[PATCH v6] vfs, security: Fix automount superblock LSM init problem, preventing NFS sb sharing
Jeff Layton
jlayton at kernel.org
Thu Aug 3 16:09:33 UTC 2023
On Thu, 2023-08-03 at 15:27 +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 03:34:27PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > On Wed, 2023-08-02 at 14:16 -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> > > On Aug 2, 2023 Jeff Layton <jlayton at kernel.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > When NFS superblocks are created by automounting, their LSM parameters
> > > > aren't set in the fs_context struct prior to sget_fc() being called,
> > > > leading to failure to match existing superblocks.
> > > >
> > > > Fix this by adding a new LSM hook to load fc->security for submount
> > > > creation when alloc_fs_context() is creating the fs_context for it.
> > > >
> > > > However, this uncovers a further bug: nfs_get_root() initialises the
> > > > superblock security manually by calling security_sb_set_mnt_opts() or
> > > > security_sb_clone_mnt_opts() - but then vfs_get_tree() calls
> > > > security_sb_set_mnt_opts(), which can lead to SELinux, at least,
> > > > complaining.
> > > >
> > > > Fix that by adding a flag to the fs_context that suppresses the
> > > > security_sb_set_mnt_opts() call in vfs_get_tree(). This can be set by NFS
> > > > when it sets the LSM context on the new superblock.
> > > >
> > > > The first bug leads to messages like the following appearing in dmesg:
> > > >
> > > > NFS: Cache volume key already in use (nfs,4.2,2,108,106a8c0,1,,,,100000,100000,2ee,3a98,1d4c,3a98,1)
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton at kernel.org>
> > > > Fixes: 9bc61ab18b1d ("vfs: Introduce fs_context, switch vfs_kern_mount() to it.")
> > > > Fixes: 779df6a5480f ("NFS: Ensure security label is set for root inode)
> > > > Tested-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton at kernel.org>
> > > > Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton at kernel.org>
> > > > Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey at schaufler-ca.com>
> > > > Acked-by: "Christian Brauner (Microsoft)" <brauner at kernel.org>
> > > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/165962680944.3334508.6610023900349142034.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
> > > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/165962729225.3357250.14350728846471527137.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
> > > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/165970659095.2812394.6868894171102318796.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
> > > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/166133579016.3678898.6283195019480567275.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
> > > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/217595.1662033775@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v5
> > > > ---
> > > > This patch was originally sent by David several months ago, but it
> > > > never got merged. I'm resending to resurrect the discussion. Can we
> > > > get this fixed?
> > >
> > > Sorry, I sorta lost track of this after the ROOTCONTEXT_MNT discussion
> > > back in v3. Looking at it a bit closer now I have one nitpicky
> > > request and one larger concern (see below).
> > >
> > > > diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
> > > > index e781226e2880..13adf43e2e5d 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/super.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/super.c
> > > > @@ -1541,10 +1541,12 @@ int vfs_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc)
> > > > smp_wmb();
> > > > sb->s_flags |= SB_BORN;
> > > >
> > > > - error = security_sb_set_mnt_opts(sb, fc->security, 0, NULL);
> > > > - if (unlikely(error)) {
> > > > - fc_drop_locked(fc);
> > > > - return error;
> > > > + if (!(fc->lsm_set)) {
> > > > + error = security_sb_set_mnt_opts(sb, fc->security, 0, NULL);
> > > > + if (unlikely(error)) {
> > > > + fc_drop_locked(fc);
> > > > + return error;
> > > > + }
> > > > }
> > >
> > > I generally dislike core kernel code which makes LSM calls conditional
> > > on some kernel state maintained outside the LSM. Sometimes it has to
> > > be done as there is no other good options, but I would like us to try
> > > and avoid it if possible. The commit description mentioned that this
> > > was put here to avoid a SELinux complaint, can you provide an example
> > > of the complain? Does it complain about a double/invalid mount, e.g.
> > > "SELinux: mount invalid. Same superblock, different security ..."?
> > >
> >
> > The problem I had was not so much SELinux warnings, but rather that in a
> > situation where I would expect to share superblocks between two
> > filesystems, it didn't.
> >
> > Basically if you do something like this:
> >
> > # mount nfsserver:/export/foo /mnt/foo -o context=system_u:object_r:root_t:s0
> > # mount nfsserver:/export/bar /mnt/bar -o context=system_u:object_r:root_t:s0
> >
> > ...when "foo" and "bar" are directories on the same filesystem on the
> > server, you should get two vfsmounts that share a superblock. That's
> > what you get if selinux is disabled, but not when it's enabled (even
> > when it's in permissive mode).
> >
> > The problems that David hit with the automounter have a similar root
> > cause though, I believe.
> >
> > > I'd like to understand why the sb_set_mnt_opts() call fails when it
> > > comes after the fs_context_init() call. I'm particulary curious to
> > > know if the failure is due to conflicting SELinux state in the
> > > fs_context, or if it is simply an issue of sb_set_mnt_opts() not
> > > properly handling existing values. Perhaps I'm being overly naive,
> > > but I'm hopeful that we can address both of these within the SELinux
> > > code itself.
> > >
> >
> > The problem I hit was that nfs_compare_super is called with a fs_context
> > that has a NULL ->security pointer. That caused it to call
> > selinux_sb_mnt_opts_compat with mnt_opts set to NULL, and at that point
> > it returns 1 and decides not to share sb's.
>
> I tried to follow this because I'm really still quite puzzled by this
> whole thing. Two consecutive mounts that should share the superblock
> don't share the superblock. But behavior differs between nfs3 and nfs4
> due to how automounting works.
>
> Afaict, the callchain you're looking at in this scenario is:
>
> (1) nfs3
>
> (1.1) mount 127.0.0.1:/export/foo /mnt/foo -o context=system_u:object_r:root_t:s0,nfsvers=3
> vfs_get_tree(fc_foo)
> -> fs_contex_operations->get_tree::nfs_get_tree(fc_foo)
> -> ctx->nfs_mod->rpc_ops->try_get_tree::nfs_try_get_tree(fc_foo)
> -> nfs_get_tree_common(fc_foo)
> -> sb_foo = sget_fc(fc_foo, nfs_compare_super, ...)
>
> (1.2) mount 127.0.0.1:/export/bar /mnt/bar -o context=system_u:object_r:root_t:s0,nfsvers=3
> vfs_get_tree(fc_bar)
> -> fs_contex_operations->get_tree::nfs_get_tree(fc_bar)
> -> ctx->nfs_mod->rpc_ops->try_get_tree::nfs_try_get_tree(fc_bar)
> -> nfs_get_tree_common(fc_bar)
> -> sb_foo = sget_fc(fc_bar, nfs_compare_super, ...)
> -> nfs_compare_super(sb_foo, fc_bar)
> -> selinux_sb_mnt_opts_compat(sb_foo, fc_bar->security)
>
> And fc_bar->security is non-NULL and compatible with sb_foo's current
> security settings. Fine.
>
> (2) nfs4
>
> But for nfs4 we're looking at a vastly more complicated callchain at
> least looking at this from a local nfs:
>
> (2.1) mount 127.0.0.1:/export/foo /mnt/foo -o context=system_u:object_r:root_t:s0
> vfs_get_tree(fc_foo)
> -> fs_contex_operations->get_tree::nfs_get_tree(fc_foo)
> -> if (!ctx->internal) branch is taken
> -> ctx->nfs_mod->rpc_ops->try_get_tree::nfs4_try_get_tree(fc_foo)
> -> do_nfs4_mount(fc_foo)
> -> fc_dup_foo = vfs_dup_fs_context(fc_foo)
> -> security_fs_context_dup(fc_dup_foo, fc_foo)
> {
> fc_dup_foo->security = kmemdup(fc_foo->security)
> }
> new_fs_context->internal = true
> -> foo_mnt = fc_mount(fc_dup_foo)
> -> vfs_get_tree(fc_dup_foo)
> -> if (!ctx->internal) branch is _not_ taken
> -> nfs_get_tree_common(fc_dup_foo)
> sb_foo = sget_fc(fc, nfs_compare_super, ...)
> -> mount_subtree()
> -> vfs_path_lookup(..., "/export/foo", LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT)
> -> nfs_d_automount("export")
> -> fc_sub_foo = fs_context_for_submount()
> {
> fc_sub_bar->security = NULL
Should the above be:
fc_sub_foo->security = NULL;
?
If so, then with this patch, the above would no longer be NULL. We'd
inherit the security context info from the reference dentry passed to
fs_context_for_submount().
> {
> -> nfs4_submount(fc_sub_foo)
> -> nfs4_do_submount(fc_sub_foo)
> -> vfs_get_tree(fc_sub_foo)
> -> nfs_get_tree_common(fc_sub_foo)
> -> sb_foo_2 = sget_fc(fc_sub_foo, nfs_compare_super, ...)
> -> nfs_d_automount("foo")
> -> fc_sub_foo = fs_context_for_submount()
> {
> fc_sub_bar->security = NULL
Ditto here -- that should be fc_sub_foo , correct?
> {
> -> nfs4_submount(fc_sub_foo)
> -> nfs4_do_submount(fc_sub_foo)
> -> vfs_get_tree(fc_sub_foo)
> -> nfs_get_tree_common(fc_sub_foo)
> |--------------------------> sb_foo_3 = sget_fc(fc_sub_foo, nfs_compare_super, ...)
> |
> As far as I can see you're already allocating 3 separate superblocks of
> which two are discarded and only one survives. Afaict, the one that
> survives is _| the last one. Under the assumption that I'm correct,
> where does the third superblock get it's selinux context from given that
> fc->security isn't even set during submount?
>
That's the problem this patch is intended to fix. It allows child mounts
to properly inherit security options from a parent dentry.
> And where is the context=%s output generated for mountinfo?
>
security_sb_show_options / selinux_sb_show_options
> Is this a correct callchain?
>
I think it looks about right, but I didn't verify the details to the
degree you have.
> >
> > Filling out fc->security with this new operation seems to fix that, but
> > if you see a better way to do this, then I'm certainly open to the idea.
> >
> > > In a worst case situation, we could always implement a flag *inside*
> > > the SELinux code, similar to what has been done with 'lsm_set' here.
> > >
> >
> > I'm fine with a different solution, if you see a better one. You'll have
>
> Independent of the modification in fs_context_for_submount() you might want to
> think about something like:
>
> static const struct fs_context_operations nfs4_fs_context_ops = {
> .free = nfs4_free,
> .parse_param = nfs4_parse_param,
> .get_tree = nfs4_get_tree,
> };
>
> static const struct fs_context_operations nfs4_fs_submount_ops = {
> .free = nfs4_free_submount,
> .parse_param = nfs4_parse_param_submount,
> .get_tree = nfs4_get_tree_submount,
> };
>
> static int nfs4_init_fs_context_submount(struct fs_context *fc)
> {
> return 0;
> }
>
> static int nfs4_fs_context_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc)
> {
> if (fc->purpose == FS_CONTEXT_FOR_SUBMOUNT)
> fc->ops = &nfs4_fs_submount_ops;
> else
> fc->ops = &nfs4_fs_context_ops;
> .
> .
> .
> }
>
> which will make the callchain probably a lot to follow instead of wafting
> through the same nested functions over and over. But just a thought.
Sounds reasonable. I'd rather do that sort of cleanup afterward though,
to make this patch easier to eventually backport.
--
Jeff Layton <jlayton at kernel.org>
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