From: Miklos Szeredi The owner doesn't need sysadmin capabilities to call umount(). Similar behavior as umount(8) on mounts having "user=UID" option in /etc/mtab. The difference is that umount also checks /etc/fstab, presumably to exclude another mount on the same mountpoint. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi Acked-by: Serge Hallyn --- fs/namespace.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux/fs/namespace.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/namespace.c 2008-03-17 20:55:42.000000000 +0100 +++ linux/fs/namespace.c 2008-03-17 20:55:44.000000000 +0100 @@ -1074,6 +1074,27 @@ static int do_umount(struct vfsmount *mn return retval; } +static bool is_mount_owner(struct vfsmount *mnt, uid_t uid) +{ + return (mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_USER) && mnt->mnt_uid == uid; +} + +/* + * umount is permitted for + * - sysadmin + * - mount owner, if not forced umount + */ +static bool permit_umount(struct vfsmount *mnt, int flags) +{ + if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + return true; + + if (flags & MNT_FORCE) + return false; + + return is_mount_owner(mnt, current->fsuid); +} + /* * Now umount can handle mount points as well as block devices. * This is important for filesystems which use unnamed block devices. @@ -1097,7 +1118,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_umount(char __user * goto dput_and_out; retval = -EPERM; - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (!permit_umount(nd.path.mnt, flags)) goto dput_and_out; retval = do_umount(nd.path.mnt, flags); -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/