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SubjectRe: [PATCH] fs: add a comment explaining how MNT_NS_INTERNAL affects mnt_may_suid()
On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 8:59 PM Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> wrote:
> commit 380cf5ba6b0a ("fs: Treat foreign mounts as nosuid"), in addition to
> the intended effect, also prevented suid execution of memfd files.
> (And I think that's a good change.)

Ping. Al, can you take this into your tree? fs/namespace.c is your stuff, right?


> Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> ---
> fs/namespace.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
> index a7f91265ea67..e68488426e42 100644
> --- a/fs/namespace.c
> +++ b/fs/namespace.c
> @@ -3400,6 +3400,9 @@ bool mnt_may_suid(struct vfsmount *mnt)
> * prevents namespaces from trusting potentially unsafe
> * suid/sgid bits, file caps, or security labels that originate
> * in other namespaces.
> + *
> + * check_mnt() rejects MNT_NS_INTERNAL mounts; this means that suid
> + * execution is blocked for files on internal mounts, e.g. memfds.
> */
> return !(mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOSUID) && check_mnt(real_mount(mnt)) &&
> current_in_userns(mnt->mnt_sb->s_user_ns);
> --
> 2.20.0.rc0.387.gc7a69e6b6c-goog
>

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