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Re: [PATCH 18/19] fuse: Restrict allow_other to the superblock's namespace or a descendant

From "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 18/19] fuse: Restrict allow_other to the superblock's namespace or a descendant
Date 2015-12-04 23:00 +0100
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On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 02:43:19PM -0600, Seth Forshee wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 02:05:41PM -0600, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> > Quoting Seth Forshee (seth.forshee@canonical.com):
> > > Unprivileged users are normally restricted from mounting with the
> > > allow_other option by system policy, but this could be bypassed
> > > for a mount done with user namespace root permissions. In such
> > > cases allow_other should not allow users outside the userns
> > > to access the mount as doing so would give the unprivileged user
> > > the ability to manipulate processes it would otherwise be unable
> > > to manipulate. Restrict allow_other to apply to users in the same
> > > userns used at mount or a descendant of that namespace.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com>
> > > ---
> > >  fs/fuse/dir.c | 10 ++++++++--
> > >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
> > > index f67f4dd86b36..5b8edb1203b8 100644
> > > --- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
> > > +++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
> > > @@ -1018,8 +1018,14 @@ int fuse_allow_current_process(struct fuse_conn *fc)
> > >  {
> > >  	const struct cred *cred;
> > >  
> > > -	if (fc->flags & FUSE_ALLOW_OTHER)
> > > -		return 1;
> > > +	if (fc->flags & FUSE_ALLOW_OTHER) {
> > > +		struct user_namespace *ns;
> > > +		for (ns = current_user_ns(); ns; ns = ns->parent) {
> > > +			if (ns == fc->user_ns)
> > > +				return 1;
> > > +		}
> > 
> > 	use current_in_userns() ?
> 
> Yes, it should. I wrote this before I wrote the patch which adds that
> function and never thought to go back to change it here.

Ok - 

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>

thanks.
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[PATCH 18/19] fuse: Restrict allow_other to the superblock's namespace or a descendant Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com> - 2015-12-02 16:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 18/19] fuse: Restrict allow_other to the superblock's  namespace or a descendant "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com> - 2015-12-04 21:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 18/19] fuse: Restrict allow_other to the superblock's  namespace or a descendant Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com> - 2015-12-04 21:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 18/19] fuse: Restrict allow_other to the superblock's  namespace or a descendant "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com> - 2015-12-04 23:00 +0100

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