From 278121417a72d87fb29dd8c48801f80821e8f75a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aleksa Sarai Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2019 01:13:30 +1100 Subject: namei: LOOKUP_NO_SYMLINKS: block symlink resolution /* Background. */ Userspace cannot easily resolve a path without resolving symlinks, and would have to manually resolve each path component with O_PATH and O_NOFOLLOW. This is clearly inefficient, and can be fairly easy to screw up (resulting in possible security bugs). Linus has mentioned that Git has a particular need for this kind of flag[1]. It also resolves a fairly long-standing perceived deficiency in O_NOFOLLOw -- that it only blocks the opening of trailing symlinks. This is part of a refresh of Al's AT_NO_JUMPS patchset[2] (which was a variation on David Drysdale's O_BENEATH patchset[3], which in turn was based on the Capsicum project[4]). /* Userspace API. */ LOOKUP_NO_SYMLINKS will be exposed to userspace through openat2(2). /* Semantics. */ Unlike most other LOOKUP flags (most notably LOOKUP_FOLLOW), LOOKUP_NO_SYMLINKS applies to all components of the path. With LOOKUP_NO_SYMLINKS, any symlink path component encountered during path resolution will yield -ELOOP. If the trailing component is a symlink (and no other components were symlinks), then O_PATH|O_NOFOLLOW will not error out and will instead provide a handle to the trailing symlink -- without resolving it. /* Testing. */ LOOKUP_NO_SYMLINKS is tested as part of the openat2(2) selftests. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFyOKM7DW7+0sdDFKdZFXgptb5r1id9=Wvhd8AgSP7qjwQ@mail.gmail.com/ [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20170429220414.GT29622@ZenIV.linux.org.uk/ [3]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1415094884-18349-1-git-send-email-drysdale@google.com/ [4]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1404124096-21445-1-git-send-email-drysdale@google.com/ Cc: Christian Brauner Suggested-by: Al Viro Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Aleksa Sarai Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/namei.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'fs/namei.c') diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 7def6aa9a53d..b638c9cd6d4c 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1056,6 +1056,9 @@ const char *get_link(struct nameidata *nd) int error; const char *res; + if (unlikely(nd->flags & LOOKUP_NO_SYMLINKS)) + return ERR_PTR(-ELOOP); + if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)) { touch_atime(&last->link); cond_resched(); -- cgit