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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH] vfs: don't check may_create_in_sticky if the file is already open/created
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On Wed, 2022-07-27 at 14:32 +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 08:04:34AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > On Wed, 2022-07-27 at 13:34 +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 04:27:56PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2022-07-26 at 16:23 -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > > > > NFS server is exporting a sticky directory (mode 01777) with root
> > > > > squashing enabled. Client has protect_regular enabled and then tries to
> > > > > open a file as root in that directory. File is created (with ownership
> > > > > set to nobody:nobody) but the open syscall returns an error.
> > > > >
> > > > > The problem is may_create_in_sticky, which rejects the open even though
> > > > > the file has already been created/opened. Only call may_create_in_sticky
> > > > > if the file hasn't already been opened or created.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
> > > > > Link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1976829
> > > > > Reported-by: Yongchen Yang <yoyang@redhat.com>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > fs/namei.c | 13 +++++++++----
> > > > > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
> > > > > index 1f28d3f463c3..7480b6dc8d27 100644
> > > > > --- a/fs/namei.c
> > > > > +++ b/fs/namei.c
> > > > > @@ -3495,10 +3495,15 @@ static int do_open(struct nameidata *nd,
> > > > > return -EEXIST;
> > > > > if (d_is_dir(nd->path.dentry))
> > > > > return -EISDIR;
> > > > > - error = may_create_in_sticky(mnt_userns, nd,
> > > > > - d_backing_inode(nd->path.dentry));
> > > > > - if (unlikely(error))
> > > > > - return error;
> > > > > + if (!(file->f_mode & (FMODE_OPENED | FMODE_CREATED))) {
> > > > > + error = may_create_in_sticky(mnt_userns, nd,
> > > > > + d_backing_inode(nd->path.dentry));
> > > > > + if (unlikely(error)) {
> > > > > + printk("%s: f_mode=0x%x oflag=0x%x\n",
> > > > > + __func__, file->f_mode, open_flag);
> > > > > + return error;
> > > > > + }
> > > > > + }
> > > > > }
> > > > > if ((nd->flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) && !d_can_lookup(nd->path.dentry))
> > > > > return -ENOTDIR;
> > > >
> > > > I'm pretty sure this patch is the wrong approach, actually, since it
> > > > doesn't fix the regular (non-atomic) open codepath. Any thoughts on what
> > >
> > > Hey Jeff,
> > >
> > > I haven't quite understood why that won't work for the regular open
> > > codepaths. I'm probably missing something obvious.
> > >
> >
> > In the normal open codepaths, FMODE_OPENED | FMODE_CREATED are still
> > clear. If we're not doing an atomic_open (i.e. the dentry doesn't exist
> > yet or is negative), then nothing really happens until you get to the
> > vfs_open call.
>
> Hm, so for atomic open with O_CREAT it's:
>
> path_openat()
> -> open_last_lookups()
> -> lookup_open()
> /*
> * This is ->atomic_open() and FMODE_CREATED is set in the fs so
> * for NFS it's done in:
> * fs/nfs/dir.c: file->f_mode |= FMODE_CREATED;
> */
> -> atomic_open()
>
> and for regular O_CREAT open it's:
>
> path_openat()
> -> open_last_lookups()
> -> lookup_open()
> {
> if (!dentry->d_inode && (open_flag & O_CREAT)) {
> file->f_mode |= FMODE_CREATED;
> }
>
>
> and that should all get surfaced to:
>
> path_openat()
> -> do_open()
> -> may_create_in_sticky()
>
> ?

Basically, yes, but we also need to deal with the case where the file
already exists. That's being denied currently too and I don't think it
should be.

--
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>

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