linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ksys_mount: check for permissions before resource allocation

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Date:   Tue, 5 Jun 2018 16:42:38 +0400
From:   Ilya Matveychikov <matvejchikov@...il.com>
To:     dsterba@...e.cz
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ksys_mount: check for permissions before resource
 allocation


> On Jun 5, 2018, at 4:28 PM, David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz> wrote:
> 
>> BTW, sys_umount() has this check in the right place - before doing anything.
>> So, why not to have the same logic for mount/umount?
> 
> What if the check is not equivalent to the one done later? may_mount
> needs namespace, it will be available at umount time but not necessarily
> during mount due to the security hooks.

Might be the issue, you’re right. I can’t tell it for sure as I’m not so
familiar with linux/fs code.