Re: [PATCH v4 4/6] add statmount(2) syscall

[Paul Moore]

On Oct 25, 2023 Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Add a way to query attributes of a single mount instead of having to parse
> the complete /proc/$PID/mountinfo, which might be huge.
> 
> Lookup the mount the new 64bit mount ID.  If a mount needs to be queried
> based on path, then statx(2) can be used to first query the mount ID
> belonging to the path.
> 
> Design is based on a suggestion by Linus:
> 
>   "So I'd suggest something that is very much like "statfsat()", which gets
>    a buffer and a length, and returns an extended "struct statfs" *AND*
>    just a string description at the end."
> 
> The interface closely mimics that of statx.
> 
> Handle ASCII attributes by appending after the end of the structure (as per
> above suggestion).  Pointers to strings are stored in u64 members to make
> the structure the same regardless of pointer size.  Strings are nul
> terminated.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wh5YifP7hzKSbwJj94+DZ2czjrZsczy6GBimiogZws=rg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/namespace.c             | 277 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/syscalls.h   |   5 +
>  include/uapi/linux/mount.h |  56 ++++++++
>  3 files changed, 338 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
> index 7a33ea391a02..a980c250a3a6 100644
> --- a/fs/namespace.c
> +++ b/fs/namespace.c

...

> +static int do_statmount(struct stmt_state *s)
> +{
> +	struct statmnt *sm = &s->sm;
> +	struct mount *m = real_mount(s->mnt);
> +	size_t copysize = min_t(size_t, s->bufsize, sizeof(*sm));
> +	int err;
> +
> +	err = security_sb_statfs(s->mnt->mnt_root);
> +	if (err)
> +		return err;
> +
> +	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) &&
> +	    !is_path_reachable(m, m->mnt.mnt_root, &s->root))
> +		return -EPERM;

In order to be consistent with our typical access control ordering,
please move the security_sb_statfs() call down to here, after the
capability checks.

> +	stmt_numeric(s, STMT_SB_BASIC, stmt_sb_basic);
> +	stmt_numeric(s, STMT_MNT_BASIC, stmt_mnt_basic);
> +	stmt_numeric(s, STMT_PROPAGATE_FROM, stmt_propagate_from);
> +	stmt_string(s, STMT_FS_TYPE, stmt_fs_type, &sm->fs_type);
> +	stmt_string(s, STMT_MNT_ROOT, stmt_mnt_root, &sm->mnt_root);
> +	stmt_string(s, STMT_MNT_POINT, stmt_mnt_point, &sm->mnt_point);
> +
> +	if (s->err)
> +		return s->err;
> +
> +	/* Return the number of bytes copied to the buffer */
> +	sm->size = copysize + s->pos;
> +
> +	if (copy_to_user(s->buf, sm, copysize))
> +		return -EFAULT;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}

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