[PATCH] NFSv4.2: request mode after CLONE

Felix Hoffmann <[email protected]> Sun, 2 Aug 2026 21:53:28 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-nfs,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The NFS server can clear setuid and setgid bits when CLONE modifies the
destination.  The client currently omits mode from the post-operation
attributes, so the cached mode can retain setid bits after the server has
removed them.  A local process can then execute the file using those stale
privilege bits.

Request mode in the CLONE compound's GETATTR.  This lets the ordered
post-operation update install the server's mode before CLONE returns.

Fixes: e5341f3a5762 ("nfs42: add CLONE proc functions")
Cc: [email protected]
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5
Signed-off-by: Felix Hoffmann <[email protected]>
=2D--
Tested on x86-64 using an NFSv4.2 loopback mount with Linux NFSD and a
Btrfs export:

  - before this change, the client retained mode 04775 while the server
    stored mode 0775, and the privilege transition reproduced in 10/10
    non-debug runs
  - with this change, both client and server reported mode 0775 and no
    privilege transition occurred in 10/10 non-debug runs or 3/3 KASAN
    runs

The reproducer requires write authorization to the destination; NFSD
rejected the same operation against a non-writable 04755 file with EACCES.
A working reproducer is available privately on request.

 fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
index ab86246fc364..35a4909d51b7 100644
=2D-- a/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
@@ -1302,7 +1302,8 @@ static int _nfs42_proc_clone(struct rpc_message *msg=
, struct file *src_f,
 		return -ENOMEM;
=20
 	nfs4_bitmask_set(dst_bitmask, server->cache_consistency_bitmask,
-			 dst_inode, NFS_INO_INVALID_BLOCKS);
+			 dst_inode,
+			 NFS_INO_INVALID_BLOCKS | NFS_INO_INVALID_MODE);
=20
 	status =3D nfs4_call_sync(server->client, server, msg,
 				&args.seq_args, &res.seq_res, 0);
=2D-=20
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