Re: [PATCH] cifs: Use mask of ACEs for SID Everyone to calculate all three permissions user, group, and other

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On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 13:51:41 -0600
> Shirish Pargaonkar <shirishpargaonkar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 13:20:38 -0600
>> > Shirish Pargaonkar <shirishpargaonkar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> > On Mon,  6 Dec 2010 14:56:46 -0600
>> >> > shirishpargaonkar@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> From: Shirish Pargaonkar <shirishpargaonkar@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> If a DACL has entries for ACEs for SID Everyone and Authenticated Users,
>> >> >> factor in mask in respective entries during calculation of permissions
>> >> >> for all three, user, group, and other.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb463216.aspx
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Signed-off-by: Shirish Pargaonkar <shirishpargaonkar@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >> ---
>> >> >>  fs/cifs/cifsacl.c |   13 +++++++++++--
>> >> >>  1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
>> >> >> index c6ebea0..a520091 100644
>> >> >> --- a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
>> >> >> +++ b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
>> >> >> @@ -43,9 +43,12 @@ static struct cifs_wksid wksidarr[NUM_WK_SIDS] = {
>> >> >>  ;
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -/* security id for everyone */
>> >> >> +/* security id for everyone/world system group */
>> >> >>  static const struct cifs_sid sid_everyone = {
>> >> >>       1, 1, {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}, {0} };
>> >> >> +/* security id for Authenticated Users system group */
>> >> >> +static const struct cifs_sid sid_authusers = {
>> >> >> +     1, 1, {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5}, {11} };
>> >> >>  /* group users */
>> >> >>  static const struct cifs_sid sid_user = {1, 2 , {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5}, {} };
>> >> >>
>> >> >> @@ -367,7 +370,7 @@ static void parse_dacl(struct cifs_acl *pdacl, char *end_of_acl,
>> >> >>       if (num_aces  > 0) {
>> >> >>               umode_t user_mask = S_IRWXU;
>> >> >>               umode_t group_mask = S_IRWXG;
>> >> >> -             umode_t other_mask = S_IRWXO;
>> >> >> +             umode_t other_mask = S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO;
>> >> >>
>> >> >>               ppace = kmalloc(num_aces * sizeof(struct cifs_ace *),
>> >> >>                               GFP_KERNEL);
>> >> >> @@ -392,6 +395,12 @@ static void parse_dacl(struct cifs_acl *pdacl, char *end_of_acl,
>> >> >>                                                    ppace[i]->type,
>> >> >>                                                    &fattr->cf_mode,
>> >> >>                                                    &other_mask);
>> >> >> +                     if (compare_sids(&(ppace[i]->sid), &sid_authusers))
>> >> >> +                             access_flags_to_mode(ppace[i]->access_req,
>> >> >> +                                                  ppace[i]->type,
>> >> >> +                                                  &fattr->cf_mode,
>> >> >> +                                                  &other_mask);
>> >> >> +
>> >> >>
>> >> >>  /*                   memcpy((void *)(&(cifscred->aces[i])),
>> >> >>                               (void *)ppace[i],
>> >> >
>> >> > This looks like a harmless change...
>> >> >
>> >> >    Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Jeff, Thanks.
>> >>
>> >> > I have real doubts however about the owner/group parts of the cifsacl
>> >> > scheme. It sets the user and group mode bits without setting the user
>> >> > and group owners to meaningful values. So, those permissions have no
>> >> > basis in reality.
>> >>
>> >> With the sid to uid and gid mapping code using winbind in the works,
>> >> would that address these concerns?
>> >>
>> >
>> > Yes, that would help some.
>> >
>> > That would give you the ability to present permissions that have some
>> > basis in reality. You'll still have to figure out what to do when you
>> > get a SID that can't be mapped for some reason.
>>
>> If we are using winbind, I do not see how this can happen.
>> A SID perhaps could not be looked up but winbind, when asked,
>> can/will always map a Owner SID to an uid and Group SID to a gid.
>>
>
> Ahh ok. Good to know. Still, we need a meaningful owner to set it to
> when the upcall fails. For instance, if the upcall isn't set up at
> all...
>
>> >
>> > The real solution is to get rid of client-side permissions enforcement
>> > altogether. The server is the only place that they can be reliably
>> > enforced.
>>
>> I can see when changing mode or group or owner for an object,
>> client should just be a conduit for that action (i.e. dispatch a
>> fabricated DACL) and server is the one that should decide to enforce
>> the change.
>
> Agreed.
>
>> But cifs client nonetheless needs to calculate and set mode and fill in
>> uid and gid for an inode since none of these values (mode, uid, and gid)
>> exist at the equivalent object on the server.
>>
>
> Well, you need to have something to return in a stat() call. Those
> values do not necessarily have to be used to enforce permissions. Note
> the way that CIFS_MOUNT_NO_PERM is used.
>

I think permission checking has to be done by the client.
What cifs/smb command can a client send to the server to verify
permissions?

>> I think we had this conversation before so I will dig it up, but I am
>> trying to figure out how and where client enforces permissions
>> (which it should not) other than when mode or user or group ids are
>> being changed.
>>
>
> See cifs_permission which eventually calls generic_permission, which
> uses the i_mode/i_uid/i_gid to determine whether access is allowed.
>
> The problem though is that cifs mounts use a single set of credentials
> by default. Unless we make multiuser mounts the default, we're sort of
> stuck with this broken model for legacy reasons.
>
> --
> Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
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