Re: [PATCH v5 3/6] fs: Enable to enforce noexec mounts or file exec through O_MAYEXEC

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed May 13 2020 - 23:05:15 EST


On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 04:27:39PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Like, couldn't just the entire thing just be:
>
> diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
> index a320371899cf..0ab18e19f5da 100644
> --- a/fs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/namei.c
> @@ -2849,6 +2849,13 @@ static int may_open(const struct path *path, int acc_mode, int flag)
> break;
> }
>
> + if (unlikely(mask & MAY_OPENEXEC)) {
> + if (sysctl_omayexec_enforce & OMAYEXEC_ENFORCE_MOUNT &&
> + path_noexec(path))
> + return -EACCES;
> + if (sysctl_omayexec_enforce & OMAYEXEC_ENFORCE_FILE)
> + acc_mode |= MAY_EXEC;
> + }
> error = inode_permission(inode, MAY_OPEN | acc_mode);
> if (error)
> return error;
>

FYI, I've confirmed this now. Effectively with patch 2 dropped, patch 3
reduced to this plus the Kconfig and sysctl changes, the self tests
pass.

I think this makes things much cleaner and correct.

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Kees Cook