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From: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
To: Linux NFS Mailing list <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Fix access checks when mounting subdirectories in NFSv3
Date: Thu,  5 Mar 2026 10:59:48 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260305155948.11261-5-steved@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260305155948.11261-1-steved@redhat.com>

From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>

If a NFSv3 client asks to mount a subdirectory of one of the exported
directories, then apply the RPC credential together with any root
or all squash rules that would apply to the client in question.

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>
Signed-off-by: Scott Mayhew <smayhew@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
---
 nfs.conf                    |  1 +
 support/include/nfsd_path.h |  9 ++++++++-
 support/misc/nfsd_path.c    | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 utils/mountd/mountd.c       | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 utils/mountd/mountd.man     | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nfs.conf b/nfs.conf
index 3cca68c3..ddf0c143 100644
--- a/nfs.conf
+++ b/nfs.conf
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 # ttl=1800
 [mountd]
 # debug="all|auth|call|general|parse"
+# apply-root-cred=n
 # manage-gids=n
 # descriptors=0
 # port=0
diff --git a/support/include/nfsd_path.h b/support/include/nfsd_path.h
index 3e5a2f5d..06c0f2f4 100644
--- a/support/include/nfsd_path.h
+++ b/support/include/nfsd_path.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 struct file_handle;
 struct statfs;
 struct nfsd_task_t;
+struct nfs_ucred;
 
 void 		nfsd_path_init(void);
 
@@ -18,7 +19,8 @@ char *		nfsd_path_prepend_dir(const char *dir, const char *pathname);
 
 int 		nfsd_path_stat(const char *pathname, struct stat *statbuf);
 int 		nfsd_path_lstat(const char *pathname, struct stat *statbuf);
-int		nfsd_openat(int dirfd, const char *path, int flags);
+int		nfsd_cred_openat(const struct nfs_ucred *cred, int dirfd,
+				 const char *path, int flags);
 
 int		nfsd_path_statfs(const char *pathname,
 				   struct statfs *statbuf);
@@ -31,4 +33,9 @@ ssize_t		nfsd_path_write(int fd, void* buf, size_t len);
 int		nfsd_name_to_handle_at(int fd, const char *path,
 				       struct file_handle *fh,
 				       int *mount_id, int flags);
+
+static inline int nfsd_openat(int dirfd, const char *path, int flags)
+{
+	return nfsd_cred_openat(NULL, dirfd, path, flags);
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/support/misc/nfsd_path.c b/support/misc/nfsd_path.c
index dfe88e4f..6466666d 100644
--- a/support/misc/nfsd_path.c
+++ b/support/misc/nfsd_path.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "xstat.h"
 #include "nfslib.h"
 #include "nfsd_path.h"
+#include "nfs_ucred.h"
 #include "workqueue.h"
 
 static struct xthread_workqueue *nfsd_wq = NULL;
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ nfsd_realpath(const char *path, char *resolved_buf)
 }
 
 struct nfsd_openat_t {
+	const struct nfs_ucred *cred;
 	const char *path;
 	int dirfd;
 	int flags;
@@ -220,15 +222,41 @@ static void nfsd_openatfunc(void *data)
 		d->res_error = errno;
 }
 
-int nfsd_openat(int dirfd, const char *path, int flags)
+static void nfsd_cred_openatfunc(void *data)
+{
+	struct nfsd_openat_t *d = data;
+	struct nfs_ucred *saved = NULL;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = nfs_ucred_swap_effective(d->cred, &saved);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		d->res_fd = -1;
+		d->res_error = ret;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	nfsd_openatfunc(data);
+
+	if (saved != NULL) {
+		nfs_ucred_swap_effective(saved, NULL);
+		nfs_ucred_free(saved);
+	}
+}
+
+int nfsd_cred_openat(const struct nfs_ucred *cred, int dirfd, const char *path,
+		     int flags)
 {
 	struct nfsd_openat_t open_buf = {
+		.cred = cred,
 		.path = path,
 		.dirfd = dirfd,
 		.flags = flags,
 	};
 
-	nfsd_run_task(nfsd_openatfunc, &open_buf);
+	if (cred)
+		nfsd_run_task(nfsd_cred_openatfunc, &open_buf);
+	else
+		nfsd_run_task(nfsd_openatfunc, &open_buf);
 	if (open_buf.res_fd == -1)
 		errno = open_buf.res_error;
 	return open_buf.res_fd;
diff --git a/utils/mountd/mountd.c b/utils/mountd/mountd.c
index f43ebef5..6e6777cd 100644
--- a/utils/mountd/mountd.c
+++ b/utils/mountd/mountd.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "nfsd_path.h"
 #include "nfslib.h"
 #include "export.h"
+#include "nfs_ucred.h"
 
 extern void my_svc_run(void);
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ static struct nfs_fh_len *get_rootfh(struct svc_req *, dirpath *, nfs_export **,
 
 int reverse_resolve = 0;
 int manage_gids;
+int apply_root_cred;
 int use_ipaddr = -1;
 
 /* PRC: a high-availability callout program can be specified with -H
@@ -74,9 +76,10 @@ static struct option longopts[] =
 	{ "log-auth", 0, 0, 'l'},
 	{ "cache-use-ipaddr", 0, 0, 'i'},
 	{ "ttl", 1, 0, 'T'},
+	{ "apply-root-cred", 0, 0, 'c' },
 	{ NULL, 0, 0, 0 }
 };
-static char shortopts[] = "o:nFd:p:P:hH:N:V:vurs:t:gliT:";
+static char shortopts[] = "o:nFd:p:P:hH:N:V:vurs:t:gliT:c";
 
 #define NFSVERSBIT(vers)	(0x1 << (vers - 1))
 #define NFSVERSBIT_ALL		(NFSVERSBIT(2) | NFSVERSBIT(3) | NFSVERSBIT(4))
@@ -453,11 +456,27 @@ get_rootfh(struct svc_req *rqstp, dirpath *path, nfs_export **expret,
 	while (*subpath == '/')
 		subpath++;
 	if (*subpath != '\0') {
+		struct nfs_ucred *cred = NULL;
 		int fd;
 
+		/* Load the user cred */
+		if (!apply_root_cred) {
+			nfs_ucred_get(&cred, rqstp, &exp->m_export);
+			if (cred == NULL) {
+				xlog(L_WARNING, "can't retrieve credential");
+				*error = MNT3ERR_ACCES;
+				close(dirfd);
+				return NULL;
+			}
+			if (manage_gids)
+				nfs_ucred_reload_groups(cred, &exp->m_export);
+		}
+
 		/* Just perform a lookup of the path */
-		fd = nfsd_openat(dirfd, subpath, O_PATH);
+		fd = nfsd_cred_openat(cred, dirfd, subpath, O_PATH);
 		close(dirfd);
+		if (cred)
+			nfs_ucred_free(cred);
 		if (fd == -1) {
 			xlog(L_WARNING, "can't open exported dir %s: %s", p,
 			     strerror(errno));
@@ -681,6 +700,8 @@ read_mountd_conf(char **argv)
 	ttl = conf_get_num("mountd", "ttl", default_ttl);
 	if (ttl > 0)
 		default_ttl = ttl;
+	apply_root_cred = conf_get_bool("mountd", "apply-root-cred",
+					apply_root_cred);
 }
 
 int
@@ -794,6 +815,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			}
 			default_ttl = ttl;
 			break;
+		case 'c':
+			apply_root_cred = 1;
+			break;
 		case 0:
 			break;
 		case '?':
diff --git a/utils/mountd/mountd.man b/utils/mountd/mountd.man
index a206a3e2..f4f1fc23 100644
--- a/utils/mountd/mountd.man
+++ b/utils/mountd/mountd.man
@@ -242,6 +242,32 @@ can support both NFS version 2 and the newer version 3.
 Print the version of
 .B rpc.mountd
 and exit.
+.TP
+.B \-c " or " \-\-apply-root-cred
+When mountd is asked to allow a NFSv3 mount to a subdirectory of the
+exported directory, then it will check if the user asking to mount has
+lookup rights to the directories below that exported directory. When
+performing the check, mountd will apply any root squash or all squash
+rules that were specified for that client.
+
+Performing lookup checks as the user requires that the mountd daemon
+be run as root or that it be given CAP_SETUID and CAP_SETGID privileges
+so that it can change its own effective user and effective group settings.
+When troubleshooting, please also note that LSM frameworks such as SELinux
+can sometimes prevent the daemon from changing the effective user/groups
+despite the capability settings.
+
+In earlier versions of mountd, the same checks were performed using the
+mountd daemon's root privileges, meaning that it could authorise access
+to directories that are not normally accessible to the user requesting
+to mount them. This option enables that legacy behaviour.
+
+.BR Note:
+If there is a need to provide access to specific subdirectories that
+are not normally accessible to a client, it is always possible to add
+export entries that explicitly grant such access. That ability does
+not depend on this option being enabled.
+
 .TP
 .B \-g " or " \-\-manage-gids
 Accept requests from the kernel to map user id numbers into  lists of
-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-05 15:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-05 15:59 [PATCH 0/4] rpc.mountd CVE-2025-12801 announcement Steve Dickson
2026-03-05 15:59 ` [PATCH 1/4] mountd: Minor refactor of get_rootfh() Steve Dickson
2026-03-05 15:59 ` [PATCH 2/4] mountd: Separate lookup of the exported directory and the mount path Steve Dickson
2026-03-05 15:59 ` [PATCH 3/4] support: Add a mini-library to extract and apply RPC credentials Steve Dickson
2026-03-05 15:59 ` Steve Dickson [this message]
2026-03-07 18:07 ` [PATCH 0/4] rpc.mountd CVE-2025-12801 announcement Steve Dickson

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