[PATCH 4.4 137/192] [PATCH 4.4 07/16] fs: Check for invalid i_uid in may_follow_link()

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 2d7f9e2ad35e4e7a3086231f19bfab33c6a8a64a ]

Filesystem uids which don't map into a user namespace may result
in inode->i_uid being INVALID_UID. A symlink and its parent
could have different owners in the filesystem can both get
mapped to INVALID_UID, which may result in following a symlink
when this would not have otherwise been permitted when protected
symlinks are enabled.

Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/namei.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -887,6 +887,7 @@ static inline int may_follow_link(struct
 {
 	const struct inode *inode;
 	const struct inode *parent;
+	kuid_t puid;
 
 	if (!sysctl_protected_symlinks)
 		return 0;
@@ -902,7 +903,8 @@ static inline int may_follow_link(struct
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Allowed if parent directory and link owner match. */
-	if (uid_eq(parent->i_uid, inode->i_uid))
+	puid = parent->i_uid;
+	if (uid_valid(puid) && uid_eq(puid, inode->i_uid))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)