get rid of unprotected dereferencing of mnt->mnt_ns

It's safe only under namespace_sem or vfsmount_lock; all places
in fs/namespace.c that want mnt->mnt_ns->user_ns actually want to use
current->nsproxy->mnt_ns->user_ns (note the calls of check_mnt() in
there).

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 55605c552787..edac42c6eff2 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1237,6 +1237,14 @@ static int do_umount(struct mount *mnt, int flags)
         return retval;
 }
 
+/* 
+ * Is the caller allowed to modify his namespace?
+ */
+static inline bool may_mount(void)
+{
+        return ns_capable(current->nsproxy->mnt_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+}
+
 /*
  * Now umount can handle mount points as well as block devices.
  * This is important for filesystems which use unnamed block devices.
@@ -1255,6 +1263,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(umount, char __user *, name, int, flags)
         if (flags & ~(MNT_FORCE | MNT_DETACH | MNT_EXPIRE | UMOUNT_NOFOLLOW))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
+        if (!may_mount())
+                return -EPERM;
+
         if (!(flags & UMOUNT_NOFOLLOW))
                 lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
 
@@ -1268,10 +1279,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(umount, char __user *, name, int, flags)
         if (!check_mnt(mnt))
                 goto dput_and_out;
 
-        retval = -EPERM;
-        if (!ns_capable(mnt->mnt_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-                goto dput_and_out;
-
         retval = do_umount(mnt, flags);
 dput_and_out:
         /* we mustn't call path_put() as that would clear mnt_expiry_mark */
@@ -1295,7 +1302,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(oldumount, char __user *, name)
 
 static int mount_is_safe(struct path *path)
 {
-        if (ns_capable(real_mount(path->mnt)->mnt_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+        if (may_mount())
                 return 0;
         return -EPERM;
 #ifdef notyet
@@ -1633,7 +1640,7 @@ static int do_change_type(struct path *path, int flag)
         int type;
         int err = 0;
 
-        if (!ns_capable(mnt->mnt_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+        if (!may_mount())
                 return -EPERM;
 
         if (path->dentry != path->mnt->mnt_root)
@@ -1797,7 +1804,7 @@ static int do_move_mount(struct path *path, const char *old_name)
         struct mount *p;
         struct mount *old;
         int err = 0;
-        if (!ns_capable(real_mount(path->mnt)->mnt_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+        if (!may_mount())
                 return -EPERM;
         if (!old_name || !*old_name)
                 return -EINVAL;
@@ -1933,16 +1940,14 @@ static int do_new_mount(struct path *path, const char *fstype, int flags,
                         int mnt_flags, const char *name, void *data)
 {
         struct file_system_type *type;
-        struct user_namespace *user_ns;
+        struct user_namespace *user_ns = current->nsproxy->mnt_ns->user_ns;
         struct vfsmount *mnt;
         int err;
 
         if (!fstype)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        /* we need capabilities... */
-        user_ns = real_mount(path->mnt)->mnt_ns->user_ns;
-        if (!ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+        if (!may_mount())
                 return -EPERM;
 
         type = get_fs_type(fstype);
@@ -2567,7 +2572,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(pivot_root, const char __user *, new_root,
         struct mount *new_mnt, *root_mnt;
         int error;
 
-        if (!ns_capable(current->nsproxy->mnt_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+        if (!may_mount())
                 return -EPERM;
 
         error = user_path_dir(new_root, &new);