Re: [RFC][PATCH 4/3] vfs: Allow rmdir to remove mounts in all but the current mount namespace

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Quoting Eric W. Biederman (ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx):
> 
> Programs have been known to test for empty directories by attempting
> to remove them.  To keep from violating the principle of least
> surprise don't let directories the caller can see with someting
> mounted on them be deleted.

Do you think we should do the same thing for over-mounted file at
vfs_unlink()?

> With a little luck this may prevent commands stupid commands
> like rm -rf from eating your system.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/namei.c |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
> index b18b017c946b..b9cae480ac27 100644
> --- a/fs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/namei.c
> @@ -3547,6 +3547,20 @@ void dentry_unhash(struct dentry *dentry)
>  	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
>  }
>  
> +static bool covered(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry)
> +{
> +	/* test to see if a dentry is covered with a mount in
> +	 * the current mount namespace.
> +	 */
> +	bool is_covered;
> +
> +	rcu_read_lock();
> +	is_covered = d_mountpoint(dentry) && __lookup_mnt(mnt, dentry, 1);
> +	rcu_read_unlock();
> +
> +	return is_covered;
> +}
> +
>  int vfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
>  {
>  	int error = may_delete(dir, dentry, 1);
> @@ -3619,6 +3633,9 @@ retry:
>  		error = -ENOENT;
>  		goto exit3;
>  	}
> +	error = -EBUSY;
> +	if (covered(nd.path.mnt, dentry))
> +		goto exit3;
>  	error = security_path_rmdir(&nd.path, dentry);
>  	if (error)
>  		goto exit3;
> @@ -4155,6 +4172,10 @@ retry:
>  	error = -ENOTEMPTY;
>  	if (new_dentry == trap)
>  		goto exit5;
> +	error = -EBUSY;
> +	if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode) &&
> +	    covered(newnd.path.mnt, new_dentry))
> +		goto exit5;
>  
>  	error = security_path_rename(&oldnd.path, old_dentry,
>  				     &newnd.path, new_dentry);
> -- 
> 1.7.5.4
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