From: "J. Bruce Fields" Subject: Re: [PATCH] NFS: Change default behavior when "sec=" is not specified by user Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 11:05:46 -0400 Message-ID: <20090901150545.GA22846@fieldses.org> References: <20090901143012.3978.11441.stgit@matisse.1015granger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org To: Chuck Lever Return-path: Received: from fieldses.org ([174.143.236.118]:38677 "EHLO fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752013AbZIAPFr (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Sep 2009 11:05:47 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090901143012.3978.11441.stgit-RytpoXr2tKZ9HhUboXbp9zCvJB+x5qRC@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 10:31:38AM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote: > Currently the kernel's MNT client always uses AUTH_UNIX if no "sec=" > mount option was specified. In the interest of conforming more > closely to RFC 2623, teach the MNT client to use the first flavor on > the server's returned authflavor list instead of AUTH_UNIX, if "sec=" > was not specified. > > When the user does not specify "sec=" : > > o For NFSv2 and NFSv4: the default is always AUTH_UNIX (unchanged). > > o For NFSv3: if the server does not return an auth flavor list, use > AUTH_UNIX by default; if the server does return a list, use the > first entry on the list by default. Sounds good, but also: 1. Even when sec= is provided, we should probably still check the passed-in security against the server-returned list. (Otherwise AUTH_NULL mounts will almost *always* succeed, even when no subsequent file operation would, thanks to the allow-AUTH_NULL-on-mount behavior recommended by rfc 2523). http://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=125088837303339&w=2 2. In the absence of sec=, we should probably *not* choose AUTH_NULL. (All mountd's before 1.1.3 list AUTH_NULL first on the returned list, so users with older servers may wonder why a client upgrade is making files they create suddenly be owned by nobody.) http://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=125089022306281&w=2 3. As a special exception, we should probably allow an explicit "sec=null" to override #1 above, since ommission of AUTH_NULL from post-1.1.3 mountd returns will make it otherwise impossible to mount with AUTH_NULL. http://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=125113569524411&w=2 Oops, my bad: I see now from the code that you did actually do #1, you just didn't mention it above. OK! I don't see #2 or #3, though maybe they're already handled somewhere.... --b. > > See http://marc.info/?t=125075305400001&r=1&w=2 . > > Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever > --- > > Trond, Bruce- > > Based on last week's e-mail discussion, maybe this should also be > included in 2.6.32? > > fs/nfs/super.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ > include/linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h | 2 ++ > 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c > index bde444b..5165847 100644 > --- a/fs/nfs/super.c > +++ b/fs/nfs/super.c > @@ -1380,19 +1380,25 @@ static int nfs_walk_authlist(struct nfs_parsed_mount_data *args, > * succeed), revert to pre-2.6.32 behavior (no checking) > * if the returned flavor list is empty. > */ > - if (server_authlist_len == 0) > + if (server_authlist_len == 0) { > + if (args->auth_flavors[0] == RPC_AUTH_UNSPEC) > + args->auth_flavors[0] = RPC_AUTH_UNIX; > return 0; > + } > > /* > - * We avoid sophisticated negotiating here, as there are > - * plenty of cases where we can get it wrong, providing > - * either too little or too much security. > - * > * RFC 2623, section 2.7 suggests we SHOULD prefer the > - * flavor listed first. However, some servers list > - * AUTH_NULL first. Our caller plants AUTH_SYS, the > - * preferred default, in args->auth_flavors[0] if user > - * didn't specify sec= mount option. > + * first flavor on the list if the user did not request > + * a specific flavor. > + */ > + if (args->auth_flavors[0] == RPC_AUTH_UNSPEC) { > + args->auth_flavors[0] = request->auth_flavs[0]; > + return 0; > + } > + > + /* > + * Otherwise, check if the user-specified flavor is on the > + * server's list, and fail the mount if it is not found. > */ > for (i = 0; i < args->auth_flavor_len; i++) > for (j = 0; j < server_authlist_len; j++) > @@ -1467,8 +1473,12 @@ static int nfs_try_mount(struct nfs_parsed_mount_data *args, > /* > * MNTv1 (NFSv2) does not support auth flavor negotiation. > */ > - if (args->mount_server.version != NFS_MNT3_VERSION) > + if (args->mount_server.version != NFS_MNT3_VERSION) { > + if (args->auth_flavors[0] == RPC_AUTH_UNSPEC) > + args->auth_flavors[0] = RPC_AUTH_UNIX; > return 0; > + } > + > return nfs_walk_authlist(args, &request); > } > > @@ -1644,7 +1654,7 @@ static int nfs_validate_mount_data(void *options, > args->mount_server.port = NFS_UNSPEC_PORT; > args->nfs_server.port = NFS_UNSPEC_PORT; > args->nfs_server.protocol = XPRT_TRANSPORT_TCP; > - args->auth_flavors[0] = RPC_AUTH_UNIX; > + args->auth_flavors[0] = RPC_AUTH_UNSPEC; > args->auth_flavor_len = 1; > args->minorversion = 0; > > @@ -1703,6 +1713,7 @@ static int nfs_validate_mount_data(void *options, > args->namlen = data->namlen; > args->bsize = data->bsize; > > + args->auth_flavors[0] = RPC_AUTH_UNIX; > if (data->flags & NFS_MOUNT_SECFLAVOUR) > args->auth_flavors[0] = data->pseudoflavor; > if (!args->nfs_server.hostname) > @@ -2323,6 +2334,8 @@ static int nfs4_validate_text_mount_data(void *options, > "NFS4: Too many RPC auth flavours specified\n"); > return -EINVAL; > } > + if (args->auth_flavors[0] == RPC_AUTH_UNSPEC) > + args->auth_flavors[0] = RPC_AUTH_UNIX; > > if (args->client_address == NULL) { > dfprintk(MOUNT, > @@ -2358,7 +2371,7 @@ static int nfs4_validate_mount_data(void *options, > args->acdirmin = NFS_DEF_ACDIRMIN; > args->acdirmax = NFS_DEF_ACDIRMAX; > args->nfs_server.port = NFS_UNSPEC_PORT; > - args->auth_flavors[0] = RPC_AUTH_UNIX; > + args->auth_flavors[0] = RPC_AUTH_UNSPEC; > args->auth_flavor_len = 1; > args->minorversion = 0; > > @@ -2374,6 +2387,7 @@ static int nfs4_validate_mount_data(void *options, > if (!nfs_verify_server_address(sap)) > goto out_no_address; > > + args->auth_flavors[0] = RPC_AUTH_UNIX; > if (data->auth_flavourlen) { > if (data->auth_flavourlen > 1) > goto out_inval_auth; > diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h > index 77e6248..7d6d3ed 100644 > --- a/include/linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h > +++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h > @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ enum rpc_auth_flavors { > RPC_AUTH_GSS_SPKM = 390009, > RPC_AUTH_GSS_SPKMI = 390010, > RPC_AUTH_GSS_SPKMP = 390011, > + /* flavor was unspecified: */ > + RPC_AUTH_UNSPEC = 0xffffffff, > }; > > /* Maximum size (in bytes) of an rpc credential or verifier */ >