From: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
Andrew Halaney <andrew@amutable.com>,
Jeremy Bingham <jbingham@gmail.com>,
Tahera Fahimi <taherafahimi@linux.microsoft.com>,
Serge Hallyn <sergeh@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC v3 63/90] fs: drop privileges from what a cell may write to
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:02:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261105-b4-cells-v3-63-bc9095937a84@toxicpanda.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261105-b4-cells-v3-0-bc9095937a84@toxicpanda.com>
A write() clears the set-id bits and the file capabilities of a file. A
store through a shared mapping does not. So a task of a cell could replace
the contents of an existing set-uid file while the file keeps the bit.
Clear them as soon as a task of a cell opens a file for writing, and when
pidfd_configure() places a file that is open for writing.
This changes the inode at open time, like O_TRUNC, so it is done in the
same place as the truncation, in do_open(). The directory lock has been
dropped at that point, which is not the case in ->atomic_open(). The
change needs write access to the mount, so it waits if the filesystem is
frozen, but only if there is something to clear.
Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
---
fs/inode.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
fs/namei.c | 8 +++++++
include/linux/cell.h | 7 ++++++
kernel/embryo.c | 6 ++++++
4 files changed, 82 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index f63535ee3629..d32c14217420 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
* (C) 1999 Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de> (dynamic inode allocation)
*/
#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/cell.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/filelock.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
@@ -2379,6 +2380,66 @@ static int __remove_privs(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
return notify_change(idmap, dentry, &newattrs, NULL);
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_CELLS
+static int cell_privs_to_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+ umode_t mode = d_inode(dentry)->i_mode;
+ int kill = 0, ret;
+
+ if (mode & S_ISUID)
+ kill |= ATTR_KILL_SUID;
+ if (mode & S_ISGID)
+ kill |= ATTR_KILL_SGID;
+ ret = security_inode_need_killpriv(dentry);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+ if (ret)
+ kill |= ATTR_KILL_PRIV;
+ return kill;
+}
+
+/**
+ * cell_file_drop_privs - a task of a cell is about to be able to write @file
+ * @file: a file open for writing
+ *
+ * Nothing a cell writes imparts privilege. A write() drops the set-id bits and
+ * the file capabilities of what it writes to, a store through a shared mapping
+ * does not. So for a cell they go as soon as the file can be written at all,
+ * and they all go, whatever capabilities the caller has.
+ *
+ * This changes the inode, so the caller must hold no inode lock and no write
+ * access to the superblock. It waits for a frozen filesystem, but only if there
+ * is something to drop.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 or a negative error, in which case @file must not be handed out.
+ */
+int cell_file_drop_privs(struct file *file)
+{
+ struct dentry *dentry = file_dentry(file);
+ struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+ int kill;
+
+ if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || IS_NOSEC(inode))
+ return 0;
+
+ /* A look without the lock, as do_truncate() takes one. */
+ kill = cell_privs_to_kill(dentry);
+ if (kill <= 0)
+ return kill;
+
+ kill = mnt_want_write_file(file);
+ if (kill)
+ return kill;
+ inode_lock(inode);
+ kill = cell_privs_to_kill(dentry);
+ if (kill > 0)
+ kill = __remove_privs(file_mnt_idmap(file), dentry, kill);
+ inode_unlock(inode);
+ mnt_drop_write_file(file);
+ return kill;
+}
+#endif
+
static int file_remove_privs_flags(struct file *file, unsigned int flags)
{
struct dentry *dentry = file_dentry(file);
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 49995c353292..f36c1a385d80 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4862,6 +4862,14 @@ static int do_open(struct nameidata *nd,
mnt_drop_write(mnt);
mntput(mnt);
}
+ /*
+ * Nothing a cell writes imparts privilege. Here, like the truncation,
+ * because it changes the inode: the lock of the directory has been
+ * dropped, which is not so in ->atomic_open().
+ */
+ if (!error && unlikely(current_cell()) &&
+ (file->f_mode & (FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_CREATED)) == FMODE_WRITE)
+ error = cell_file_drop_privs(file);
return error;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/cell.h b/include/linux/cell.h
index 1d0eec34acb9..0451055f74fc 100644
--- a/include/linux/cell.h
+++ b/include/linux/cell.h
@@ -284,4 +284,11 @@ static inline umode_t cell_strip_setid(umode_t mode)
return mode;
}
+/* Nothing a cell writes imparts privilege: files that are already there. */
+#ifdef CONFIG_CELLS
+int cell_file_drop_privs(struct file *file);
+#else
+static inline int cell_file_drop_privs(struct file *file) { return 0; }
+#endif
+
#endif /* _LINUX_CELL_H */
diff --git a/kernel/embryo.c b/kernel/embryo.c
index 0a04f39fa37a..657ce07441e0 100644
--- a/kernel/embryo.c
+++ b/kernel/embryo.c
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ static int embryo_install_fds(struct embryo *e)
ret = security_file_receive(file);
if (ret)
return ret;
+ /* As if the cell had opened it. */
+ if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
+ ret = cell_file_drop_privs(file);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
ret = replace_fd(e->fds[i].fd, file, 0);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
--
2.55.0
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2026-11-05 14:56 [PATCH RFC v3 00/90] cells: a container as one kernel object Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:56 ` [PATCH RFC v3 01/90] Documentation: add a design document for cells Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 17:06 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2026-11-05 18:23 ` Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:56 ` [PATCH RFC v3 02/90] Documentation: add examples " Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:56 ` [PATCH RFC v3 03/90] cells: reserve a window of ids Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:56 ` [PATCH RFC v3 04/90] user_namespace: let a cell own a user namespace Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:56 ` [PATCH RFC v3 05/90] user_namespace: refuse setns() into a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:56 ` [PATCH RFC v3 06/90] capability: give the owner no say over " Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:56 ` [PATCH RFC v3 07/90] ucount: count the id blocks a user holds Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:56 ` [PATCH RFC v3 08/90] user_namespace: let the kernel map the ids of a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 09/90] user_namespace: keep legacy maps out of the window Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 10/90] user: add uid_range_in_use() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 11/90] keys: add key_user_range_in_use() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 12/90] fs: add kuid_has_fsmapping() and kgid_has_fsmapping() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 13/90] fs: never store an id that was lent to a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 14/90] fs: take no id of a cell for a mount option Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 15/90] fs: let an idmapping pin the ids of a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 16/90] cgroup: let a cgroup become the budget " Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 17/90] cgroup: add cgroup_cell_chown() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 18/90] cgroup: give the budget of a cell back Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 19/90] cgroup: add cgroup_cell_kill() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 20/90] cgroup: root a cgroup namespace at a given cgroup Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 21/90] fs: seal a mount namespace for a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 22/90] nsfs: make open_namespace() available outside of fs/ Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 23/90] nsproxy: build the nsproxy the tasks of a cell share Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 24/90] cells: add the cell object and cell_create() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 25/90] cells: add cell_kill() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 26/90] cells: add cell_configure() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 27/90] cells: add the "budget" slot Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 28/90] cells: add the "root" slot Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 29/90] cells: add the "ids" slot, for a single id Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 30/90] cells: lend a cell a block of ids Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 31/90] cells: reserve the "spawn" slot Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 32/90] cells: add CELL_CMD_SEAL Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 33/90] cells: add cell_open() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 34/90] pid: allocate a struct pid ahead of its numbers Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 35/90] fork: let copy_process() place a task in a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 36/90] cgroup: fork a task of a cell into the budget Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 37/90] x86: give a task without an mm no user state Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 38/90] uprobes: cope with a new task that has no mm Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 39/90] fork: add tasks that start out with nothing Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 40/90] pidfd: add PIDFD_EMPTY Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 41/90] pidfd: add pidfd_configure() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 42/90] pidfd: let pidfd_configure() place files Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 43/90] pidfd: let pidfd_configure() set credentials Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 44/90] pidfd: let pidfd_configure() name a cgroup to start in Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 45/90] ptrace: keep everybody off an embryo Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 46/90] cells: end a cell when its init exits Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 47/90] cells: refuse a task of a cell a change of namespaces Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 48/90] fs: refuse a task of a cell a new mount namespace Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 49/90] nsproxy: refuse to enter a namespace of a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 50/90] cgroup: keep a task of a cell within the budget Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 51/90] cgroup: let nothing but a spawn into a budget Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 52/90] kernfs: let a filesystem refuse a change to a node Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 53/90] cgroup: let a cell change nothing outside its budget Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 54/90] cgroup: leave the limits of a budget to who is above Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 55/90] fs: let a filesystem hold ids that go with the cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 56/90] cgroup: let a cell make cgroups below its budget Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 57/90] resctrl: let a cell change nothing Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 58/90] cred: let no id count across cells Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 59/90] ptrace: refuse PTRACE_TRACEME " Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 60/90] keys: ignore an equal uid or gid " Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 61/90] fs: accept a cellfd for MOUNT_ATTR_IDMAP Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 62/90] fs: let a cell set no set-id bits Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` Josef Bacik [this message]
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 64/90] cells: add the "caps" slot Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 65/90] capabilities: take nothing from a file in a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 66/90] capabilities: let a cell shrink its bounding sets Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 67/90] af_unix: deliver ancillary data only within a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 68/90] af_unix: tell a sender that control data will not cross Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 69/90] net: do not identify a peer in another cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 70/90] seccomp: let a listener put no file into a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 71/90] umh: run no program for a task of " Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 72/90] coredump: let no core dump leave " Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 73/90] cells: add the "net" slot Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 74/90] net: give a cell without a network no sockets Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 75/90] net: add net_may() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 76/90] rtnetlink: use net_may() for requests that change state Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 77/90] net: use net_may() in the configuration ioctls Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 78/90] netfilter: use net_may() for configuration Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 79/90] tun: use net_may() to create and attach to devices Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 80/90] net: use net_may() for the net sysctls Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 81/90] net: use net_may() for privileged socket options Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 82/90] net: use net_may() for raw and packet sockets Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 83/90] cells: add the "net-rights" slot Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 84/90] net: honour the rights of a cell in net_may() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 85/90] tun: ignore an equal uid or gid across cells Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 86/90] cells: add cell_info() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 87/90] cells: add CONFIG_CELLS Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 88/90] arch: wire up the cell system calls Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 89/90] MAINTAINERS: add an entry for cells Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 90/90] selftests: add tests " Josef Bacik
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