This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled mnt: Move the test for MNT_LOCK_READONLY from change_mount_flags into do_remount to the 3.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: mnt-move-the-test-for-mnt_lock_readonly-from-change_mount_flags-into-do_remount.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 07b645589dcda8b7a5249e096fece2a67556f0f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:10:56 -0700 Subject: mnt: Move the test for MNT_LOCK_READONLY from change_mount_flags into do_remount From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 07b645589dcda8b7a5249e096fece2a67556f0f4 upstream. There are no races as locked mount flags are guaranteed to never change. Moving the test into do_remount makes it more visible, and ensures all filesystem remounts pass the MNT_LOCK_READONLY permission check. This second case is not an issue today as filesystem remounts are guarded by capable(CAP_DAC_ADMIN) and thus will always fail in less privileged mount namespaces, but it could become an issue in the future. Acked-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namespace.c | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/fs/namespace.c +++ b/fs/namespace.c @@ -1764,9 +1764,6 @@ static int change_mount_flags(struct vfs if (readonly_request == __mnt_is_readonly(mnt)) return 0; - if (mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_LOCK_READONLY) - return -EPERM; - if (readonly_request) error = mnt_make_readonly(real_mount(mnt)); else @@ -1792,6 +1789,16 @@ static int do_remount(struct path *path, if (path->dentry != path->mnt->mnt_root) return -EINVAL; + /* Don't allow changing of locked mnt flags. + * + * No locks need to be held here while testing the various + * MNT_LOCK flags because those flags can never be cleared + * once they are set. + */ + if ((mnt->mnt.mnt_flags & MNT_LOCK_READONLY) && + !(mnt_flags & MNT_READONLY)) { + return -EPERM; + } err = security_sb_remount(sb, data); if (err) return err; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.10/mnt-correct-permission-checks-in-do_remount.patch queue-3.10/mnt-only-change-user-settable-mount-flags-in-remount.patch queue-3.10/mnt-add-tests-for-unprivileged-remount-cases-that-have-found-to-be-faulty.patch queue-3.10/mnt-change-the-default-remount-atime-from-relatime-to-the-existing-value.patch queue-3.10/mnt-move-the-test-for-mnt_lock_readonly-from-change_mount_flags-into-do_remount.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html