From: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
To: Trond Myklebust <trondmy@kernel.org>,
Anna Schumaker <anna@kernel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>
Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, keyrings@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-tls-handshake@lists.linux.dev, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 2/5] NFS: allocate the .nfs keyring per network namespace
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:05:17 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918-nfs-mtls-identity-v1-2-197e568d78a7@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260918-nfs-mtls-identity-v1-0-197e568d78a7@kernel.org>
Commit 87268f7a4f1f ("nfs: create a kernel keyring") allocates one
.nfs keyring at module load, and nothing in the NFS client reads it.
One module-wide keyring also cannot isolate x.509 credentials
between network namespaces. Each tlshd instance services the
handshake socket of one network namespace, so a credential
provisioned for that namespace's mounts has to be reachable by that
tlshd and by no other.
Allocate one .nfs keyring per network namespace in nfs_net_init()
and release it in nfs_net_exit(). tlshd finds a keyring by name
through /proc/keys, which is not namespace scoped, so each handshake
request has to carry the keyring serial instead. Allocate the
keyring under a kernel credential rather than that of the task
creating the namespace, so an LSM labels every namespace's keyring
the same way.
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
---
fs/nfs/inode.c | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
fs/nfs/netns.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 832923be43a9..bd327fbb12d8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -2641,11 +2641,50 @@ static int nfsiod_start(void)
unsigned int nfs_net_id;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_net_id);
+#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
+static int nfs_init_keyring(struct nfs_net *nn)
+{
+ struct cred *cred;
+ struct key *keyring;
+
+ cred = prepare_kernel_cred(&init_task);
+ if (!cred)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ keyring = keyring_alloc(".nfs", GLOBAL_ROOT_UID, GLOBAL_ROOT_GID, cred,
+ (KEY_POS_ALL & ~KEY_POS_SETATTR) |
+ (KEY_USR_ALL & ~KEY_USR_SETATTR),
+ KEY_ALLOC_NOT_IN_QUOTA, NULL, NULL);
+ put_cred(cred);
+ if (IS_ERR(keyring))
+ return PTR_ERR(keyring);
+ nn->nfs_keyring = keyring;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void nfs_exit_keyring(struct nfs_net *nn)
+{
+ key_put(nn->nfs_keyring);
+}
+#else
+static inline int nfs_init_keyring(struct nfs_net *nn)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void nfs_exit_keyring(struct nfs_net *nn)
+{
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_KEYS */
+
static int nfs_net_init(struct net *net)
{
struct nfs_net *nn = net_generic(net, nfs_net_id);
int err;
+ err = nfs_init_keyring(nn);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
nfs_clients_init(net);
if (!rpc_proc_register(net, &nn->rpcstats)) {
@@ -2663,14 +2702,18 @@ static int nfs_net_init(struct net *net)
rpc_proc_unregister(net, "nfs");
err_proc_rpc:
nfs_clients_exit(net);
+ nfs_exit_keyring(nn);
return err;
}
static void nfs_net_exit(struct net *net)
{
+ struct nfs_net *nn = net_generic(net, nfs_net_id);
+
rpc_proc_unregister(net, "nfs");
nfs_fs_proc_net_exit(net);
nfs_clients_exit(net);
+ nfs_exit_keyring(nn);
}
static struct pernet_operations nfs_net_ops = {
@@ -2680,35 +2723,6 @@ static struct pernet_operations nfs_net_ops = {
.size = sizeof(struct nfs_net),
};
-#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
-static struct key *nfs_keyring;
-
-static int __init nfs_init_keyring(void)
-{
- nfs_keyring = keyring_alloc(".nfs",
- GLOBAL_ROOT_UID, GLOBAL_ROOT_GID,
- current_cred(),
- (KEY_POS_ALL & ~KEY_POS_SETATTR) |
- (KEY_USR_ALL & ~KEY_USR_SETATTR),
- KEY_ALLOC_NOT_IN_QUOTA, NULL, NULL);
- return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(nfs_keyring);
-}
-
-static void nfs_exit_keyring(void)
-{
- key_put(nfs_keyring);
-}
-#else
-static inline int nfs_init_keyring(void)
-{
- return 0;
-}
-
-static inline void nfs_exit_keyring(void)
-{
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_KEYS */
-
/*
* Initialize NFS
*/
@@ -2716,13 +2730,9 @@ static int __init init_nfs_fs(void)
{
int err;
- err = nfs_init_keyring();
- if (err)
- return err;
-
err = nfs_sysfs_init();
if (err < 0)
- goto err_keyring;
+ return err;
err = register_pernet_subsys(&nfs_net_ops);
if (err < 0)
@@ -2779,8 +2789,6 @@ static int __init init_nfs_fs(void)
unregister_pernet_subsys(&nfs_net_ops);
err_sysfs:
nfs_sysfs_exit();
-err_keyring:
- nfs_exit_keyring();
return err;
}
@@ -2796,7 +2804,6 @@ static void __exit exit_nfs_fs(void)
nfs_fs_proc_exit();
nfsiod_stop();
nfs_sysfs_exit();
- nfs_exit_keyring();
}
/* Not quite true; I just maintain it */
diff --git a/fs/nfs/netns.h b/fs/nfs/netns.h
index 36658579100d..da0854510404 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/netns.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/netns.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ struct bl_dev_msg {
uint32_t major, minor;
};
+struct key;
struct nfs_netns_client;
struct nfs_net {
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ struct nfs_net {
#endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V4 */
struct nfs_netns_client *nfs_client;
spinlock_t nfs_client_lock;
+ struct key *nfs_keyring;
ktime_t boot_time;
struct rpc_stat rpcstats;
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-18 14:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-18 14:05 [PATCH RFC 0/5] NFS: isolate mTLS client credentials by network namespace Chuck Lever
2026-09-18 14:05 ` [PATCH RFC 1/5] NFS: name the init_nfs_fs() error labels Chuck Lever
2026-09-18 14:05 ` Chuck Lever [this message]
2026-09-18 14:44 ` [PATCH RFC 2/5] NFS: allocate the .nfs keyring per network namespace Hannes Reinecke
2026-09-18 15:15 ` Chuck Lever
2026-09-19 16:22 ` Chuck Lever
2026-09-18 14:05 ` [PATCH RFC 3/5] SUNRPC: pass a keyring serial to the TLS handshake Chuck Lever
2026-09-18 14:05 ` [PATCH RFC 4/5] NFS: name the namespace .nfs keyring in the x509 handshake Chuck Lever
2026-09-18 14:05 ` [PATCH RFC 5/5] NFS: add a key type that reveals the namespace .nfs keyring serial Chuck Lever
2026-09-18 18:00 ` Randy Dunlap
2026-09-19 15:59 ` Chuck Lever
2026-09-18 17:21 ` [PATCH RFC 0/5] NFS: isolate mTLS client credentials by network namespace Benjamin Coddington
2026-09-19 15:46 ` Chuck Lever
2026-09-21 8:45 ` Hannes Reinecke
2026-09-21 11:17 ` Benjamin Coddington
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