Fulfill the purpose of CAP_SYS_MOUNT by adding it as a sufficient
capability to mount and unmount filesystems.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Belouin <[email protected]>
---
 fs/cachefiles/daemon.c |  2 +-
 fs/ext4/ioctl.c        |  2 +-
 fs/namespace.c         |  3 ++-
 fs/super.c             | 14 +++++++++-----
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c b/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c
index 1ee54ffd3a24..fc53bdeacc8a 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static int cachefiles_daemon_open(struct inode *inode, struct 
file *file)
        _enter("");
 
        /* only the superuser may do this */
-       if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+       if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) && !capable(CAP_SYS_MOUNT))
                return -EPERM;
 
        /* the cachefiles device may only be open once at a time */
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index afb66d4ab5cf..19d838e558e2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ static int ext4_shutdown(struct super_block *sb, unsigned 
long arg)
        struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
        __u32 flags;
 
-       if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+       if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) && !capable(CAP_SYS_MOUNT))
                return -EPERM;
 
        if (get_user(flags, (__u32 __user *)arg))
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 3b601f115b6c..1eaa6a9f1631 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1661,7 +1661,8 @@ void __detach_mounts(struct dentry *dentry)
  */
 static inline bool may_mount(void)
 {
-       return ns_capable(current->nsproxy->mnt_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+       return ns_capable(current->nsproxy->mnt_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ||
+              ns_capable(current->nsproxy->mnt_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_MOUNT);
 }
 
 static inline bool may_mandlock(void)
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 166c4ee0d0ed..1d84d8b87216 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ struct super_block *sget_userns(struct file_system_type 
*type,
 
        if (!(flags & (SB_KERNMOUNT|SB_SUBMOUNT)) &&
            !(type->fs_flags & FS_USERNS_MOUNT) &&
-           !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+           !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) && !capable(CAP_SYS_MOUNT))
                return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 retry:
        spin_lock(&sb_lock);
@@ -551,7 +551,9 @@ struct super_block *sget(struct file_system_type *type,
                user_ns = &init_user_ns;
 
        /* Ensure the requestor has permissions over the target filesystem */
-       if (!(flags & (SB_KERNMOUNT|SB_SUBMOUNT)) && !ns_capable(user_ns, 
CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+       if (!(flags & (SB_KERNMOUNT | SB_SUBMOUNT)) &&
+           !ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN) &&
+           !ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_MOUNT))
                return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 
        return sget_userns(type, test, set, flags, user_ns, data);
@@ -1020,10 +1022,12 @@ struct dentry *mount_ns(struct file_system_type 
*fs_type,
 {
        struct super_block *sb;
 
-       /* Don't allow mounting unless the caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN
-        * over the namespace.
+       /* Don't allow mounting unless the caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN (deprecated)
+        * or CAP_SYS_MOUNT over the namespace.
         */
-       if (!(flags & SB_KERNMOUNT) && !ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+       if (!(flags & SB_KERNMOUNT) &&
+           !ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN) &&
+           !ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_MOUNT))
                return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 
        sb = sget_userns(fs_type, ns_test_super, ns_set_super, flags,
-- 
2.14.2

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