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Message-ID: <CAKUbbx+EvLFEOkAWynshmUquK_n=LS9aRDEAD=OUK9AbR3c1LA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:09:31 +0200
From: Mattias Nissler <mnissler@...omium.org>
To: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Colin Walters <walters@...bum.org>,
"Austin S . Hemmelgarn" <ahferroin7@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Add a "nosymlinks" mount option.
Friendly ping - does this version of the patch have any chance on
getting included in mainline?
On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Mattias Nissler <mnissler@...omium.org> wrote:
> For mounts that have the new "nosymlinks" option, don't follow
> symlinks when resolving paths. The new option is similar in spirit to
> the existing "nodev", "noexec", and "nosuid" options.
>
> Note that symlinks may still be created on mounts where the
> "nosymlinks" option is present. readlink() remains functional, so user
> space code that is aware of symlinks can still choose to follow them
> explicitly.
>
> Setting the "nosymlinks" mount option helps prevent privileged writers
> from modifying files unintentionally in case there is an unexpected
> link along the accessed path. The "nosymlinks" option is thus useful
> as a defensive measure for systems that need to deal with untrusted
> file systems in privileged contexts.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mattias Nissler <mnissler@...omium.org>
> ---
> fs/namei.c | 3 +++
> fs/namespace.c | 9 ++++++---
> fs/proc_namespace.c | 1 +
> fs/statfs.c | 2 ++
> include/linux/mount.h | 3 ++-
> include/linux/statfs.h | 1 +
> include/uapi/linux/fs.h | 1 +
> 7 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
> index 5b4eed2..4cddcf3 100644
> --- a/fs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/namei.c
> @@ -1021,6 +1021,9 @@ const char *get_link(struct nameidata *nd)
> touch_atime(&last->link);
> }
>
> + if (nd->path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOSYMLINKS)
> + return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
> +
> error = security_inode_follow_link(dentry, inode,
> nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU);
> if (unlikely(error))
> diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
> index e6c234b..deec84e 100644
> --- a/fs/namespace.c
> +++ b/fs/namespace.c
> @@ -2732,6 +2732,8 @@ long do_mount(const char *dev_name, const char __user *dir_name,
> mnt_flags &= ~(MNT_RELATIME | MNT_NOATIME);
> if (flags & MS_RDONLY)
> mnt_flags |= MNT_READONLY;
> + if (flags & MS_NOSYMLINKS)
> + mnt_flags |= MNT_NOSYMLINKS;
>
> /* The default atime for remount is preservation */
> if ((flags & MS_REMOUNT) &&
> @@ -2741,9 +2743,10 @@ long do_mount(const char *dev_name, const char __user *dir_name,
> mnt_flags |= path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_ATIME_MASK;
> }
>
> - flags &= ~(MS_NOSUID | MS_NOEXEC | MS_NODEV | MS_ACTIVE | MS_BORN |
> - MS_NOATIME | MS_NODIRATIME | MS_RELATIME| MS_KERNMOUNT |
> - MS_STRICTATIME | MS_NOREMOTELOCK);
> + flags &= ~(MS_NOSUID | MS_NOEXEC | MS_NODEV | MS_NOSYMLINKS |
> + MS_ACTIVE | MS_BORN | MS_NOATIME | MS_NODIRATIME |
> + MS_RELATIME | MS_KERNMOUNT | MS_STRICTATIME |
> + MS_NOREMOTELOCK);
>
> if (flags & MS_REMOUNT)
> retval = do_remount(&path, flags & ~MS_REMOUNT, mnt_flags,
> diff --git a/fs/proc_namespace.c b/fs/proc_namespace.c
> index 3f1190d..a1949d9 100644
> --- a/fs/proc_namespace.c
> +++ b/fs/proc_namespace.c
> @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ static void show_mnt_opts(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
> { MNT_NOATIME, ",noatime" },
> { MNT_NODIRATIME, ",nodiratime" },
> { MNT_RELATIME, ",relatime" },
> + { MNT_NOSYMLINKS, ",nosymlinks" },
> { 0, NULL }
> };
> const struct proc_fs_info *fs_infop;
> diff --git a/fs/statfs.c b/fs/statfs.c
> index 083dc0a..7ff7c32 100644
> --- a/fs/statfs.c
> +++ b/fs/statfs.c
> @@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ static int flags_by_mnt(int mnt_flags)
> flags |= ST_NODIRATIME;
> if (mnt_flags & MNT_RELATIME)
> flags |= ST_RELATIME;
> + if (mnt_flags & MNT_NOSYMLINKS)
> + flags |= ST_NOSYMLINKS;
> return flags;
> }
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mount.h b/include/linux/mount.h
> index 1172cce..5e302f4 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mount.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mount.h
> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct mnt_namespace;
> #define MNT_NODIRATIME 0x10
> #define MNT_RELATIME 0x20
> #define MNT_READONLY 0x40 /* does the user want this to be r/o? */
> +#define MNT_NOSYMLINKS 0x80
>
> #define MNT_SHRINKABLE 0x100
> #define MNT_WRITE_HOLD 0x200
> @@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ struct mnt_namespace;
> #define MNT_SHARED_MASK (MNT_UNBINDABLE)
> #define MNT_USER_SETTABLE_MASK (MNT_NOSUID | MNT_NODEV | MNT_NOEXEC \
> | MNT_NOATIME | MNT_NODIRATIME | MNT_RELATIME \
> - | MNT_READONLY)
> + | MNT_READONLY | MNT_NOSYMLINKS)
> #define MNT_ATIME_MASK (MNT_NOATIME | MNT_NODIRATIME | MNT_RELATIME )
>
> #define MNT_INTERNAL_FLAGS (MNT_SHARED | MNT_WRITE_HOLD | MNT_INTERNAL | \
> diff --git a/include/linux/statfs.h b/include/linux/statfs.h
> index 0166d32..994b059 100644
> --- a/include/linux/statfs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/statfs.h
> @@ -39,5 +39,6 @@ struct kstatfs {
> #define ST_NOATIME 0x0400 /* do not update access times */
> #define ST_NODIRATIME 0x0800 /* do not update directory access times */
> #define ST_RELATIME 0x1000 /* update atime relative to mtime/ctime */
> +#define ST_NOSYMLINKS 0x2000 /* do not follow symbolic links */
>
> #endif
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
> index acb2b61..06193d8 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
> @@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
> #define MS_I_VERSION (1<<23) /* Update inode I_version field */
> #define MS_STRICTATIME (1<<24) /* Always perform atime updates */
> #define MS_LAZYTIME (1<<25) /* Update the on-disk [acm]times lazily */
> +#define MS_NOSYMLINKS (1<<26) /* Do not follow symbolic links */
>
> /* These sb flags are internal to the kernel */
> #define MS_NOREMOTELOCK (1<<27)
> --
> 2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020
>
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