From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55041C04EBF for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 15:42:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C3832081C for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 15:42:50 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 1C3832081C Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=selinux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726504AbeLDPmo (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Dec 2018 10:42:44 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:39230 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725910AbeLDPmo (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Dec 2018 10:42:44 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.14]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0B2F73082A33; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 15:42:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from horse.redhat.com (unknown [10.18.25.234]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 925BE18B85; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 15:42:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by horse.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 10451) id 2C49F2208FC; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 10:42:43 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 10:42:43 -0500 From: Vivek Goyal To: Miklos Szeredi Cc: Stephen Smalley , Ondrej Mosnacek , "J. Bruce Fields" , Mark Salyzyn , Paul Moore , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, overlayfs , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, selinux@vger.kernel.org, Daniel J Walsh Subject: Re: overlayfs access checks on underlying layers Message-ID: <20181204154243.GA16818@redhat.com> References: <6b125e8e-413f-f8e6-c7ae-50f7235c8960@tycho.nsa.gov> <4c20a261-5ce1-f0a2-8d40-c6032a023216@tycho.nsa.gov> <20181204151549.GA21509@redhat.com> <20181204152248.GB21509@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.14 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.45]); Tue, 04 Dec 2018 15:42:44 +0000 (UTC) Sender: selinux-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: selinux@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 04:31:09PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 4:22 PM Vivek Goyal wrote: > > > Having said that, this still create little anomaly when mknod to client > > is not allowed on context label. So a device file, which is on lower > > and client can not open it for read/write on host, it can now be opened > > for read/write because mounter will allow access. So why it is different > > that regular copy up. Well, in regular copy up, we created a copy of > > the original object and allowed writing to that object (cp --preserve=all) > > model. But in case of device file, writes will go to same original > > object. (And not a separate copy). > > That's true. > > In that sense copy up of special file should result in upper having > the same label as of lower, right? I guess that might be reasonable (if this behavior is a concern). So even after copy up, client will not be able to read/write a device if it was not allowed on lower. Stephen, what do you think about retaining label of lower for device files during copy up. What about socket/fifo. Thanks Vivek