knfsd: nfsd: allow auth_sys nlm on rpcsec_gss exports

Our clients (like other clients, as far as I know) use only auth_sys for nlm, even when using rpcsec_gss for the main nfs operations. Administrators that want to deny non-kerberos-authenticated locking requests will need to turn off NFS protocol versions less than 4.... Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
chewitt · Jul 17, 2007 · 9091224 · 9091224
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commit 9091224
Showing 1 changed file with 10 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
@@ -249,10 +249,16 @@ fh_verify(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type, int access)
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
-	/* Check security flavor */
-	error = check_nfsd_access(exp, rqstp);
-	if (error)
-		goto out;
+	if (!(access & MAY_LOCK)) {
+		/*
+		 * pseudoflavor restrictions are not enforced on NLM,
+		 * which clients virtually always use auth_sys for,
+		 * even while using RPCSEC_GSS for NFS.
+		 */
+		error = check_nfsd_access(exp, rqstp);
+		if (error)
+			goto out;
+	}
 
 	/* Finally, check access permissions. */
 	error = nfsd_permission(rqstp, exp, dentry, access);