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authorSrinivasarao P <spathi@codeaurora.org>2019-03-25 11:24:03 +0530
committerSrinivasarao P <spathi@codeaurora.org>2019-03-25 12:49:05 +0530
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treecfa83a0e5d823027455a5e037502a2a97de41372 /Documentation/filesystems
parente764712fd7f6db7921dc4b3dbbf772d613177633 (diff)
parent0c3b8c486664f17433d3cfef9207847255990db6 (diff)
Merge android-4.4.177 (0c3b8c4) into msm-4.4
* refs/heads/tmp-0c3b8c4 Linux 4.4.177 KVM: X86: Fix residual mmio emulation request to userspace KVM: nVMX: Ignore limit checks on VMX instructions using flat segments KVM: nVMX: Sign extend displacements of VMX instr's mem operands drm/radeon/evergreen_cs: fix missing break in switch statement media: uvcvideo: Avoid NULL pointer dereference at the end of streaming rcu: Do RCU GP kthread self-wakeup from softirq and interrupt PM / wakeup: Rework wakeup source timer cancellation nfsd: fix wrong check in write_v4_end_grace() nfsd: fix memory corruption caused by readdir NFS: Don't recoalesce on error in nfs_pageio_complete_mirror() NFS: Fix an I/O request leakage in nfs_do_recoalesce md: Fix failed allocation of md_register_thread perf intel-pt: Fix overlap calculation for padding perf auxtrace: Define auxtrace record alignment perf intel-pt: Fix CYC timestamp calculation after OVF NFS41: pop some layoutget errors to application dm: fix to_sector() for 32bit ARM: s3c24xx: Fix boolean expressions in osiris_dvs_notify powerpc/83xx: Also save/restore SPRG4-7 during suspend powerpc/powernv: Make opal log only readable by root powerpc/wii: properly disable use of BATs when requested. powerpc/32: Clear on-stack exception marker upon exception return jbd2: fix compile warning when using JBUFFER_TRACE jbd2: clear dirty flag when revoking a buffer from an older transaction serial: 8250_pci: Have ACCES cards that use the four port Pericom PI7C9X7954 chip use the pci_pericom_setup() serial: 8250_pci: Fix number of ports for ACCES serial cards perf bench: Copy kernel files needed to build mem{cpy,set} x86_64 benchmarks i2c: tegra: fix maximum transfer size parport_pc: fix find_superio io compare code, should use equal test. intel_th: Don't reference unassigned outputs kernel/sysctl.c: add missing range check in do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv mm/vmalloc: fix size check for remap_vmalloc_range_partial() dmaengine: usb-dmac: Make DMAC system sleep callbacks explicit clk: ingenic: Fix round_rate misbehaving with non-integer dividers ext2: Fix underflow in ext2_max_size() ext4: fix crash during online resizing cpufreq: pxa2xx: remove incorrect __init annotation cpufreq: tegra124: add missing of_node_put() crypto: pcbc - remove bogus memcpy()s with src == dest Btrfs: fix corruption reading shared and compressed extents after hole punching btrfs: ensure that a DUP or RAID1 block group has exactly two stripes m68k: Add -ffreestanding to CFLAGS scsi: target/iscsi: Avoid iscsit_release_commands_from_conn() deadlock scsi: virtio_scsi: don't send sc payload with tmfs s390/virtio: handle find on invalid queue gracefully clocksource/drivers/exynos_mct: Clear timer interrupt when shutdown clocksource/drivers/exynos_mct: Move one-shot check from tick clear to ISR regulator: s2mpa01: Fix step values for some LDOs regulator: s2mps11: Fix steps for buck7, buck8 and LDO35 ACPI / device_sysfs: Avoid OF modalias creation for removed device tracing: Do not free iter->trace in fail path of tracing_open_pipe() CIFS: Fix read after write for files with read caching crypto: arm64/aes-ccm - fix logical bug in AAD MAC handling stm class: Prevent division by zero tmpfs: fix uninitialized return value in shmem_link net: set static variable an initial value in atl2_probe() mac80211_hwsim: propagate genlmsg_reply return code phonet: fix building with clang ARC: uacces: remove lp_start, lp_end from clobber list tmpfs: fix link accounting when a tmpfile is linked in arm64: Relax GIC version check during early boot ASoC: topology: free created components in tplg load error net: mv643xx_eth: disable clk on error path in mv643xx_eth_shared_probe() pinctrl: meson: meson8b: fix the sdxc_a data 1..3 pins net: systemport: Fix reception of BPDUs scsi: libiscsi: Fix race between iscsi_xmit_task and iscsi_complete_task assoc_array: Fix shortcut creation ARM: 8824/1: fix a migrating irq bug when hotplug cpu Input: st-keyscan - fix potential zalloc NULL dereference i2c: cadence: Fix the hold bit setting Input: matrix_keypad - use flush_delayed_work() ARM: OMAP2+: Variable "reg" in function omap4_dsi_mux_pads() could be uninitialized s390/dasd: fix using offset into zero size array error gpu: ipu-v3: Fix CSI offsets for imx53 gpu: ipu-v3: Fix i.MX51 CSI control registers offset crypto: ahash - fix another early termination in hash walk crypto: caam - fixed handling of sg list stm class: Fix an endless loop in channel allocation ASoC: fsl_esai: fix register setting issue in RIGHT_J mode 9p/net: fix memory leak in p9_client_create 9p: use inode->i_lock to protect i_size_write() under 32-bit media: videobuf2-v4l2: drop WARN_ON in vb2_warn_zero_bytesused() It's wrong to add len to sector_nr in raid10 reshape twice fs/9p: use fscache mutex rather than spinlock ALSA: bebob: use more identical mod_alias for Saffire Pro 10 I/O against Liquid Saffire 56 tcp/dccp: remove reqsk_put() from inet_child_forget() gro_cells: make sure device is up in gro_cells_receive() net/hsr: fix possible crash in add_timer() vxlan: Fix GRO cells race condition between receive and link delete vxlan: test dev->flags & IFF_UP before calling gro_cells_receive() ipvlan: disallow userns cap_net_admin to change global mode/flags missing barriers in some of unix_sock ->addr and ->path accesses net: Set rtm_table to RT_TABLE_COMPAT for ipv6 for tables > 255 mdio_bus: Fix use-after-free on device_register fails net/x25: fix a race in x25_bind() net/mlx4_core: Fix qp mtt size calculation net/mlx4_core: Fix reset flow when in command polling mode tcp: handle inet_csk_reqsk_queue_add() failures route: set the deleted fnhe fnhe_daddr to 0 in ip_del_fnhe to fix a race ravb: Decrease TxFIFO depth of Q3 and Q2 to one pptp: dst_release sk_dst_cache in pptp_sock_destruct net/x25: reset state in x25_connect() net/x25: fix use-after-free in x25_device_event() net: sit: fix UBSAN Undefined behaviour in check_6rd net: hsr: fix memory leak in hsr_dev_finalize() l2tp: fix infoleak in l2tp_ip6_recvmsg() KEYS: restrict /proc/keys by credentials at open time netfilter: nf_conntrack_tcp: Fix stack out of bounds when parsing TCP options netfilter: nfnetlink_acct: validate NFACCT_FILTER parameters netfilter: nfnetlink_log: just returns error for unknown command netfilter: x_tables: enforce nul-terminated table name from getsockopt GET_ENTRIES udplite: call proper backlog handlers ARM: dts: exynos: Do not ignore real-world fuse values for thermal zone 0 on Exynos5420 Revert "x86/platform/UV: Use efi_runtime_lock to serialise BIOS calls" ARM: dts: exynos: Add minimal clkout parameters to Exynos3250 PMU futex,rt_mutex: Restructure rt_mutex_finish_proxy_lock() iscsi_ibft: Fix missing break in switch statement Input: elan_i2c - add id for touchpad found in Lenovo s21e-20 Input: wacom_serial4 - add support for Wacom ArtPad II tablet MIPS: Remove function size check in get_frame_info() perf symbols: Filter out hidden symbols from labels s390/qeth: fix use-after-free in error path dmaengine: dmatest: Abort test in case of mapping error dmaengine: at_xdmac: Fix wrongfull report of a channel as in use irqchip/mmp: Only touch the PJ4 IRQ & FIQ bits on enable/disable ARM: pxa: ssp: unneeded to free devm_ allocated data autofs: fix error return in autofs_fill_super() autofs: drop dentry reference only when it is never used fs/drop_caches.c: avoid softlockups in drop_pagecache_sb() mm, memory_hotplug: test_pages_in_a_zone do not pass the end of zone mm, memory_hotplug: is_mem_section_removable do not pass the end of a zone x86_64: increase stack size for KASAN_EXTRA x86/kexec: Don't setup EFI info if EFI runtime is not enabled cifs: fix computation for MAX_SMB2_HDR_SIZE platform/x86: Fix unmet dependency warning for SAMSUNG_Q10 scsi: libfc: free skb when receiving invalid flogi resp nfs: Fix NULL pointer dereference of dev_name gpio: vf610: Mask all GPIO interrupts net: stmmac: dwmac-rk: fix error handling in rk_gmac_powerup() net: hns: Fix wrong read accesses via Clause 45 MDIO protocol net: altera_tse: fix msgdma_tx_completion on non-zero fill_level case xtensa: SMP: limit number of possible CPUs by NR_CPUS xtensa: SMP: mark each possible CPU as present xtensa: smp_lx200_defconfig: fix vectors clash xtensa: SMP: fix secondary CPU initialization xtensa: SMP: fix ccount_timer_shutdown iommu/amd: Fix IOMMU page flush when detach device from a domain ipvs: Fix signed integer overflow when setsockopt timeout IB/{hfi1, qib}: Fix WC.byte_len calculation for UD_SEND_WITH_IMM perf tools: Handle TOPOLOGY headers with no CPU vti4: Fix a ipip packet processing bug in 'IPCOMP' virtual tunnel media: uvcvideo: Fix 'type' check leading to overflow ip6mr: Do not call __IP6_INC_STATS() from preemptible context net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Fix u64 statistics netlabel: fix out-of-bounds memory accesses hugetlbfs: fix races and page leaks during migration MIPS: irq: Allocate accurate order pages for irq stack applicom: Fix potential Spectre v1 vulnerabilities x86/CPU/AMD: Set the CPB bit unconditionally on F17h net: phy: Micrel KSZ8061: link failure after cable connect net: avoid use IPCB in cipso_v4_error net: Add __icmp_send helper. xen-netback: fix occasional leak of grant ref mappings under memory pressure net: nfc: Fix NULL dereference on nfc_llcp_build_tlv fails bnxt_en: Drop oversize TX packets to prevent errors. team: Free BPF filter when unregistering netdev sky2: Disable MSI on Dell Inspiron 1545 and Gateway P-79 net-sysfs: Fix mem leak in netdev_register_kobject staging: lustre: fix buffer overflow of string buffer isdn: isdn_tty: fix build warning of strncpy ncpfs: fix build warning of strncpy sockfs: getxattr: Fail with -EOPNOTSUPP for invalid attribute names cpufreq: Use struct kobj_attribute instead of struct global_attr USB: serial: ftdi_sio: add ID for Hjelmslund Electronics USB485 USB: serial: cp210x: add ID for Ingenico 3070 USB: serial: option: add Telit ME910 ECM composition x86/uaccess: Don't leak the AC flag into __put_user() value evaluation mm: enforce min addr even if capable() in expand_downwards() mmc: spi: Fix card detection during probe powerpc: Always initialize input array when calling epapr_hypercall() KVM: arm/arm64: Fix MMIO emulation data handling arm/arm64: KVM: Feed initialized memory to MMIO accesses KVM: nSVM: clear events pending from svm_complete_interrupts() when exiting to L1 cfg80211: extend range deviation for DMG mac80211: don't initiate TDLS connection if station is not associated to AP ibmveth: Do not process frames after calling napi_reschedule net: altera_tse: fix connect_local_phy error path scsi: csiostor: fix NULL pointer dereference in csio_vport_set_state() serial: fsl_lpuart: fix maximum acceptable baud rate with over-sampling mac80211: fix miscounting of ttl-dropped frames ARC: fix __ffs return value to avoid build warnings ASoC: imx-audmux: change snprintf to scnprintf for possible overflow ASoC: dapm: change snprintf to scnprintf for possible overflow usb: gadget: Potential NULL dereference on allocation error usb: dwc3: gadget: Fix the uninitialized link_state when udc starts thermal: int340x_thermal: Fix a NULL vs IS_ERR() check ALSA: compress: prevent potential divide by zero bugs ASoC: Intel: Haswell/Broadwell: fix setting for .dynamic field drm/msm: Unblock writer if reader closes file scsi: libsas: Fix rphy phy_identifier for PHYs with end devices attached libceph: handle an empty authorize reply Revert "bridge: do not add port to router list when receives query with source 0.0.0.0" ARCv2: Enable unaligned access in early ASM code net/mlx4_en: Force CHECKSUM_NONE for short ethernet frames sit: check if IPv6 enabled before calling ip6_err_gen_icmpv6_unreach() team: avoid complex list operations in team_nl_cmd_options_set() net/packet: fix 4gb buffer limit due to overflow check batman-adv: fix uninit-value in batadv_interface_tx() KEYS: always initialize keyring_index_key::desc_len KEYS: user: Align the payload buffer RDMA/srp: Rework SCSI device reset handling isdn: avm: Fix string plus integer warning from Clang leds: lp5523: fix a missing check of return value of lp55xx_read atm: he: fix sign-extension overflow on large shift isdn: i4l: isdn_tty: Fix some concurrency double-free bugs MIPS: jazz: fix 64bit build scsi: isci: initialize shost fully before calling scsi_add_host() scsi: qla4xxx: check return code of qla4xxx_copy_from_fwddb_param MIPS: ath79: Enable OF serial ports in the default config net: hns: Fix use after free identified by SLUB debug mfd: mc13xxx: Fix a missing check of a register-read failure mfd: wm5110: Add missing ASRC rate register mfd: qcom_rpm: write fw_version to CTRL_REG mfd: ab8500-core: Return zero in get_register_interruptible() mfd: db8500-prcmu: Fix some section annotations mfd: twl-core: Fix section annotations on {,un}protect_pm_master mfd: ti_am335x_tscadc: Use PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO while registering mfd cells KEYS: allow reaching the keys quotas exactly numa: change get_mempolicy() to use nr_node_ids instead of MAX_NUMNODES ceph: avoid repeatedly adding inode to mdsc->snap_flush_list Revert "ANDROID: arm: process: Add display of memory around registers when displaying regs." ANDROID: mnt: Propagate remount correctly ANDROID: cuttlefish_defconfig: Add support for AC97 audio ANDROID: overlayfs: override_creds=off option bypass creator_cred FROMGIT: binder: create node flag to request sender's security context Conflicts: arch/arm/kernel/irq.c drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-v4l2.c sound/core/compress_offload.c Change-Id: I998f8d53b0c5b8a7102816034452b1779a3b69a3 Signed-off-by: Srinivasarao P <spathi@codeaurora.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
index 28091457b71a..771bb220449b 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
@@ -82,6 +82,29 @@ Only the lists of names from directories are merged. Other content
such as metadata and extended attributes are reported for the upper
directory only. These attributes of the lower directory are hidden.
+credentials
+-----------
+
+By default, all access to the upper, lower and work directories is the
+recorded mounter's MAC and DAC credentials. The incoming accesses are
+checked against the caller's credentials.
+
+In the case where caller MAC or DAC credentials do not overlap, a
+use case available in older versions of the driver, the
+override_creds mount flag can be turned off and help when the use
+pattern has caller with legitimate credentials where the mounter
+does not. Several unintended side effects will occur though. The
+caller without certain key capabilities or lower privilege will not
+always be able to delete files or directories, create nodes, or
+search some restricted directories. The ability to search and read
+a directory entry is spotty as a result of the cache mechanism not
+retesting the credentials because of the assumption, a privileged
+caller can fill cache, then a lower privilege can read the directory
+cache. The uneven security model where cache, upperdir and workdir
+are opened at privilege, but accessed without creating a form of
+privilege escalation, should only be used with strict understanding
+of the side effects and of the security policies.
+
whiteouts and opaque directories
--------------------------------