From: Niklas Cassel <[email protected]>
Allow the following blk-zoned ioctls: BLKREPORTZONE, BLKRESETZONE,
BLKOPENZONE, BLKCLOSEZONE, and BLKFINISHZONE to be performed without
CAP_SYS_ADMIN.
Neither read() nor write() requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN, and considering
the close relationship between read()/write() and these ioctls, there
is no reason to require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for these ioctls either.
Changes since v4:
-Picked up additional Reviewed-by tags.
-Corrected Damien's email in patch 2/2.
Changes since v3:
-Picked up additional Reviewed-by tags.
Changes since v2:
-Dropped the FMODE_READ check from patch 2/2.
Changes since v1:
-Picked up tags from Damien.
-Added fixes tags.
Niklas Cassel (2):
blk-zoned: allow zone management send operations without CAP_SYS_ADMIN
blk-zoned: allow BLKREPORTZONE without CAP_SYS_ADMIN
block/blk-zoned.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
--
2.31.1
From: Niklas Cassel <[email protected]>
Zone management send operations (BLKRESETZONE, BLKOPENZONE, BLKCLOSEZONE
and BLKFINISHZONE) should be allowed under the same permissions as write().
(write() does not require CAP_SYS_ADMIN).
Additionally, other ioctls like BLKSECDISCARD and BLKZEROOUT only check if
the fd was successfully opened with FMODE_WRITE.
(They do not require CAP_SYS_ADMIN).
Currently, zone management send operations require both CAP_SYS_ADMIN
and that the fd was successfully opened with FMODE_WRITE.
Remove the CAP_SYS_ADMIN requirement, so that zone management send
operations match the access control requirement of write(), BLKSECDISCARD
and BLKZEROOUT.
Fixes: 3ed05a987e0f ("blk-zoned: implement ioctls")
Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Aravind Ramesh <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Adam Manzanares <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Himanshu Madhani <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] # v4.10+
---
Changes since v4:
-Picked up additional Reviewed-by tag.
Note to backporter:
Function was added as blkdev_reset_zones_ioctl() in v4.10.
Function was renamed to blkdev_zone_mgmt_ioctl() in v5.5.
The patch is valid both before and after the function rename.
block/blk-zoned.c | 3 ---
1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/block/blk-zoned.c b/block/blk-zoned.c
index 86fce751bb17..8a60dbeb44be 100644
--- a/block/blk-zoned.c
+++ b/block/blk-zoned.c
@@ -421,9 +421,6 @@ int blkdev_zone_mgmt_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
if (!blk_queue_is_zoned(q))
return -ENOTTY;
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
- return -EACCES;
-
if (!(mode & FMODE_WRITE))
return -EBADF;
--
2.31.1
From: Niklas Cassel <[email protected]>
A user space process should not need the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability set
in order to perform a BLKREPORTZONE ioctl.
Getting the zone report is required in order to get the write pointer.
Neither read() nor write() requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN, so it is reasonable
that a user space process that can read/write from/to the device, also
can get the write pointer. (Since e.g. writes have to be at the write
pointer.)
Fixes: 3ed05a987e0f ("blk-zoned: implement ioctls")
Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Aravind Ramesh <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Adam Manzanares <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Himanshu Madhani <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] # v4.10+
---
Changes since v4:
-Picked up additional Reviewed-by tag.
-Corrected Damien's email.
block/blk-zoned.c | 3 ---
1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/block/blk-zoned.c b/block/blk-zoned.c
index 8a60dbeb44be..1d0c76c18fc5 100644
--- a/block/blk-zoned.c
+++ b/block/blk-zoned.c
@@ -360,9 +360,6 @@ int blkdev_report_zones_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
if (!blk_queue_is_zoned(q))
return -ENOTTY;
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
- return -EACCES;
-
if (copy_from_user(&rep, argp, sizeof(struct blk_zone_report)))
return -EFAULT;
--
2.31.1
On 8/11/21 5:05 AM, Niklas Cassel wrote:
> From: Niklas Cassel <[email protected]>
>
> Allow the following blk-zoned ioctls: BLKREPORTZONE, BLKRESETZONE,
> BLKOPENZONE, BLKCLOSEZONE, and BLKFINISHZONE to be performed without
> CAP_SYS_ADMIN.
>
> Neither read() nor write() requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN, and considering
> the close relationship between read()/write() and these ioctls, there
> is no reason to require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for these ioctls either.
Applied, thanks.
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Jens Axboe