linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 17/18] fuse: Restrict allow_other to the superblock's namespace or a descendant

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Date:	Wed, 9 Mar 2016 12:40:51 +0100
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@...onical.com>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>,
	Austin S Hemmelgarn <ahferroin7@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org,
	dm-devel@...hat.com, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	fuse-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 17/18] fuse: Restrict allow_other to the
 superblock's namespace or a descendant

On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 12:03:56PM -0600, Seth Forshee wrote:
> Unprivileged users are normally restricted from mounting with the
> allow_other option by system policy, but this could be bypassed
> for a mount done with user namespace root permissions. In such
> cases allow_other should not allow users outside the userns
> to access the mount as doing so would give the unprivileged user
> the ability to manipulate processes it would otherwise be unable
> to manipulate. Restrict allow_other to apply to users in the same
> userns used at mount or a descendant of that namespace.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@...onical.com>
> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>

Acked-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>

> ---
>  fs/fuse/dir.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
> index 8fd9fe4dcd43..24e4cdb554f1 100644
> --- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
> @@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ int fuse_allow_current_process(struct fuse_conn *fc)
>  	const struct cred *cred;
>  
>  	if (fc->flags & FUSE_ALLOW_OTHER)
> -		return 1;
> +		return current_in_userns(fc->user_ns);
>  
>  	cred = current_cred();
>  	if (uid_eq(cred->euid, fc->user_id) &&
> -- 
> 1.9.1
>