[PATCH 5.4 168/202] afs: Dont cross .backup mountpoint from backup volume

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5.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 29be9100aca2915fab54b5693309bc42956542e5 upstream.

Don't cross a mountpoint that explicitly specifies a backup volume
(target is <vol>.backup) when starting from a backup volume.

It it not uncommon to mount a volume's backup directly in the volume
itself.  This can cause tools that are not paying attention to get
into a loop mounting the volume onto itself as they attempt to
traverse the tree, leading to a variety of problems.

This doesn't prevent the general case of loops in a sequence of
mountpoints, but addresses a common special case in the same way
as other afs clients.

Reported-by: Jan Henrik Sylvester <jan.henrik.sylvester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-afs/2024-May/008454.html
Reported-by: Markus Suvanto <markus.suvanto@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-afs/2024-February/008074.html
Signed-off-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/768760.1716567475@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/afs/mntpt.c |    5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

--- a/fs/afs/mntpt.c
+++ b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ static int afs_mntpt_set_params(struct f
 		put_page(page);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
+
+		/* Don't cross a backup volume mountpoint from a backup volume */
+		if (src_as->volume && src_as->volume->type == AFSVL_BACKVOL &&
+		    ctx->type == AFSVL_BACKVOL)
+			return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	return 0;






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