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-rw-r--r--pkg/sentry/fs/dirent.go5
-rw-r--r--pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_file.go25
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/dirent.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/dirent.go
index f81f7d627..dd2b4e589 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/dirent.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/dirent.go
@@ -773,6 +773,11 @@ func (d *Dirent) CreateHardLink(ctx context.Context, root *Dirent, target *Diren
return syscall.EXDEV
}
+ // Directories are never linkable. See fs/namei.c:vfs_link.
+ if IsDir(target.Inode.StableAttr) {
+ return syscall.EPERM
+ }
+
return d.genericCreate(ctx, root, name, func() error {
if err := d.Inode.CreateHardLink(ctx, d, target, name); err != nil {
return err
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_file.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_file.go
index 3e28d4b8a..97881a1f5 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_file.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_file.go
@@ -1122,15 +1122,32 @@ func Symlinkat(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.Sys
//
// This corresponds to Linux's fs/namei.c:may_linkat.
func mayLinkAt(t *kernel.Task, target *fs.Inode) error {
+ // Linux will impose the following restrictions on hard links only if
+ // sysctl_protected_hardlinks is enabled. The kernel disables this
+ // setting by default for backward compatibility (see commit
+ // 561ec64ae67e), but also recommends that distributions enable it (and
+ // Debian does:
+ // https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889098).
+ //
+ // gVisor currently behaves as though sysctl_protected_hardlinks is
+ // always enabled, and thus imposes the following restrictions on hard
+ // links.
+
// Technically Linux is more restrictive in 3.11.10 (requires CAP_FOWNER in
// root user namespace); this is from the later f2ca379642d7 "namei: permit
// linking with CAP_FOWNER in userns".
- if !target.CheckOwnership(t) {
- return syserror.EPERM
+ if target.CheckOwnership(t) {
+ // fs/namei.c:may_linkat: "Source inode owner (or CAP_FOWNER)
+ // can hardlink all they like."
+ return nil
}
- // Check that the target is not a directory and that permissions are okay.
- if fs.IsDir(target.StableAttr) || target.CheckPermission(t, fs.PermMask{Read: true, Write: true}) != nil {
+ // If we are not the owner, then the file must be regular and have
+ // Read+Write permissions.
+ if !fs.IsRegular(target.StableAttr) {
+ return syserror.EPERM
+ }
+ if target.CheckPermission(t, fs.PermMask{Read: true, Write: true}) != nil {
return syserror.EPERM
}