ovl: fail if trusted xattrs are needed but caller lacks permission

Some overlayfs features require permission to read/write trusted.*
xattrs. These include redirect_dir, verity, metacopy, and data-only
layers. This patch adds additional validations at mount time to stop
overlays from mounting in certain cases where the resulting mount would
not function according to the user's expectations because they lack
permission to access trusted.* xattrs (for example, not global root.)

Similar checks in ovl_make_workdir() that disable features instead of
failing are still relevant and used in cases where the resulting mount
can still work "reasonably well." Generally, if the feature was enabled
through kernel config or module option, any mount that worked before
will still work the same; this applies to redirect_dir and metacopy. The
user must explicitly request these features in order to generate a mount
failure. Verity and data-only layers on the other hand must be explictly
requested and have no "reasonable" disabled or degraded alternative, so
mounts attempting either always fail.

"lower data-only dirs require metacopy support" moved down in case
userxattr is set, which disables metacopy.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.6+
Signed-off-by: Mike Baynton <mike@mbaynton.com>
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/params.c b/fs/overlayfs/params.c
index d0568c091341..e42546c6c5df 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/params.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/params.c
@@ -755,11 +755,6 @@ int ovl_fs_params_verify(const struct ovl_fs_context *ctx,
 {
 	struct ovl_opt_set set = ctx->set;
 
-	if (ctx->nr_data > 0 && !config->metacopy) {
-		pr_err("lower data-only dirs require metacopy support.\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	/* Workdir/index are useless in non-upper mount */
 	if (!config->upperdir) {
 		if (config->workdir) {
@@ -911,6 +906,39 @@ int ovl_fs_params_verify(const struct ovl_fs_context *ctx,
 		config->metacopy = false;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Fail if we don't have trusted xattr capability and a feature was
+	 * explicitly requested that requires them.
+	 */
+	if (!config->userxattr && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
+		if (set.redirect &&
+		    config->redirect_mode != OVL_REDIRECT_NOFOLLOW) {
+			pr_err("redirect_dir requires permission to access trusted xattrs\n");
+			return -EPERM;
+		}
+		if (config->metacopy && set.metacopy) {
+			pr_err("metacopy requires permission to access trusted xattrs\n");
+			return -EPERM;
+		}
+		if (config->verity_mode) {
+			pr_err("verity requires permission to access trusted xattrs\n");
+			return -EPERM;
+		}
+		if (ctx->nr_data > 0) {
+			pr_err("lower data-only dirs require permission to access trusted xattrs\n");
+			return -EPERM;
+		}
+		/*
+		 * Other xattr-dependent features should be disabled without
+		 * great disturbance to the user in ovl_make_workdir().
+		 */
+	}
+
+	if (ctx->nr_data > 0 && !config->metacopy) {
+		pr_err("lower data-only dirs require metacopy support.\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }