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<title>block: Add bio_for_each_segment_all()</title>
<updated>2013-03-23T21:26:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kent Overstreet</name>
<email>koverstreet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-02-06T20:23:11+00:00</published>
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__bio_for_each_segment() iterates bvecs from the specified index
instead of bio-&gt;bv_idx.  Currently, the only usage is to walk all the
bvecs after the bio has been advanced by specifying 0 index.

For immutable bvecs, we need to split these apart;
bio_for_each_segment() is going to have a different implementation.
This will also help document the intent of code that's using it -
bio_for_each_segment_all() is only legal to use for code that owns the
bio.

Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet &lt;koverstreet@google.com&gt;
CC: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
CC: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
CC: Boaz Harrosh &lt;bharrosh@panasas.com&gt;
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__bio_for_each_segment() iterates bvecs from the specified index
instead of bio-&gt;bv_idx.  Currently, the only usage is to walk all the
bvecs after the bio has been advanced by specifying 0 index.

For immutable bvecs, we need to split these apart;
bio_for_each_segment() is going to have a different implementation.
This will also help document the intent of code that's using it -
bio_for_each_segment_all() is only legal to use for code that owns the
bio.

Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet &lt;koverstreet@google.com&gt;
CC: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
CC: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
CC: Boaz Harrosh &lt;bharrosh@panasas.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules.</title>
<updated>2013-03-04T03:36:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric W. Biederman</name>
<email>ebiederm@xmission.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-03-03T03:39:14+00:00</published>
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Modify the request_module to prefix the file system type with "fs-"
and add aliases to all of the filesystems that can be built as modules
to match.

A common practice is to build all of the kernel code and leave code
that is not commonly needed as modules, with the result that many
users are exposed to any bug anywhere in the kernel.

Looking for filesystems with a fs- prefix limits the pool of possible
modules that can be loaded by mount to just filesystems trivially
making things safer with no real cost.

Using aliases means user space can control the policy of which
filesystem modules are auto-loaded by editing /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf
with blacklist and alias directives.  Allowing simple, safe,
well understood work-arounds to known problematic software.

This also addresses a rare but unfortunate problem where the filesystem
name is not the same as it's module name and module auto-loading
would not work.  While writing this patch I saw a handful of such
cases.  The most significant being autofs that lives in the module
autofs4.

This is relevant to user namespaces because we can reach the request
module in get_fs_type() without having any special permissions, and
people get uncomfortable when a user specified string (in this case
the filesystem type) goes all of the way to request_module.

After having looked at this issue I don't think there is any
particular reason to perform any filtering or permission checks beyond
making it clear in the module request that we want a filesystem
module.  The common pattern in the kernel is to call request_module()
without regards to the users permissions.  In general all a filesystem
module does once loaded is call register_filesystem() and go to sleep.
Which means there is not much attack surface exposed by loading a
filesytem module unless the filesystem is mounted.  In a user
namespace filesystems are not mounted unless .fs_flags = FS_USERNS_MOUNT,
which most filesystems do not set today.

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn &lt;serge.hallyn@canonical.com&gt;
Acked-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reported-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
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Modify the request_module to prefix the file system type with "fs-"
and add aliases to all of the filesystems that can be built as modules
to match.

A common practice is to build all of the kernel code and leave code
that is not commonly needed as modules, with the result that many
users are exposed to any bug anywhere in the kernel.

Looking for filesystems with a fs- prefix limits the pool of possible
modules that can be loaded by mount to just filesystems trivially
making things safer with no real cost.

Using aliases means user space can control the policy of which
filesystem modules are auto-loaded by editing /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf
with blacklist and alias directives.  Allowing simple, safe,
well understood work-arounds to known problematic software.

This also addresses a rare but unfortunate problem where the filesystem
name is not the same as it's module name and module auto-loading
would not work.  While writing this patch I saw a handful of such
cases.  The most significant being autofs that lives in the module
autofs4.

This is relevant to user namespaces because we can reach the request
module in get_fs_type() without having any special permissions, and
people get uncomfortable when a user specified string (in this case
the filesystem type) goes all of the way to request_module.

After having looked at this issue I don't think there is any
particular reason to perform any filtering or permission checks beyond
making it clear in the module request that we want a filesystem
module.  The common pattern in the kernel is to call request_module()
without regards to the users permissions.  In general all a filesystem
module does once loaded is call register_filesystem() and go to sleep.
Which means there is not much attack surface exposed by loading a
filesytem module unless the filesystem is mounted.  In a user
namespace filesystems are not mounted unless .fs_flags = FS_USERNS_MOUNT,
which most filesystems do not set today.

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn &lt;serge.hallyn@canonical.com&gt;
Acked-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reported-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>new helper: file_inode(file)</title>
<updated>2013-02-23T04:31:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2013-01-23T22:07:38+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>exofs: don't leak io_state and pages on read error</title>
<updated>2012-12-14T10:17:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Boaz Harrosh</name>
<email>bharrosh@panasas.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-11-30T14:03:31+00:00</published>
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Same bug as fixed by Idan for write_exec was in read_exec.
Fix the io_state leak and pages state on read error.

Also while at it:
The if (!pcol-&gt;read_4_write) at the error path is redundant
because all goto err; are after the if (pcol-&gt;read_4_write)
bale out.

Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh &lt;bharrosh@panasas.com&gt;
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Same bug as fixed by Idan for write_exec was in read_exec.
Fix the io_state leak and pages state on read error.

Also while at it:
The if (!pcol-&gt;read_4_write) at the error path is redundant
because all goto err; are after the if (pcol-&gt;read_4_write)
bale out.

Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh &lt;bharrosh@panasas.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>exofs: clean up the correct page collection on write error</title>
<updated>2012-12-11T16:56:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Idan Kedar</name>
<email>idank@tonian.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-11-30T14:03:31+00:00</published>
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if ore_write() fails, we would unlock the pages of pcol, which is now
empty, rather than pcol_copy which owns the pages when ore_write() is
called. this means that no pages will actually be unlocked
(pcol.nr_pages == 0) and the writing process (more accurately, the
syncing process) will hang waiting for a writeback notification that
never comes.

moreover, if ore_write() fails, pcol_free() is called for pcol, whereas
pcol_copy is the object owning the ore_io_state, thus leaking the
ore_io_state.

[Boaz]
I have simplified Idan's original patch a bit, everything else still
holds

Signed-off-by: Idan Kedar &lt;idank@tonian.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh &lt;bharrosh@panasas.com&gt;
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if ore_write() fails, we would unlock the pages of pcol, which is now
empty, rather than pcol_copy which owns the pages when ore_write() is
called. this means that no pages will actually be unlocked
(pcol.nr_pages == 0) and the writing process (more accurately, the
syncing process) will hang waiting for a writeback notification that
never comes.

moreover, if ore_write() fails, pcol_free() is called for pcol, whereas
pcol_copy is the object owning the ore_io_state, thus leaking the
ore_io_state.

[Boaz]
I have simplified Idan's original patch a bit, everything else still
holds

Signed-off-by: Idan Kedar &lt;idank@tonian.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh &lt;bharrosh@panasas.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs</title>
<updated>2012-10-12T01:52:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2012-10-12T01:52:03+00:00</published>
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Pull pile 2 of vfs updates from Al Viro:
 "Stuff in this one - assorted fixes, lglock tidy-up, death to
  lock_super().

  There'll be a VFS pile tomorrow (with patches from Jeff Layton,
  sanitizing getname() and related parts of audit and preparing for
  ESTALE fixes), but I'd rather push the stuff in this one ASAP - some
  of the bugs closed here are quite unpleasant."

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  vfs: bogus warnings in fs/namei.c
  consitify do_mount() arguments
  lglock: add DEFINE_STATIC_LGLOCK()
  lglock: make the per_cpu locks static
  lglock: remove unused DEFINE_LGLOCK_LOCKDEP()
  MAX_LFS_FILESIZE definition for 64bit needs LL...
  tmpfs,ceph,gfs2,isofs,reiserfs,xfs: fix fh_len checking
  vfs: drop lock/unlock super
  ufs: drop lock/unlock super
  sysv: drop lock/unlock super
  hpfs: drop lock/unlock super
  fat: drop lock/unlock super
  ext3: drop lock/unlock super
  exofs: drop lock/unlock super
  dup3: Return an error when oldfd == newfd.
  fs: handle failed audit_log_start properly
  fs: prevent use after free in auditing when symlink following was denied
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Pull pile 2 of vfs updates from Al Viro:
 "Stuff in this one - assorted fixes, lglock tidy-up, death to
  lock_super().

  There'll be a VFS pile tomorrow (with patches from Jeff Layton,
  sanitizing getname() and related parts of audit and preparing for
  ESTALE fixes), but I'd rather push the stuff in this one ASAP - some
  of the bugs closed here are quite unpleasant."

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  vfs: bogus warnings in fs/namei.c
  consitify do_mount() arguments
  lglock: add DEFINE_STATIC_LGLOCK()
  lglock: make the per_cpu locks static
  lglock: remove unused DEFINE_LGLOCK_LOCKDEP()
  MAX_LFS_FILESIZE definition for 64bit needs LL...
  tmpfs,ceph,gfs2,isofs,reiserfs,xfs: fix fh_len checking
  vfs: drop lock/unlock super
  ufs: drop lock/unlock super
  sysv: drop lock/unlock super
  hpfs: drop lock/unlock super
  fat: drop lock/unlock super
  ext3: drop lock/unlock super
  exofs: drop lock/unlock super
  dup3: Return an error when oldfd == newfd.
  fs: handle failed audit_log_start properly
  fs: prevent use after free in auditing when symlink following was denied
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-3.7/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block</title>
<updated>2012-10-11T00:04:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2012-10-11T00:04:23+00:00</published>
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Pull block IO update from Jens Axboe:
 "Core block IO bits for 3.7.  Not a huge round this time, it contains:

   - First series from Kent cleaning up and generalizing bio allocation
     and freeing.

   - WRITE_SAME support from Martin.

   - Mikulas patches to prevent O_DIRECT crashes when someone changes
     the block size of a device.

   - Make bio_split() work on data-less bio's (like trim/discards).

   - A few other minor fixups."

Fixed up silent semantic mis-merge as per Mikulas Patocka and Andrew
Morton.  It is due to the VM no longer using a prio-tree (see commit
6b2dbba8b6ac: "mm: replace vma prio_tree with an interval tree").

So make set_blocksize() use mapping_mapped() instead of open-coding the
internal VM knowledge that has changed.

* 'for-3.7/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (26 commits)
  block: makes bio_split support bio without data
  scatterlist: refactor the sg_nents
  scatterlist: add sg_nents
  fs: fix include/percpu-rwsem.h export error
  percpu-rw-semaphore: fix documentation typos
  fs/block_dev.c:1644:5: sparse: symbol 'blkdev_mmap' was not declared
  blockdev: turn a rw semaphore into a percpu rw semaphore
  Fix a crash when block device is read and block size is changed at the same time
  block: fix request_queue-&gt;flags initialization
  block: lift the initial queue bypass mode on blk_register_queue() instead of blk_init_allocated_queue()
  block: ioctl to zero block ranges
  block: Make blkdev_issue_zeroout use WRITE SAME
  block: Implement support for WRITE SAME
  block: Consolidate command flag and queue limit checks for merges
  block: Clean up special command handling logic
  block/blk-tag.c: Remove useless kfree
  block: remove the duplicated setting for congestion_threshold
  block: reject invalid queue attribute values
  block: Add bio_clone_bioset(), bio_clone_kmalloc()
  block: Consolidate bio_alloc_bioset(), bio_kmalloc()
  ...
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Pull block IO update from Jens Axboe:
 "Core block IO bits for 3.7.  Not a huge round this time, it contains:

   - First series from Kent cleaning up and generalizing bio allocation
     and freeing.

   - WRITE_SAME support from Martin.

   - Mikulas patches to prevent O_DIRECT crashes when someone changes
     the block size of a device.

   - Make bio_split() work on data-less bio's (like trim/discards).

   - A few other minor fixups."

Fixed up silent semantic mis-merge as per Mikulas Patocka and Andrew
Morton.  It is due to the VM no longer using a prio-tree (see commit
6b2dbba8b6ac: "mm: replace vma prio_tree with an interval tree").

So make set_blocksize() use mapping_mapped() instead of open-coding the
internal VM knowledge that has changed.

* 'for-3.7/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (26 commits)
  block: makes bio_split support bio without data
  scatterlist: refactor the sg_nents
  scatterlist: add sg_nents
  fs: fix include/percpu-rwsem.h export error
  percpu-rw-semaphore: fix documentation typos
  fs/block_dev.c:1644:5: sparse: symbol 'blkdev_mmap' was not declared
  blockdev: turn a rw semaphore into a percpu rw semaphore
  Fix a crash when block device is read and block size is changed at the same time
  block: fix request_queue-&gt;flags initialization
  block: lift the initial queue bypass mode on blk_register_queue() instead of blk_init_allocated_queue()
  block: ioctl to zero block ranges
  block: Make blkdev_issue_zeroout use WRITE SAME
  block: Implement support for WRITE SAME
  block: Consolidate command flag and queue limit checks for merges
  block: Clean up special command handling logic
  block/blk-tag.c: Remove useless kfree
  block: remove the duplicated setting for congestion_threshold
  block: reject invalid queue attribute values
  block: Add bio_clone_bioset(), bio_clone_kmalloc()
  block: Consolidate bio_alloc_bioset(), bio_kmalloc()
  ...
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<entry>
<title>exofs: drop lock/unlock super</title>
<updated>2012-10-10T03:33:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marco Stornelli</name>
<email>marco.stornelli@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-10-06T10:38:18+00:00</published>
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Removed lock/unlock super.

Acked-by: Artem Bityutskiy &lt;artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Boaz Harrosh &lt;bharrosh@panasas.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marco Stornelli &lt;marco.stornelli@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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Removed lock/unlock super.

Acked-by: Artem Bityutskiy &lt;artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Boaz Harrosh &lt;bharrosh@panasas.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marco Stornelli &lt;marco.stornelli@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.open-osd.org/linux-open-osd</title>
<updated>2012-10-09T06:54:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2012-10-09T06:54:27+00:00</published>
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Pull exofs update from Boaz Harrosh:
 "Just three one liners"

* 'linux-next' of git://git.open-osd.org/linux-open-osd:
  pnfs_osd_xdr: Remove unused #include from pnfs_osd_xdr.h
  ore: signedness bug in _sp2d_min_pg()
  exofs: check for allocation failure in uri_store()
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Pull exofs update from Boaz Harrosh:
 "Just three one liners"

* 'linux-next' of git://git.open-osd.org/linux-open-osd:
  pnfs_osd_xdr: Remove unused #include from pnfs_osd_xdr.h
  ore: signedness bug in _sp2d_min_pg()
  exofs: check for allocation failure in uri_store()
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<entry>
<title>ore: signedness bug in _sp2d_min_pg()</title>
<updated>2012-10-03T20:51:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dan Carpenter</name>
<email>dan.carpenter@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-10-02T08:28:45+00:00</published>
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This for loop doesn't work correctly when "p" is unsigned.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@oracle.com&gt;
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This for loop doesn't work correctly when "p" is unsigned.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@oracle.com&gt;
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