[PATCH v2 2/7] block_dev: Check permissions towards block device inode when mounting

From: Seth Forshee
Date: Tue Oct 13 2015 - 13:07:55 EST


Unprivileged users should not be able to mount block devices when
they lack sufficient privileges towards the block device inode.
Update blkdev_get_by_path() to validate that the user has the
required access to the inode at the specified path. The check
will be skipped for CAP_SYS_ADMIN, so privileged mounts will
continue working as before.

Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/block_dev.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index f1f0aa7214a3..54d94cd64577 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1394,9 +1394,14 @@ struct block_device *blkdev_get_by_path(const char *path, fmode_t mode,
void *holder)
{
struct block_device *bdev;
+ int perm = 0;
int err;

- bdev = lookup_bdev(path, 0);
+ if (mode & FMODE_READ)
+ perm |= MAY_READ;
+ if (mode & FMODE_WRITE)
+ perm |= MAY_WRITE;
+ bdev = lookup_bdev(path, perm);
if (IS_ERR(bdev))
return bdev;

--
1.9.1

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