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-rw-r--r--fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c22
-rw-r--r--fs/proc/root.c2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/fs.h1
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index a90bb19dcfa2..91006f47e420 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -920,6 +920,22 @@ static int fanotify_test_fid(struct path *path, __kernel_fsid_t *fsid)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int fanotify_events_supported(struct path *path, __u64 mask)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Some filesystems such as 'proc' acquire unusual locks when opening
+	 * files. For them fanotify permission events have high chances of
+	 * deadlocking the system - open done when reporting fanotify event
+	 * blocks on this "unusual" lock while another process holding the lock
+	 * waits for fanotify permission event to be answered. Just disallow
+	 * permission events for such filesystems.
+	 */
+	if (mask & FANOTIFY_PERM_EVENTS &&
+	    path->mnt->mnt_sb->s_type->fs_flags & FS_DISALLOW_NOTIFY_PERM)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int do_fanotify_mark(int fanotify_fd, unsigned int flags, __u64 mask,
 			    int dfd, const char  __user *pathname)
 {
@@ -1018,6 +1034,12 @@ static int do_fanotify_mark(int fanotify_fd, unsigned int flags, __u64 mask,
 	if (ret)
 		goto fput_and_out;
 
+	if (flags & FAN_MARK_ADD) {
+		ret = fanotify_events_supported(&path, mask);
+		if (ret)
+			goto path_put_and_out;
+	}
+
 	if (FAN_GROUP_FLAG(group, FAN_REPORT_FID)) {
 		ret = fanotify_test_fid(&path, &__fsid);
 		if (ret)
diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index 8b145e7b9661..522199e9525e 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ static struct file_system_type proc_fs_type = {
 	.init_fs_context	= proc_init_fs_context,
 	.parameters		= &proc_fs_parameters,
 	.kill_sb		= proc_kill_sb,
-	.fs_flags		= FS_USERNS_MOUNT,
+	.fs_flags		= FS_USERNS_MOUNT | FS_DISALLOW_NOTIFY_PERM,
 };
 
 void __init proc_root_init(void)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index f7fdfe93e25d..c7136c98b5ba 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2184,6 +2184,7 @@ struct file_system_type {
 #define FS_BINARY_MOUNTDATA	2
 #define FS_HAS_SUBTYPE		4
 #define FS_USERNS_MOUNT		8	/* Can be mounted by userns root */
+#define FS_DISALLOW_NOTIFY_PERM	16	/* Disable fanotify permission events */
 #define FS_RENAME_DOES_D_MOVE	32768	/* FS will handle d_move() during rename() internally. */
 	int (*init_fs_context)(struct fs_context *);
 	const struct fs_parameter_description *parameters;