Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] landlock: Handle weird files

Mickaël Salaün
2025-01-11T15:39:06Z

On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 05:37:26PM +0100, Günther Noack wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 04:39:13PM +0100, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> > A corrupted filesystem (e.g. bcachefs) might return weird files.
> > Instead of throwing a warning and allowing access to such file, treat
> > them as regular files.
> >
> > Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
> > Cc: Günther Noack <gnoack@google.com>
> > Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev>
> > Cc: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
> > Reported-by: syzbot+34b68f850391452207df@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/000000000000a65b35061cffca61@google.com
> > Reported-by: syzbot+360866a59e3c80510a62@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/67379b3f.050a0220.85a0.0001.GAE@google.com
> > Reported-by: Ubisectech Sirius <bugreport@ubisectech.com>
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/c426821d-8380-46c4-a494-7008bbd7dd13.bugreport@ubisectech.com
> > Fixes: cb2c7d1a1776 ("landlock: Support filesystem access-control")
> > Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
> > ---
> > security/landlock/fs.c | 11 +++++------
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/security/landlock/fs.c b/security/landlock/fs.c
> > index e31b97a9f175..7adb25150488 100644
> > --- a/security/landlock/fs.c
> > +++ b/security/landlock/fs.c
> > @@ -937,10 +937,6 @@ static access_mask_t get_mode_access(const umode_t mode)
> > switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
> > case S_IFLNK:
> > return LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_SYM;
> > - case 0:
> > - /* A zero mode translates to S_IFREG. */
> > - case S_IFREG:
> > - return LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG;
> > case S_IFDIR:
> > return LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_DIR;
> > case S_IFCHR:
> > @@ -951,9 +947,12 @@ static access_mask_t get_mode_access(const umode_t mode)
> > return LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_FIFO;
> > case S_IFSOCK:
> > return LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_SOCK;
> > + case S_IFREG:
> > + case 0:
> > + /* A zero mode translates to S_IFREG. */
> > default:
> > - WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
> > - return 0;
> > + /* Treats weird files as regular files. */
> > + return LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG;
> > }
> > }
> >
> > --
> > 2.47.1
> >
>
> Reviewed-by: Günther Noack <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
>
> Makes sense to me, since this is enforcing a stronger check than before
> and can only happen in the case of corruption.
>
> I do not have a good intuition about what happens afterwards when the
> file system is in such a state. I imagine that this will usually give
> an error shortly afterwards, as the opening of the file continues? Is
> that right?

I guess it depends on the filesystem implementation. For instance, XFS
returns an error if a weird file is detected [1], whereas bcachefs
ignores it (which is considered a bug, but not fixed yet) [2].

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/Zpc46HEacI%2Fwd7Rg@dread.disaster.area/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/4hohnthh54adx35lnxzedop3oxpntpmtygxso4iraiexfdlt4d@6m7ssepvjyar/

>
> –Günther
>