linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] nfs: Fix mounting NFS3 AUTH

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Message-ID: <20250504084840.4n47y4zhqjqsk6bu@pali>
Date: Sun, 4 May 2025 10:48:40 +0200
From: Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>
To: Trond Myklebust <trondmy@...nel.org>, Anna Schumaker <anna@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] nfs: Fix mounting NFS3 AUTH_NULL exports

PING?

On Friday 18 April 2025 20:03:13 Pali Rohár wrote:
> PING?
> 
> On Sunday 22 December 2024 17:40:18 Pali Rohár wrote:
> > PING? If there is no objection, could you include series into -next?
> > 
> > On Thursday 12 September 2024 15:02:15 Pali Rohár wrote:
> > > Linux NFS3 kernel client currently has broken support for NFS3
> > > AUTH_NULL-only exports and also broken mount option -o sec=none
> > > (which explicitly specifies that mount should use AUTH_NULL).
> > > 
> > > For AUTH_NULL-only server exports, Linux NFS3 kernel client mounts such
> > > export with AUTH_UNIX authentication which results in unusable mount
> > > point (any operation on it fails with error because server rejects
> > > AUTH_UNIX authentication).
> > > 
> > > Half of the problem is with MNTv3 servers, as some of them (e.g. Linux
> > > one) never announce AUTH_NULL authentication for any export. Linux MNTv3
> > > server does not announce it even when the export has the only AUTH_NULL
> > > auth method allowed, instead it announce AUTH_UNIX (even when AUTH_UNIX
> > > is disabled for that export in Linux NFS3 knfsd server). So MNTv3 server
> > > for AUTH_NONE-only exports instruct Linux NFS3 kernel client to use
> > > AUTH_UNIX and then NFS3 server refuse access to files with AUTH_UNIX.
> > > 
> > > Main problem on the client side is that mount option -o sec=none for
> > > NFS3 client is not processed and Linux NFS kernel client always skips
> > > AUTH_NULL (even when server announce it, and also even when user
> > > specifies -o sec=none on mount command line).
> > > 
> > > This patch series address these issues in NFS3 client code.
> > > 
> > > Add a workaround for buggy MNTv3 servers which do not announce AUTH_NULL,
> > > by trying AUTH_NULL authentication as an absolutely last chance when
> > > everything else fails. And honors user choice of AUTH_NULL if user
> > > explicitly specified -o sec=none as mount option.
> > > 
> > > AUTH_NULL authentication is useful for read-only exports, including
> > > public exports. As authentication for these types of exports do not have
> > > to be required.
> > > 
> > > Patch series was tested with AUTH_NULL-only, AUTH_UNIX-only and combined
> > > AUTH_NULL+AUTH_UNIX exports from Linux knfsd NFS3 server + default Linux
> > > MNTv3 userspace server. And also tested with exports from modified MNTv3
> > > server to properly return AUTH_NULL support in response list.
> > > 
> > > Patch series is based on the latest upstream tag v6.11-rc7.
> > > 
> > > Pali Rohár (5):
> > >   nfs: Fix support for NFS3 mount with -o sec=none from Linux MNTv3
> > >     server
> > >   nfs: Propagate AUTH_NULL/AUTH_UNIX PATHCONF NFS3ERR_ACCESS failures
> > >   nfs: Try to use AUTH_NULL for NFS3 mount when no -o sec was given
> > >   nfs: Fix -o sec=none output in /proc/mounts
> > >   nfs: Remove duplicate debug message 'using auth flavor'
> > > 
> > >  fs/nfs/client.c | 14 ++++++++++-
> > >  fs/nfs/super.c  | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> > >  2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > 2.20.1
> > >