[PATCH v17 08/22] richacl: Compute maximum file masks from an acl

Andreas Gruenbacher
2016-01-11T15:22:58Z

Compute upper bound owner, group, and other file masks with as few
permissions as possible without denying any permissions that the NFSv4
acl in a richacl grants.

This algorithm is used when a file inherits an acl at create time and
when an acl is set via a mechanism that does not provide file masks
(such as setting an acl via nfsd). When user-space sets an acl via
setxattr, the extended attribute already includes the file masks.

Setting an acl also sets the file mode permission bits: they are
determined by the file masks; see richacl_masks_to_mode().

Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
---
fs/richacl_base.c | 157 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/richacl.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 158 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/richacl_base.c b/fs/richacl_base.c
index a393001..69b806c 100644
--- a/fs/richacl_base.c
+++ b/fs/richacl_base.c
@@ -183,3 +183,160 @@ richacl_want_to_mask(unsigned int want)
return mask;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(richacl_want_to_mask);
+
+/*
+ * Note: functions like richacl_allowed_to_who(), richacl_group_class_allowed(),
+ * and richacl_compute_max_masks() iterate through the entire acl in reverse
+ * order as an optimization.
+ *
+ * In the standard algorithm, aces are considered in forward order. When a
+ * process matches an ace, the permissions in the ace are either allowed or
+ * denied depending on the ace type. Once a permission has been allowed or
+ * denied, it is no longer considered in further aces.
+ *
+ * By iterating through the acl in reverse order, we can compute the same
+ * result without having to keep track of which permissions have been allowed
+ * and denied already.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * richacl_allowed_to_who - permissions allowed to a specific who value
+ *
+ * Compute the maximum mask values allowed to a specific who value, taking
+ * everyone@ aces into account.
+ */
+static unsigned int richacl_allowed_to_who(struct richacl *acl,
+ struct richace *who)
+{
+ struct richace *ace;
+ unsigned int allowed = 0;
+
+ richacl_for_each_entry_reverse(ace, acl) {
+ if (richace_is_inherit_only(ace))
+ continue;
+ if (richace_is_same_identifier(ace, who) ||
+ richace_is_everyone(ace)) {
+ if (richace_is_allow(ace))
+ allowed |= ace->e_mask;
+ else if (richace_is_deny(ace))
+ allowed &= ~ace->e_mask;
+ }
+ }
+ return allowed;
+}
+
+/**
+ * richacl_group_class_allowed - maximum permissions of the group class
+ *
+ * Compute the maximum mask values allowed to a process in the group class
+ * (i.e., a process which is not the owner but is in the owning group or
+ * matches a user or group acl entry). This includes permissions granted or
+ * denied by everyone@ aces.
+ *
+ * See richacl_compute_max_masks().
+ */
+static unsigned int richacl_group_class_allowed(struct richacl *acl)
+{
+ struct richace *ace;
+ unsigned int everyone_allowed = 0, group_class_allowed = 0;
+ int had_group_ace = 0;
+
+ richacl_for_each_entry_reverse(ace, acl) {
+ if (richace_is_inherit_only(ace) ||
+ richace_is_owner(ace))
+ continue;
+
+ if (richace_is_everyone(ace)) {
+ if (richace_is_allow(ace))
+ everyone_allowed |= ace->e_mask;
+ else if (richace_is_deny(ace))
+ everyone_allowed &= ~ace->e_mask;
+ } else {
+ group_class_allowed |=
+ richacl_allowed_to_who(acl, ace);
+
+ if (richace_is_group(ace))
+ had_group_ace = 1;
+ }
+ }
+ /*
+ * If the acl doesn't contain any group@ aces, richacl_allowed_to_who()
+ * wasn't called for the owning group. We could make that call now, but
+ * we already know the result (everyone_allowed).
+ */
+ if (!had_group_ace)
+ group_class_allowed |= everyone_allowed;
+ return group_class_allowed;
+}
+
+/**
+ * richacl_compute_max_masks - compute upper bound masks
+ *
+ * Computes upper bound owner, group, and other masks so that none of the
+ * permissions allowed by the acl are disabled.
+ *
+ * We don't make assumptions about who the owner is so that the owner can
+ * change with no effect on the file masks or file mode permission bits; this
+ * means that we must assume that all entries can match the owner.
+ */
+void richacl_compute_max_masks(struct richacl *acl)
+{
+ unsigned int gmask = ~0;
+ struct richace *ace;
+
+ /*
+ * @gmask contains all permissions which the group class is ever
+ * allowed. We use it to avoid adding permissions to the group mask
+ * from everyone@ allow aces which the group class is always denied
+ * through other aces. For example, the following acl would otherwise
+ * result in a group mask of rw:
+ *
+ * group@:w::deny
+ * everyone@:rw::allow
+ *
+ * Avoid computing @gmask for acls which do not include any group class
+ * deny aces: in such acls, the group class is never denied any
+ * permissions from everyone@ allow aces, and the group class cannot
+ * have fewer permissions than the other class.
+ */
+
+restart:
+ acl->a_owner_mask = 0;
+ acl->a_group_mask = 0;
+ acl->a_other_mask = 0;
+
+ richacl_for_each_entry_reverse(ace, acl) {
+ if (richace_is_inherit_only(ace))
+ continue;
+
+ if (richace_is_owner(ace)) {
+ if (richace_is_allow(ace))
+ acl->a_owner_mask |= ace->e_mask;
+ else if (richace_is_deny(ace))
+ acl->a_owner_mask &= ~ace->e_mask;
+ } else if (richace_is_everyone(ace)) {
+ if (richace_is_allow(ace)) {
+ acl->a_owner_mask |= ace->e_mask;
+ acl->a_group_mask |= ace->e_mask & gmask;
+ acl->a_other_mask |= ace->e_mask;
+ } else if (richace_is_deny(ace)) {
+ acl->a_owner_mask &= ~ace->e_mask;
+ acl->a_group_mask &= ~ace->e_mask;
+ acl->a_other_mask &= ~ace->e_mask;
+ }
+ } else {
+ if (richace_is_allow(ace)) {
+ acl->a_owner_mask |= ace->e_mask & gmask;
+ acl->a_group_mask |= ace->e_mask & gmask;
+ } else if (richace_is_deny(ace) && gmask == ~0) {
+ gmask = richacl_group_class_allowed(acl);
+ if (likely(gmask != ~0))
+ /* should always be true */
+ goto restart;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ acl->a_flags &= ~(RICHACL_WRITE_THROUGH | RICHACL_MASKED);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(richacl_compute_max_masks);
diff --git a/include/linux/richacl.h b/include/linux/richacl.h
index 9102ef0..3559b2c 100644
--- a/include/linux/richacl.h
+++ b/include/linux/richacl.h
@@ -178,5 +178,6 @@ extern void richace_copy(struct richace *, const struct richace *);
extern int richacl_masks_to_mode(const struct richacl *);
extern unsigned int richacl_mode_to_mask(umode_t);
extern unsigned int richacl_want_to_mask(unsigned int);
+extern void richacl_compute_max_masks(struct richacl *);

#endif /* __RICHACL_H */