7.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Christian Brauner [ Upstream commit ed4b1672529018b2013c62235c4bf1ab0ae0e3d4 ] Add a umh field to struct kernel_clone_args. When set, copy_fs() copies from pid 1's fs_struct instead of the kthread's fs_struct. This ensures usermodehelper threads always get init's filesystem state regardless of their parent's (kthreadd's) fs. Usermodehelper threads are not allowed to create mount namespaces (CLONE_NEWNS), share filesystem state (CLONE_FS), or be started from a non-initial mount namespace. No usermodehelper currently does this so we don't need to worry about this restriction. Set .umh = 1 in user_mode_thread(). At this stage pid 1's fs points to rootfs which is the same as kthreadd's fs, so this is functionally equivalent. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260601-work-kthread-nullfs-v4-20-77ee053060e0@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) Stable-dep-of: d2bdb9b61b42 ("fs: let idle threads share init_fs") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- include/linux/sched/task.h | 1 + kernel/fork.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++---- kernel/umh.c | 6 ++---- 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/sched/task.h b/include/linux/sched/task.h index 41ed884cffc96..e0c1ca8c6a188 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched/task.h +++ b/include/linux/sched/task.h @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct kernel_clone_args { u32 io_thread:1; u32 user_worker:1; u32 no_files:1; + u32 umh:1; unsigned long stack; unsigned long stack_size; unsigned long tls; diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index 4441d415480c6..2f736fa44798b 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -1618,11 +1618,27 @@ static int copy_exec_state(u64 clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk) return task_exec_state_copy(tsk); } -static int copy_fs(u64 clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk) +static int copy_fs(u64 clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk, bool umh) { - struct fs_struct *fs = current->fs; + struct fs_struct *fs; + + /* + * Usermodehelper may copy userspace_init_fs filesystem state but + * they don't get to create mount namespaces, share the + * filesystem state, or be started from a non-initial mount + * namespace. + */ + if (umh) { + if (clone_flags & (CLONE_NEWNS | CLONE_FS)) + return -EINVAL; + if (current->nsproxy->mnt_ns != &init_mnt_ns) + return -EINVAL; + fs = userspace_init_fs; + } else { + fs = current->fs; + VFS_WARN_ON_ONCE(current->fs != current->real_fs); + } - VFS_WARN_ON_ONCE(current->fs != current->real_fs); if (clone_flags & CLONE_FS) { /* tsk->fs is already what we want */ read_seqlock_excl(&fs->seq); @@ -2282,7 +2298,7 @@ __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process( retval = copy_files(clone_flags, p, args->no_files); if (retval) goto bad_fork_cleanup_semundo; - retval = copy_fs(clone_flags, p); + retval = copy_fs(clone_flags, p, args->umh); if (retval) goto bad_fork_cleanup_files; retval = copy_sighand(clone_flags, p); @@ -2825,6 +2841,7 @@ pid_t user_mode_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags) .exit_signal = (flags & CSIGNAL), .fn = fn, .fn_arg = arg, + .umh = 1, }; return kernel_clone(&args); diff --git a/kernel/umh.c b/kernel/umh.c index 48117c569e1aa..6e2c7bb315c68 100644 --- a/kernel/umh.c +++ b/kernel/umh.c @@ -71,10 +71,8 @@ static int call_usermodehelper_exec_async(void *data) spin_unlock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock); /* - * Initial kernel threads share ther FS with init, in order to - * get the init root directory. But we've now created a new - * thread that is going to execve a user process and has its own - * 'struct fs_struct'. Reset umask to the default. + * Usermodehelper threads get a copy of userspace init's + * fs_struct. Reset umask to the default. */ current->fs->umask = 0022; -- 2.53.0