[PATCH 8/8] fs: limit filesystem stacking depth

From: Miklos Szeredi
Date: Thu Aug 04 2011 - 08:54:32 EST


From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>

Add a simple read-only counter to super_block that indicates deep this
is in the stack of filesystems. Previously ecryptfs was the only
stackable filesystem and it explicitly disallowed multiple layers of
itself.

Overlayfs, however, can be stacked recursively and also may be stacked
on top of ecryptfs or vice versa.

To limit the kernel stack usage we must limit the depth of the
filesystem stack. Initially the limit is set to 2.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/ecryptfs/main.c | 7 +++++++
fs/overlayfs/super.c | 10 ++++++++++
include/linux/fs.h | 11 +++++++++++
3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
index 9f1bb74..26faa17 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
@@ -525,6 +525,13 @@ static struct dentry *ecryptfs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags
s->s_maxbytes = path.dentry->d_sb->s_maxbytes;
s->s_blocksize = path.dentry->d_sb->s_blocksize;
s->s_magic = ECRYPTFS_SUPER_MAGIC;
+ s->s_stack_depth = path.dentry->d_sb->s_stack_depth + 1;
+
+ rc = -EINVAL;
+ if (s->s_stack_depth > FILESYSTEM_MAX_STACK_DEPTH) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "eCryptfs: maximum fs stacking depth exceeded\n");
+ goto out_free;
+ }

inode = ecryptfs_get_inode(path.dentry->d_inode, s);
rc = PTR_ERR(inode);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index c0c6bd9..508cf19 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -545,6 +545,16 @@ static int ovl_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
!S_ISDIR(lowerpath.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
goto out_put_lowerpath;

+ sb->s_stack_depth = max(upperpath.mnt->mnt_sb->s_stack_depth,
+ lowerpath.mnt->mnt_sb->s_stack_depth) + 1;
+
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ if (sb->s_stack_depth > FILESYSTEM_MAX_STACK_DEPTH) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "overlayfs: maximum fs stacking depth exceeded\n");
+ goto out_put_lowerpath;
+ }
+
+
ufs->upper_mnt = clone_private_mount(&upperpath);
err = PTR_ERR(ufs->upper_mnt);
if (IS_ERR(ufs->upper_mnt)) {
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 933e59c..18ab2f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -483,6 +483,12 @@ struct iattr {
*/
#include <linux/quota.h>

+/*
+ * Maximum number of layers of fs stack. Needs to be limited to
+ * prevent kernel stack overflow
+ */
+#define FILESYSTEM_MAX_STACK_DEPTH 2
+
/**
* enum positive_aop_returns - aop return codes with specific semantics
*
@@ -1448,6 +1454,11 @@ struct super_block {
int cleancache_poolid;

struct shrinker s_shrink; /* per-sb shrinker handle */
+
+ /*
+ * Indicates how deep in a filesystem stack this SB is
+ */
+ int s_stack_depth;
};

/* superblock cache pruning functions */
--
1.7.3.4

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