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Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] userns: Simpilify MNT_NODEV handling.

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Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> writes:

> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Seth Forshee
> <seth.forshee@canonical.com> wrote:
>> From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
>>
>> - Consolidate the testing if a device node may be opened in a new
>>   function may_open_dev.
>>
>> - Move the check for allowing access to device nodes on filesystems
>>   not mounted in the initial user namespace from mount time to open
>>   time and include it in may_open_dev.
>>
>> This set of changes removes the implicit adding of MNT_NODEV which
>> simplifies the logic in fs/namespace.c and removes a potentially
>> problematic user visible difference in how normal and unprivileged
>> mount namespaces work.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
>
>> -               /* Only in special cases allow devices from mounts
>> -                * created outside the initial user namespace.
>> -                */
>> -               if (!(type->fs_flags & FS_USERNS_DEV_MOUNT)) {
>> -                       flags |= MS_NODEV;
>> -                       mnt_flags |= MNT_NODEV | MNT_LOCK_NODEV;
>> -               }
>
> This is an ABI change.  It's probably okay, but I think the commit
> message should make it clear what's happening.

You mean it should include in big flashing neon letters
            ***REGRESSION FIX***
?

It is longer in coming than I had hoped.  But that is part of the reason
I did not fix the security hole this way.  Getting the s_user_ns stuff
just so has been non-trivial.

I do agree that because this is a user visible change we do need to keep
our eyes peeled for pieces of userspace software that may depend on the
exact details of the current behavior.

Eric
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[PATCH v3 0/7] Initial support for user namespace owned mounts Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com> - 2015-09-16 22:10 +0200
  [PATCH v3 1/7] fs: Add user namesapace member to struct super_block Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com> - 2015-09-16 22:10 +0200
  [PATCH v3 6/7] Smack: Add support for unprivileged mounts from user namespaces Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com> - 2015-09-16 22:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3 6/7] Smack: Add support for unprivileged mounts from  user namespaces Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> - 2015-09-16 22:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v3 6/7] Smack: Add support for unprivileged mounts from  user namespaces Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com> - 2015-09-17 15:00 +0200
  [PATCH v3 2/7] userns: Simpilify MNT_NODEV handling. Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com> - 2015-09-16 22:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] userns: Simpilify MNT_NODEV handling. Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2015-09-17 02:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] userns: Simpilify MNT_NODEV handling. ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2015-09-17 03:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] userns: Simpilify MNT_NODEV handling. Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2015-09-18 00:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 3/7] fs: Verify access of user towards block device file when mounting Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com> - 2015-09-16 22:10 +0200
  [PATCH v3 7/7] selinux: Add support for unprivileged mounts from user namespaces Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com> - 2015-09-16 22:10 +0200

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