Re: [PATCH 01/19] block_dev: Support checking inode permissions in lookup_bdev()

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On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 09:40:01AM -0600, Seth Forshee wrote:
> When looking up a block device by path no permission check is
> done to verify that the user has access to the block device inode
> at the specified path. In some cases it may be necessary to
> check permissions towards the inode, such as allowing
> unprivileged users to mount block devices in user namespaces.
> 
> Add an argument to lookup_bdev() to optionally perform this
> permission check. A value of 0 skips the permission check and
> behaves the same as before. A non-zero value specifies the mask
> of access rights required towards the inode at the specified
> path. The check is always skipped if the user has CAP_SYS_ADMIN.
> 
> All callers of lookup_bdev() currently pass a mask of 0, so this
> patch results in no functional change. Subsequent patches will
> add permission checks where appropriate.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  drivers/md/bcache/super.c |  2 +-
>  drivers/md/dm-table.c     |  2 +-
>  drivers/mtd/mtdsuper.c    |  2 +-
>  fs/block_dev.c            | 13 ++++++++++---
>  fs/quota/quota.c          |  2 +-
>  include/linux/fs.h        |  2 +-
>  6 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
> index 679a093a3bf6..e8287b0d1dac 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
> @@ -1926,7 +1926,7 @@ static ssize_t register_bcache(struct kobject *k, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
>  				  sb);
>  	if (IS_ERR(bdev)) {
>  		if (bdev == ERR_PTR(-EBUSY)) {
> -			bdev = lookup_bdev(strim(path));
> +			bdev = lookup_bdev(strim(path), 0);
>  			mutex_lock(&bch_register_lock);
>  			if (!IS_ERR(bdev) && bch_is_open(bdev))
>  				err = "device already registered";
> diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
> index 061152a43730..81c60b2495ed 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
> @@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ int dm_get_device(struct dm_target *ti, const char *path, fmode_t mode,
>  	BUG_ON(!t);
>  
>  	/* convert the path to a device */
> -	bdev = lookup_bdev(path);
> +	bdev = lookup_bdev(path, 0);
>  	if (IS_ERR(bdev)) {
>  		dev = name_to_dev_t(path);
>  		if (!dev)
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdsuper.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdsuper.c
> index 20c02a3b7417..b5b60e1af31c 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/mtdsuper.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdsuper.c
> @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ struct dentry *mount_mtd(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
>  	/* try the old way - the hack where we allowed users to mount
>  	 * /dev/mtdblock$(n) but didn't actually _use_ the blockdev
>  	 */
> -	bdev = lookup_bdev(dev_name);
> +	bdev = lookup_bdev(dev_name, 0);
>  	if (IS_ERR(bdev)) {
>  		ret = PTR_ERR(bdev);
>  		pr_debug("MTDSB: lookup_bdev() returned %d\n", ret);
> diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
> index f90d91efa1b4..3ebbde85d898 100644
> --- a/fs/block_dev.c
> +++ b/fs/block_dev.c
> @@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ struct block_device *blkdev_get_by_path(const char *path, fmode_t mode,
>  	struct block_device *bdev;
>  	int err;
>  
> -	bdev = lookup_bdev(path);
> +	bdev = lookup_bdev(path, 0);
>  	if (IS_ERR(bdev))
>  		return bdev;
>  
> @@ -1736,12 +1736,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ioctl_by_bdev);
>  /**
>   * lookup_bdev  - lookup a struct block_device by name
>   * @pathname:	special file representing the block device
> + * @mask:	rights to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC)
>   *
>   * Get a reference to the blockdevice at @pathname in the current
>   * namespace if possible and return it.  Return ERR_PTR(error)
> - * otherwise.
> + * otherwise.  If @mask is non-zero, check for access rights to the
> + * inode at @pathname.
>   */
> -struct block_device *lookup_bdev(const char *pathname)
> +struct block_device *lookup_bdev(const char *pathname, int mask)
>  {
>  	struct block_device *bdev;
>  	struct inode *inode;
> @@ -1756,6 +1758,11 @@ struct block_device *lookup_bdev(const char *pathname)
>  		return ERR_PTR(error);
>  
>  	inode = d_backing_inode(path.dentry);
> +	if (mask != 0 && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
> +		error = __inode_permission(inode, mask);
> +		if (error)
> +			goto fail;
> +	}
>  	error = -ENOTBLK;
>  	if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode))
>  		goto fail;
> diff --git a/fs/quota/quota.c b/fs/quota/quota.c
> index 3746367098fd..a40eaecbd5cc 100644
> --- a/fs/quota/quota.c
> +++ b/fs/quota/quota.c
> @@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static struct super_block *quotactl_block(const char __user *special, int cmd)
>  
>  	if (IS_ERR(tmp))
>  		return ERR_CAST(tmp);
> -	bdev = lookup_bdev(tmp->name);
> +	bdev = lookup_bdev(tmp->name, 0);
>  	putname(tmp);
>  	if (IS_ERR(bdev))
>  		return ERR_CAST(bdev);
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index 8a17c5649ef2..879ec382fd88 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -2373,7 +2373,7 @@ static inline void unregister_chrdev(unsigned int major, const char *name)
>  #define BLKDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE	255
>  extern const char *__bdevname(dev_t, char *buffer);
>  extern const char *bdevname(struct block_device *bdev, char *buffer);
> -extern struct block_device *lookup_bdev(const char *);
> +extern struct block_device *lookup_bdev(const char *, int mask);
>  extern void blkdev_show(struct seq_file *,off_t);
>  
>  #else
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 
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