Re: [PATCH] btrfs: use mount idmap for defrag permission check
Tao Cui <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-btrfs,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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在 2026/8/14 01:11, Seth Forshee 写道: > On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 04:04:05PM +0930, Qu Wenruo wrote: >> >> >> 在 2026/8/13 13:11, Tao Cui 写道: >>> From: Tao Cui <[email protected]> >>> >>> btrfs_ioctl_defrag() checks MAY_WRITE with nop_mnt_idmap, which skips >>> the mount idmap. On an idmapped mount the owner comparison then uses >>> the caller's fsuid against the raw on-disk uid, dropping the mapping. >>> Every other permission/owner check in btrfs ioctl uses >>> file_mnt_idmap(file) (e.g. :1152, :1310, :1946); this one missed it. >>> >>> Switch to file_mnt_idmap(file). It equals nop_mnt_idmap on a normal >>> mount, and the check stays behind !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN), so only >>> unprivileged callers on idmapped btrfs change. The RO-fd note in the >>> comment above is about the file descriptor, not this inode check, and >>> is unaffected. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Tao Cui <[email protected]> >> >> Fixes: 4609e1f18e19 ("fs: port ->permission() to pass mnt_idmap") > > This is a misattribution. Using nop_mnt_idmap there keeps the behavior > the same as it was before the commit. Switching to the mount idmap opens > up BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG* to idmapped users when they weren't before, which > is a separate policy decision that didn't belong in that change. > Agreed, I'll resend it as a behavior change with no Fixes tag. > Saying that these ioctls should be allowed for idmapped users just > because others are isn't a good justification. Why are these ioctls safe > for idmapped users? Do they actually require this capability? > The check isn't a privilege gate. 616d374efa23 added it to test "whether the file could have been opened rw", and the caller can already do that on the idmapped mount -- open O_RDWR, write(), fallocate(). Only the regular-file branch changes, and defrag only reorganizes the caller's own extents; the S_IFDIR branch (whole-subvolume defrag) keeps its capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN). Nothing is weakened: !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) stays exactly as is. may_dedupe_file() in fs/remap_range.c already gates FIDEDUPERANGE the same way -- capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN), then i_uid_into_vfsuid( file_mnt_idmap(file)) / inode_permission(idmap, MAY_WRITE) -- and dedupe is stronger, since it can rewrite one file's extents from another file's contents. Idmapped users can already dedupe on btrfs. Thanks, Tao > Thanks, > Seth