linux/fs
Eric W. Biederman 7f78e03513 fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules.
Modify the request_module to prefix the file system type with "fs-"
and add aliases to all of the filesystems that can be built as modules
to match.

A common practice is to build all of the kernel code and leave code
that is not commonly needed as modules, with the result that many
users are exposed to any bug anywhere in the kernel.

Looking for filesystems with a fs- prefix limits the pool of possible
modules that can be loaded by mount to just filesystems trivially
making things safer with no real cost.

Using aliases means user space can control the policy of which
filesystem modules are auto-loaded by editing /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf
with blacklist and alias directives.  Allowing simple, safe,
well understood work-arounds to known problematic software.

This also addresses a rare but unfortunate problem where the filesystem
name is not the same as it's module name and module auto-loading
would not work.  While writing this patch I saw a handful of such
cases.  The most significant being autofs that lives in the module
autofs4.

This is relevant to user namespaces because we can reach the request
module in get_fs_type() without having any special permissions, and
people get uncomfortable when a user specified string (in this case
the filesystem type) goes all of the way to request_module.

After having looked at this issue I don't think there is any
particular reason to perform any filtering or permission checks beyond
making it clear in the module request that we want a filesystem
module.  The common pattern in the kernel is to call request_module()
without regards to the users permissions.  In general all a filesystem
module does once loaded is call register_filesystem() and go to sleep.
Which means there is not much attack surface exposed by loading a
filesytem module unless the filesystem is mounted.  In a user
namespace filesystems are not mounted unless .fs_flags = FS_USERNS_MOUNT,
which most filesystems do not set today.

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reported-by: Kees Cook <keescook@google.com>
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
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9p fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
adfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
affs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
afs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
autofs4 fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
befs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
bfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
btrfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
cachefiles FS-Cache: Mark cancellation of in-progress operation 2012-12-20 22:34:00 +00:00
ceph fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
cifs Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.samba.org/sfrench/cifs-2.6 2013-03-01 12:05:13 -08:00
coda fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
configfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
cramfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
debugfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
devpts fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
dlm hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
ecryptfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
efs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
exofs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
exportfs hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
ext2 fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
ext3 fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
ext4 fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
f2fs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
fat fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
freevxfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
fscache hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
fuse fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
gfs2 fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
hfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
hfsplus fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
hostfs hostfs: directory methods have no business in non-directory inode_operations 2013-02-22 23:31:37 -05:00
hpfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-02-26 20:16:07 -08:00
hppfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
hugetlbfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
isofs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
jbd jbd: don't wake kjournald unnecessarily 2013-01-14 22:50:45 +01:00
jbd2 jbd2: fix ERR_PTR dereference in jbd2__journal_start 2013-03-02 17:08:46 -05:00
jffs2 fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
jfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
lockd Merge branch 'for-3.9' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2013-02-28 18:02:55 -08:00
logfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
minix fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
ncpfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
nfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
nfs_common nfs_common: Update the translation between nfsv3 acls linux posix acls 2013-02-13 06:15:14 -08:00
nfsd fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
nilfs2 fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
nls
notify hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
ntfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
ocfs2 fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
omfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
openpromfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
proc fs/proc/vmcore.c: put if tests in the top of the while loop to reduce duplication 2013-02-27 19:10:11 -08:00
pstore A few fixes to reduce places where pstore might hang 2013-02-21 09:38:18 -08:00
qnx4 fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
qnx6 fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
quota quota: Use the pre-processor to compile out quotactl_cmd_write when !CONFIG_BLOCK 2012-12-13 16:33:24 +01:00
ramfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-02-26 20:16:07 -08:00
reiserfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
romfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
squashfs new helper: file_inode(file) 2013-02-22 23:31:31 -05:00
sysfs hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
sysv fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
ubifs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
udf Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-02-26 20:16:07 -08:00
ufs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
xfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
aio.c hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
anon_inodes.c get_empty_filp()/alloc_file() leave both ->f_pos and ->f_version zero 2013-02-26 02:46:11 -05:00
attr.c userns: Allow chown and setgid preservation 2012-11-20 04:17:24 -08:00
bad_inode.c lseek: the "whence" argument is called "whence" 2012-12-17 17:15:12 -08:00
binfmt_aout.c new helper: file_inode(file) 2013-02-22 23:31:31 -05:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-02-26 20:16:07 -08:00
binfmt_elf.c ImgTec Meta architecture changes for v3.9-rc1 2013-03-03 12:06:09 -08:00
binfmt_em86.c exec: use -ELOOP for max recursion depth 2012-12-17 17:15:23 -08:00
binfmt_flat.c new helper: file_inode(file) 2013-02-22 23:31:31 -05:00
binfmt_misc.c fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
binfmt_script.c exec: do not leave bprm->interp on stack 2012-12-20 17:40:19 -08:00
binfmt_som.c get rid of pt_regs argument of ->load_binary() 2012-11-28 21:53:38 -05:00
bio-integrity.c
bio.c block: add missing block_bio_complete() tracepoint 2013-01-14 15:00:36 +01:00
block_dev.c Merge branch 'for-3.9/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2013-02-28 12:52:24 -08:00
buffer.c Merge branch 'for-3.9/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2013-02-28 12:52:24 -08:00
char_dev.c
compat_binfmt_elf.c
compat_ioctl.c new helper: file_inode(file) 2013-02-22 23:31:31 -05:00
compat.c switch timerfd compat syscalls to COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE 2013-02-03 15:09:25 -05:00
coredump.c coredump: remove redundant defines for dumpable states 2013-02-27 19:10:11 -08:00
coredump.h
dcache.c hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
dcookies.c
direct-io.c fs: Fix possible use-after-free with AIO 2013-02-22 23:31:36 -05:00
drop_caches.c
eventfd.c fs, eventfd: add procfs fdinfo helper 2012-12-17 17:15:27 -08:00
eventpoll.c epoll: prevent missed events on EPOLL_CTL_MOD 2013-01-02 09:16:43 -08:00
exec.c coredump: remove redundant defines for dumpable states 2013-02-27 19:10:11 -08:00
fcntl.c new helper: file_inode(file) 2013-02-22 23:31:31 -05:00
fhandle.c Merge branch 'for-3.8' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2012-12-20 14:04:11 -08:00
fifo.c
file_table.c cache the value of file_inode() in struct file 2013-03-01 19:48:30 -05:00
file.c locking: Various static lock initializer fixes 2013-02-19 08:42:45 +01:00
filesystems.c fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
fs_struct.c constify path_get/path_put and fs_struct.c stuff 2013-03-01 23:51:07 -05:00
fs-writeback.c 2 writeback fixes 2013-02-28 13:21:44 -08:00
generic_acl.c
inode.c hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
internal.h constify path_get/path_put and fs_struct.c stuff 2013-03-01 23:51:07 -05:00
ioctl.c new helper: file_inode(file) 2013-02-22 23:31:31 -05:00
ioprio.c
Kconfig fuse: Move CUSE Kconfig entry from fs/Kconfig into fs/fuse/Kconfig 2013-01-17 13:08:45 +01:00
Kconfig.binfmt
libfs.c vfs: drop vmtruncate 2012-12-20 18:46:29 -05:00
locks.c new helper: file_inode(file) 2013-02-22 23:31:31 -05:00
Makefile f2fs: update Kconfig and Makefile 2012-12-11 13:43:42 +09:00
mbcache.c
mount.h proc: Usable inode numbers for the namespace file descriptors. 2012-11-20 04:19:49 -08:00
mpage.c
namei.c constify path_get/path_put and fs_struct.c stuff 2013-03-01 23:51:07 -05:00
namespace.c new helper: file_inode(file) 2013-02-22 23:31:31 -05:00
no-block.c
open.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-03-03 13:23:03 -08:00
pipe.c fs: Preserve error code in get_empty_filp(), part 2 2013-02-22 23:31:32 -05:00
pnode.c
pnode.h vfs: Only support slave subtrees across different user namespaces 2012-11-19 05:59:20 -08:00
posix_acl.c
proc_namespace.c
read_write.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2013-03-02 08:34:06 -08:00
read_write.h
readdir.c new helper: file_inode(file) 2013-02-22 23:31:31 -05:00
select.c sched/rt: Move rt specific bits into new header file 2013-02-07 20:51:08 +01:00
seq_file.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-03-03 13:23:03 -08:00
signalfd.c fs, epoll: add procfs fdinfo helper 2012-12-17 17:15:27 -08:00
splice.c export kernel_write(), convert open-coded instances 2013-02-26 02:46:11 -05:00
stack.c
stat.c switch vfs_getattr() to struct path 2013-02-26 02:46:08 -05:00
statfs.c vfs: fix user_statfs to retry once on ESTALE errors 2012-12-20 18:50:07 -05:00
super.c hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
sync.c new helper: file_inode(file) 2013-02-22 23:31:31 -05:00
timerfd.c compat: restore timerfd settime and gettime compat syscalls 2013-03-02 09:35:13 -05:00
utimes.c vfs: allow utimensat() calls to retry once on an ESTALE error 2012-12-20 18:50:08 -05:00
xattr_acl.c
xattr.c vfs: make lremovexattr retry once on ESTALE error 2012-12-20 18:50:11 -05:00