Re: [PATCH 3/4] fs: allow mknod in user namespaces

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On 03/15/2013 06:37 PM, Serge Hallyn wrote:
> Quoting Glauber Costa (glommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx):
>> Since we have strict control on who access the devices, it should be
>> no problem to allow the device to appear.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Aristeu Rozanski <aris@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  fs/namei.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
>> index 8a34d79..d0b4549 100644
>> --- a/fs/namei.c
>> +++ b/fs/namei.c
>> @@ -3126,7 +3126,7 @@ int vfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, dev_t dev)
>>  	if (error)
>>  		return error;
>>  
>> -	if ((S_ISCHR(mode) || S_ISBLK(mode)) && !capable(CAP_MKNOD))
>> +	if ((S_ISCHR(mode) || S_ISBLK(mode)) && !nsown_capable(CAP_MKNOD))
> 
> I realize you're arguing that devicens is enough, but how about
> doing inode_capable(dir, CAP_MKNOD) instead?
> 
I see no reason not to do it.


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