linux_dsm_epyc7002/drivers/usb
Eric W. Biederman 7f78e03513 fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules.
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 <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reported-by: Kees Cook <keescook@google.com>
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
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atm Merge branch 'for-3.7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2012-10-02 09:54:49 -07:00
c67x00 USB: c67x00-ll-hpi.c: signedness bug in ll_recv_msg() 2013-01-18 15:49:00 -08:00
chipidea Merge branch 'core-locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-02-22 19:25:09 -08:00
class Merge 3.8-rc5 into tty-next 2013-01-25 13:27:36 -08:00
core Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-02-26 20:16:07 -08:00
dwc3 drivers/usb: add missing GENERIC_HARDIRQS dependencies 2013-02-08 12:16:12 -08:00
early fix build of EHCI debug port code when USB_CHIPIDEA but !USB_EHCI_HCD 2012-11-02 10:13:33 -07:00
gadget fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
host USB patch revert for 3.9-rc1 2013-03-03 10:24:57 -08:00
image USB: mdc800.c: remove dbg() usage 2012-05-01 21:33:50 -07:00
misc USB: altsetting overrides for usbtest 2013-01-31 10:09:19 +01:00
mon mm: kill vma flag VM_RESERVED and mm->reserved_vm counter 2012-10-09 16:22:19 +09:00
musb USB patches for 3.9-rc1 2013-02-21 12:20:00 -08:00
otg USB patches for 3.9-rc1 2013-02-21 12:20:00 -08:00
phy arm-soc: soc-specific updates 2013-02-21 15:27:22 -08:00
renesas_usbhs USB patches for 3.9-rc1 2013-02-21 12:20:00 -08:00
serial tty/serial patches for 3.9-rc1 2013-02-21 13:41:04 -08:00
storage USB: usb-storage: unusual_devs update for Super TOP SATA bridge 2013-02-14 09:22:02 -08:00
wusbcore USB: wusbcore/wa-xfer: error handling fixes in setup_segs() 2013-02-06 11:38:14 -08:00
Kconfig USB: select USB_ARCH_HAS_EHCI for MXS 2013-01-11 16:01:06 -08:00
Makefile usb: phy: Fix Kconfig dependency for Phy drivers 2012-06-26 16:14:33 -07:00
README
usb-common.c
usb-skeleton.c USB: usb-skeleton.c: fix compilation error and restored kref_put on fail in skel_open 2012-10-24 14:40:50 -07:00

To understand all the Linux-USB framework, you'll use these resources:

    * This source code.  This is necessarily an evolving work, and
      includes kerneldoc that should help you get a current overview.
      ("make pdfdocs", and then look at "usb.pdf" for host side and
      "gadget.pdf" for peripheral side.)  Also, Documentation/usb has
      more information.

    * The USB 2.0 specification (from www.usb.org), with supplements
      such as those for USB OTG and the various device classes.
      The USB specification has a good overview chapter, and USB
      peripherals conform to the widely known "Chapter 9".

    * Chip specifications for USB controllers.  Examples include
      host controllers (on PCs, servers, and more); peripheral
      controllers (in devices with Linux firmware, like printers or
      cell phones); and hard-wired peripherals like Ethernet adapters.

    * Specifications for other protocols implemented by USB peripheral
      functions.  Some are vendor-specific; others are vendor-neutral
      but just standardized outside of the www.usb.org team.

Here is a list of what each subdirectory here is, and what is contained in
them.

core/		- This is for the core USB host code, including the
		  usbfs files and the hub class driver ("khubd").

host/		- This is for USB host controller drivers.  This
		  includes UHCI, OHCI, EHCI, and others that might
		  be used with more specialized "embedded" systems.

gadget/		- This is for USB peripheral controller drivers and
		  the various gadget drivers which talk to them.


Individual USB driver directories.  A new driver should be added to the
first subdirectory in the list below that it fits into.

image/		- This is for still image drivers, like scanners or
		  digital cameras.
../input/	- This is for any driver that uses the input subsystem,
		  like keyboard, mice, touchscreens, tablets, etc.
../media/	- This is for multimedia drivers, like video cameras,
		  radios, and any other drivers that talk to the v4l
		  subsystem.
../net/		- This is for network drivers.
serial/		- This is for USB to serial drivers.
storage/	- This is for USB mass-storage drivers.
class/		- This is for all USB device drivers that do not fit
		  into any of the above categories, and work for a range
		  of USB Class specified devices. 
misc/		- This is for all USB device drivers that do not fit
		  into any of the above categories.