linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nsfs: fix oops when ns->ops is not provided

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 3 Jun 2021 15:52:29 -0700
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Changbin Du <changbin.du@...il.com>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nsfs: fix oops when ns->ops is not provided

On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 2:14 AM Christian Brauner
<christian.brauner@...ntu.com> wrote:
> But the point is that ns->ops should never be accessed when that
> namespace type is disabled. Or in other words, the bug is that something
> in netns makes use of namespace features when they are disabled. If we
> handle ->ops being NULL we might be tapering over a real bug somewhere.

It is merely a protocol between fs/nsfs.c and other namespace users,
so there is certainly no right or wrong here, the only question is which
one is better.

>
> Jakub's proposal in the other mail makes sense and falls in line with
> how the rest of the netns getters are implemented. For example
> get_net_ns_fd_fd():

It does not make any sense to me. get_net_ns() merely increases
the netns refcount, which is certainly fine for init_net too, no matter
CONFIG_NET_NS is enabled or disabled. Returning EOPNOTSUPP
there is literally saying we do not support increasing init_net refcount,
which is of course false.

> struct net *get_net_ns_by_fd(int fd)
> {
>         return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> }

There is a huge difference between just increasing netns refcount
and retrieving it by fd, right? I have no idea why you bring this up,
calling them getters is missing their difference.

Thanks.