From: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
To: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
virtio-fs-list <virtio-fs@redhat.com>,
ganesh.mahalingam@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtiofs: Enable SB_NOSEC flag to improve small write performance
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 21:53:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJfpegsUsZ1DLW6rzR4PQ=M2MxCY1r87eu2rP0Nac4Li_VEm7Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200721155503.GC551452@redhat.com>
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On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 5:55 PM Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 05:44:14PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 5:17 PM Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 02:33:41PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 5:41 PM Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 10:53:07AM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I see in VFS that chown() always kills suid/sgid. While truncate() and
> > > > > write(), will suid/sgid only if caller does not have CAP_FSETID.
> > > > >
> > > > > How does this work with FUSE_HANDLE_KILLPRIV. IIUC, file server does not
> > > > > know if caller has CAP_FSETID or not. That means file server will be
> > > > > forced to kill suid/sgid on every write and truncate. And that will fail
> > > > > some of the tests.
> > > > >
> > > > > For WRITE requests now we do have the notion of setting
> > > > > FUSE_WRITE_KILL_PRIV flag to tell server explicitly to kill suid/sgid.
> > > > > Probably we could use that in cached write path as well to figure out
> > > > > whether to kill suid/sgid or not. But truncate() will still continue
> > > > > to be an issue.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, not doing the same for truncate seems to be an oversight.
> > > > Unfortunate, since we'll need another INIT flag to enable selective
> > > > clearing of suid/sgid on truncate.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Even writeback_cache could be handled by this addition, since we call
> > > > > > fuse_update_attributes() before generic_file_write_iter() :
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
> > > > > > +++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
> > > > > > @@ -985,6 +985,7 @@ static int fuse_update_get_attr(struct inode
> > > > > > *inode, struct file *file,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > if (sync) {
> > > > > > forget_all_cached_acls(inode);
> > > > > > + inode->i_flags &= ~S_NOSEC;
> > > > >
> > > > > Ok, So I was clearing S_NOSEC only if server reports that file has
> > > > > suid/sgid bit set. This change will clear S_NOSEC whenever we fetch
> > > > > attrs from host and will force getxattr() when we call file_remove_privs()
> > > > > and will increase overhead for non cache writeback mode. We probably
> > > > > could keep both. For cache writeback mode, clear it undonditionally
> > > > > otherwise not.
> > > >
> > > > We clear S_NOSEC because the attribute timeout has expired. This
> > > > means we need to refresh all metadata, including cached xattr (which
> > > > is what S_NOSEC effectively is).
> > > >
> > > > > What I don't understand is though that how this change will clear
> > > > > suid/sgid on host in cache=writeback mode. I see fuse_setattr()
> > > > > will not set ATTR_MODE and clear S_ISUID and S_ISGID if
> > > > > fc->handle_killpriv is set. So when server receives setattr request
> > > > > (if it does), then how will it know it is supposed to kill suid/sgid
> > > > > bit. (its not chown, truncate and its not write).
> > > >
> > > > Depends. If the attribute timeout is infinity, then that means the
> > > > cache is always up to date. In that case we only need to clear
> > > > suid/sgid if set in i_mode. Similarly, the security.capability will
> > > > only be cleared if it was set in the first place (which would clear
> > > > S_NOSEC).
> > > >
> > > > If the timeout is finite, then that means we need to check if the
> > > > metadata changed after a timeout. That's the purpose of the
> > > > fuse_update_attributes() call before generic_file_write_iter().
> > > >
> > > > Does that make it clear?
> > >
> > > I understood it partly but one thing is still bothering me. What
> > > happens when cache writeback is set as well as fc->handle_killpriv=1.
> > >
> > > When handle_killpriv is set, how suid/sgid will be cleared by
> > > server. Given cache=writeback, write probably got cached in
> > > guest and server probably will not not see a WRITE immideately.
> > > (I am assuming we are relying on a WRITE to clear setuid/setgid when
> > > handle_killpriv is set). And that means server will not clear
> > > setuid/setgid till inode is written back at some point of time
> > > later.
> > >
> > > IOW, cache=writeback and fc->handle_killpriv don't seem to go
> > > together (atleast given the current code).
> >
> > fuse_cache_write_iter()
> > -> fuse_update_attributes() * this will refresh i_mode
> > -> generic_file_write_iter()
> > ->__generic_file_write_iter()
> > ->file_remove_privs() * this will check i_mode
> > ->__remove_privs()
> > -> notify_change()
> > -> fuse_setattr() * this will clear suid/sgit bits
>
> And fuse_setattr() has following.
>
> if (!fc->handle_killpriv) {
> /*
> * ia_mode calculation may have used stale i_mode.
> * Refresh and recalculate.
> */
> ret = fuse_do_getattr(inode, NULL, file);
> if (ret)
> return ret;
>
> attr->ia_mode = inode->i_mode;
> if (inode->i_mode & S_ISUID) {
> attr->ia_valid |= ATTR_MODE;
> attr->ia_mode &= ~S_ISUID;
> }
> if ((inode->i_mode & (S_ISGID | S_IXGRP)) == (S_ISGID | S_IXGRP)) {
> attr->ia_valid |= ATTR_MODE;
> attr->ia_mode &= ~S_ISGID;
> }
> }
> }
> if (!attr->ia_valid)
> return 0;
>
> So if fc->handle_killpriv is set, we might not even send setattr
> request if attr->ia_valid turns out to be zero.
Ah, right you are. The writeback_cache case is indeed special.
The way that can be properly solved, I think, is to check if any
security bits need to be removed before calling into
generic_file_write_iter() and if yes, fall back to unbuffered write.
Something like the attached?
Thanks,
Miklos
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diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index 83d917f7e542..f67c6f46dae9 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -1245,16 +1245,21 @@ static ssize_t fuse_cache_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
ssize_t written = 0;
ssize_t written_buffered = 0;
struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+ struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(inode);
ssize_t err;
loff_t endbyte = 0;
- if (get_fuse_conn(inode)->writeback_cache) {
+ if (fc->writeback_cache) {
/* Update size (EOF optimization) and mode (SUID clearing) */
err = fuse_update_attributes(mapping->host, file);
if (err)
return err;
- return generic_file_write_iter(iocb, from);
+ if (!fc->handle_killpriv ||
+ !should_remove_suid(file->f_path.dentry))
+ return generic_file_write_iter(iocb, from);
+
+ /* Fall back to unbuffered write to remove SUID/SGID bits */
}
inode_lock(inode);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-21 19:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-16 14:40 [PATCH] virtiofs: Enable SB_NOSEC flag to improve small write performance Vivek Goyal
2020-07-16 18:18 ` Vivek Goyal
2020-07-17 8:53 ` Miklos Szeredi
2020-07-20 15:41 ` Vivek Goyal
2020-07-21 12:33 ` Miklos Szeredi
2020-07-21 15:16 ` Vivek Goyal
2020-07-21 15:44 ` Miklos Szeredi
2020-07-21 15:55 ` Vivek Goyal
2020-07-21 18:16 ` Vivek Goyal
2020-07-21 19:53 ` Miklos Szeredi [this message]
2020-07-21 21:30 ` Vivek Goyal
2020-07-22 10:00 ` Miklos Szeredi
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