2024-05-24 16:18:13

by David Howells

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Subject: [PATCH] afs: Don't cross .backup mountpoint from backup volume

Hi Christian,

Can you pick this up, please?

Thanks,
David
---
From: Marc Dionne <[email protected]>

afs: Don't cross .backup mountpoint from backup volume

Don't cross a mountpoint that explicitly specifies a backup volume
(target is <vol>.backup) when starting from a backup volume.

It it not uncommon to mount a volume's backup directly in the volume
itself. This can cause tools that are not paying attention to get
into a loop mounting the volume onto itself as they attempt to
traverse the tree, leading to a variety of problems.

This doesn't prevent the general case of loops in a sequence of
mountpoints, but addresses a common special case in the same way
as other afs clients.

Reported-by: Jan Henrik Sylvester <[email protected]>
Link: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-afs/2024-May/008454.html
Reported-by: Markus Suvanto <[email protected]>
Link: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-afs/2024-February/008074.html
Signed-off-by: Marc Dionne <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jeffrey Altman <[email protected]>
cc: [email protected]
---
fs/afs/mntpt.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/afs/mntpt.c b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
index 97f50e9fd9eb..297487ee8323 100644
--- a/fs/afs/mntpt.c
+++ b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ static int afs_mntpt_set_params(struct fs_context *fc, struct dentry *mntpt)
put_page(page);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
+
+ /* Don't cross a backup volume mountpoint from a backup volume */
+ if (src_as->volume && src_as->volume->type == AFSVL_BACKVOL &&
+ ctx->type == AFSVL_BACKVOL)
+ return -ENODEV;
}

return 0;



2024-05-30 17:28:18

by Jeffrey E Altman

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] afs: Don't cross .backup mountpoint from backup volume

On 5/24/2024 12:17 PM, David Howells wrote:
> Hi Christian,
>
> Can you pick this up, please?
>
> Thanks,
> David
> ---
> From: Marc Dionne<[email protected]>
>
> afs: Don't cross .backup mountpoint from backup volume
>
> Don't cross a mountpoint that explicitly specifies a backup volume
> (target is <vol>.backup) when starting from a backup volume.
>
> It it not uncommon to mount a volume's backup directly in the volume
> itself. This can cause tools that are not paying attention to get
> into a loop mounting the volume onto itself as they attempt to
> traverse the tree, leading to a variety of problems.
>
> This doesn't prevent the general case of loops in a sequence of
> mountpoints, but addresses a common special case in the same way
> as other afs clients.
>
> Reported-by: Jan Henrik Sylvester<[email protected]>
> Link:http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-afs/2024-May/008454.html
> Reported-by: Markus Suvanto<[email protected]>
> Link:http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-afs/2024-February/008074.html
> Signed-off-by: Marc Dionne<[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells<[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Jeffrey Altman<[email protected]>
> cc:[email protected]
> ---
> fs/afs/mntpt.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/afs/mntpt.c b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
> index 97f50e9fd9eb..297487ee8323 100644
> --- a/fs/afs/mntpt.c
> +++ b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
> @@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ static int afs_mntpt_set_params(struct fs_context *fc, struct dentry *mntpt)
> put_page(page);
> if (ret < 0)
> return ret;
> +
> + /* Don't cross a backup volume mountpoint from a backup volume */
> + if (src_as->volume && src_as->volume->type == AFSVL_BACKVOL &&
> + ctx->type == AFSVL_BACKVOL)
> + return -ENODEV;
> }
>
> return 0;

Please add

  cc: [email protected]

when it is applied to vfs-fixes.

Thank you.

Jeffrey Altman




2024-05-30 17:30:37

by Jeffrey E Altman

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] afs: Don't cross .backup mountpoint from backup volume

On 5/24/2024 12:17 PM, David Howells wrote:
> Hi Christian,
>
> Can you pick this up, please?
>
> Thanks,
> David
> ---
> From: Marc Dionne<[email protected]>
>
> afs: Don't cross .backup mountpoint from backup volume
>
> Don't cross a mountpoint that explicitly specifies a backup volume
> (target is <vol>.backup) when starting from a backup volume.
>
> It it not uncommon to mount a volume's backup directly in the volume
> itself. This can cause tools that are not paying attention to get
> into a loop mounting the volume onto itself as they attempt to
> traverse the tree, leading to a variety of problems.
>
> This doesn't prevent the general case of loops in a sequence of
> mountpoints, but addresses a common special case in the same way
> as other afs clients.
>
> Reported-by: Jan Henrik Sylvester<[email protected]>
> Link:http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-afs/2024-May/008454.html
> Reported-by: Markus Suvanto<[email protected]>
> Link:http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-afs/2024-February/008074.html
> Signed-off-by: Marc Dionne<[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells<[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Jeffrey Altman<[email protected]>
> cc:[email protected]
> ---
> fs/afs/mntpt.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/afs/mntpt.c b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
> index 97f50e9fd9eb..297487ee8323 100644
> --- a/fs/afs/mntpt.c
> +++ b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
> @@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ static int afs_mntpt_set_params(struct fs_context *fc, struct dentry *mntpt)
> put_page(page);
> if (ret < 0)
> return ret;
> +
> + /* Don't cross a backup volume mountpoint from a backup volume */
> + if (src_as->volume && src_as->volume->type == AFSVL_BACKVOL &&
> + ctx->type == AFSVL_BACKVOL)
> + return -ENODEV;
> }
>
> return 0;

Please add

  cc: [email protected]

when it is applied to vfs-fixes.

Thank you.

Jeffrey Altman



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