linux-kernel - [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 04/14] afs: Don't cross .backup mountpoint from backup volume

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Date: Wed,  5 Jun 2024 08:04:37 -0400
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>,
	Jan Henrik Sylvester <jan.henrik.sylvester@...-hamburg.de>,
	Markus Suvanto <markus.suvanto@...il.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@...istor.com>,
	linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 04/14] afs: Don't cross .backup mountpoint from backup volume

From: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>

[ Upstream commit 29be9100aca2915fab54b5693309bc42956542e5 ]

Don't cross a mountpoint that explicitly specifies a backup volume
(target is <vol>.backup) when starting from a backup volume.

It it not uncommon to mount a volume's backup directly in the volume
itself.  This can cause tools that are not paying attention to get
into a loop mounting the volume onto itself as they attempt to
traverse the tree, leading to a variety of problems.

This doesn't prevent the general case of loops in a sequence of
mountpoints, but addresses a common special case in the same way
as other afs clients.

Reported-by: Jan Henrik Sylvester <jan.henrik.sylvester@...-hamburg.de>
Link: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-afs/2024-May/008454.html
Reported-by: Markus Suvanto <markus.suvanto@...il.com>
Link: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-afs/2024-February/008074.html
Signed-off-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/768760.1716567475@warthog.procyon.org.uk
Reviewed-by: Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@...istor.com>
cc: linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 fs/afs/mntpt.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/afs/mntpt.c b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
index 97f50e9fd9eb0..297487ee83231 100644
--- a/fs/afs/mntpt.c
+++ b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ static int afs_mntpt_set_params(struct fs_context *fc, struct dentry *mntpt)
 		put_page(page);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
+
+		/* Don't cross a backup volume mountpoint from a backup volume */
+		if (src_as->volume && src_as->volume->type == AFSVL_BACKVOL &&
+		    ctx->type == AFSVL_BACKVOL)
+			return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-- 
2.43.0