requested
> + * access.
> + */
> + if (uid_eq(current_fsuid(), inode->i_uid))
> + denied |= requested & ~acl->a_owner_mask;
> + else if (in_owner_or_group_class)
> + denied |= requested & ~acl->a_group_mask;
> + else {
> + if (acl->a_flags & RICHACL_WRITE_THROUGH)
> + denied = requested & ~acl->a_other_mask;
> + else
> + denied |= requested & ~acl->a_other_mask;
> + }
> + }
> +
> +out:
> + return denied ? -EACCES : 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(richacl_permission);
> diff --git a/include/linux/richacl.h b/include/linux/richacl.h
> index e00f313..9768eeb 100644
> --- a/include/linux/richacl.h
> +++ b/include/linux/richacl.h
> @@ -300,4 +300,7 @@ extern unsigned int richacl_want_to_mask(unsigned int);
> extern void richacl_compute_max_masks(struct richacl *);
> extern struct richacl *richacl_chmod(struct richacl *, mode_t);
>
> +/* richacl_inode.c */
> +extern int richacl_permission(struct inode *, const struct richacl *, int);
> +
> #endif /* __RICHACL_H */
> --
> 2.4.3
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