Re: [PATCH v9] vfs, security: Fix automount superblock LSM init problem, preventing NFS sb sharing

[Jeff Layton]

On Tue, 2023-08-08 at 15:31 +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 08, 2023 at 07:34:20AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > From: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > When NFS superblocks are created by automounting, their LSM parameters
> > aren't set in the fs_context struct prior to sget_fc() being called,
> > leading to failure to match existing superblocks.
> > 
> > This bug leads to messages like the following appearing in dmesg when
> > fscache is enabled:
> > 
> >     NFS: Cache volume key already in use (nfs,4.2,2,108,106a8c0,1,,,,100000,100000,2ee,3a98,1d4c,3a98,1)
> > 
> > Fix this by adding a new LSM hook to load fc->security for submount
> > creation.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Fixes: 9bc61ab18b1d ("vfs: Introduce fs_context, switch vfs_kern_mount() to it.")
> > Fixes: 779df6a5480f ("NFS: Ensure security label is set for root inode)
> > Tested-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I've made a significant number of changes since Casey acked this. It
might be a good idea to drop his Acked-by (unless he wants to chime in
and ask us to keep it).

Thanks,
Jeff

> > Acked-by: "Christian Brauner (Microsoft)" <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/165962680944.3334508.6610023900349142034.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ # v1
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/165962729225.3357250.14350728846471527137.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ # v2
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/165970659095.2812394.6868894171102318796.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ # v3
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/166133579016.3678898.6283195019480567275.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ # v4
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/217595.1662033775@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ # v5
> > ---
> > ver #2)
> > - Added Smack support
> > - Made LSM parameter extraction dependent on reference != NULL.
> > 
> > ver #3)
> > - Made LSM parameter extraction dependent on fc->purpose ==
> >    FS_CONTEXT_FOR_SUBMOUNT.  Shouldn't happen on FOR_RECONFIGURE.
> > 
> > ver #4)
> > - When doing a FOR_SUBMOUNT mount, don't set the root label in SELinux or Smack.
> > 
> > ver #5)
> > - Removed unused variable.
> > - Only allocate smack_mnt_opts if we're dealing with a submount.
> > 
> > ver #6)
> > - Rebase onto v6.5.0-rc4
> > - Link to v6: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230802-master-v6-1-45d48299168b@xxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > ver #7)
> > - Drop lsm_set boolean
> > - Link to v7: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230804-master-v7-1-5d4e48407298@xxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > ver #8)
> > - Remove spurious semicolon in smack_fs_context_init
> > - Make fs_context_init take a superblock as reference instead of dentry
> > - WARN_ON_ONCE's when fc->purpose != FS_CONTEXT_FOR_SUBMOUNT
> > - Call the security hook from fs_context_for_submount instead of alloc_fs_context
> > - Link to v8: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230807-master-v8-1-54e249595f10@xxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > ver #9)
> > - rename *_fs_context_init to *_fs_context_submount
> > - remove checks for FS_CONTEXT_FOR_SUBMOUNT and NULL reference pointers
> > - fix prototype on smack_fs_context_submount
> 
> Thanks, this looks good from my perspective. If it looks fine to LSM
> folks as well I can put it with the rest of the super work for this
> cycle or it can go through the LSM tree.

-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>