NFSD: Don't clear SUID/SGID after root writing data
authorKinglong Mee <kinglongmee@gmail.com>
Fri, 18 Apr 2014 16:17:31 +0000 (00:17 +0800)
committerJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
Wed, 21 May 2014 16:17:16 +0000 (12:17 -0400)
commit368fe39b508486483eb2cbb03a21ebd1b2a204bf
treeeab47341d723328b88f3b4b691bd84ff13ab0377
parent9fa1959e976f7a6ae84f616ca669359028070c61
NFSD: Don't clear SUID/SGID after root writing data

We're clearing the SUID/SGID bits on write by hand in nfsd_vfs_write,
even though the subsequent vfs_writev() call will end up doing this for
us (through file system write methods eventually calling
file_remove_suid(), e.g., from __generic_file_aio_write).

So, remove the redundant nfsd code.

The only change in behavior is when the write is by root, in which case
we previously cleared SUID/SGID, but will now leave it alone.  The new
behavior is the behavior of every filesystem we've checked.

It seems better to be consistent with local filesystem behavior.  And
the security advantage seems limited as root could always restore these
bits by hand if it wanted.

SUID/SGID is not cleared after writing data with (root, local ext4),
   File: ‘test’
   Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 4096   regular
empty file
Device: 803h/2051d      Inode: 1200137     Links: 1
Access: (4777/-rwsrwxrwx)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Context: unconfined_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0
Access: 2014-04-18 21:36:31.016029014 +0800
Modify: 2014-04-18 21:36:31.016029014 +0800
Change: 2014-04-18 21:36:31.026030285 +0800
  Birth: -
   File: ‘test’
   Size: 5               Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 803h/2051d      Inode: 1200137     Links: 1
Access: (4777/-rwsrwxrwx)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Context: unconfined_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0
Access: 2014-04-18 21:36:31.016029014 +0800
Modify: 2014-04-18 21:36:31.040032065 +0800
Change: 2014-04-18 21:36:31.040032065 +0800
  Birth: -

With no_root_squash, (root, remote ext4), SUID/SGID are cleared,
   File: ‘test’
   Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 262144 regular
empty file
Device: 24h/36d Inode: 786439      Links: 1
Access: (4777/-rwsrwxrwx)  Uid: ( 1000/    test)   Gid: ( 1000/    test)
Context: system_u:object_r:nfs_t:s0
Access: 2014-04-18 21:45:32.155805097 +0800
Modify: 2014-04-18 21:45:32.155805097 +0800
Change: 2014-04-18 21:45:32.168806749 +0800
  Birth: -
   File: ‘test’
   Size: 5               Blocks: 8          IO Block: 262144 regular file
Device: 24h/36d Inode: 786439      Links: 1
Access: (0777/-rwxrwxrwx)  Uid: ( 1000/    test)   Gid: ( 1000/    test)
Context: system_u:object_r:nfs_t:s0
Access: 2014-04-18 21:45:32.155805097 +0800
Modify: 2014-04-18 21:45:32.184808783 +0800
Change: 2014-04-18 21:45:32.184808783 +0800
  Birth: -

Signed-off-by: Kinglong Mee <kinglongmee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
fs/nfsd/vfs.c