VFS: introduce start_creating_noperm() and start_removing_noperm()

xfs, fuse, ipc/mqueue need variants of start_creating or start_removing
which do not check permissions.
This patch adds _noperm versions of these functions.

Note that do_mq_open() was only calling mntget() so it could call
path_put() - it didn't really need an extra reference on the mnt.
Now it doesn't call mntget() and uses end_creating() which does
the dput() half of path_put().

Also mq_unlink() previously passed
   d_inode(dentry->d_parent)
as the dir inode to vfs_unlink().  This is after locking
   d_inode(mnt->mnt_root)
These two inodes are the same, but normally calls use the textual
parent.
So I've changes the vfs_unlink() call to be given d_inode(mnt->mnt_root).

Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>

--
changes since v2:
 - dir arg passed to vfs_unlink() in mq_unlink() changed to match
   the dir passed to lookup_noperm()
 - restore assignment to path->mnt even though the mntget() is removed.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251113002050.676694-7-neilb@ownmail.net
Tested-by: syzbot@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>

Author: neilbrown

fs/fuse/dir.c

@@ -1397,27 +1397,25 @@ int fuse_reverse_inval_entry(struct fuse_conn *fc, u64 parent_nodeid,
 	if (!parent)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	inode_lock_nested(parent, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 	if (!S_ISDIR(parent->i_mode))
-		goto unlock;
+		goto put_parent;
 
 	err = -ENOENT;
 	dir = d_find_alias(parent);
 	if (!dir)
-		goto unlock;
+		goto put_parent;
 
-	name->hash = full_name_hash(dir, name->name, name->len);
-	entry = d_lookup(dir, name);
+	entry = start_removing_noperm(dir, name);
 	dput(dir);
-	if (!entry)
-		goto unlock;
+	if (IS_ERR(entry))
+		goto put_parent;
 
 	fuse_dir_changed(parent);
 	if (!(flags & FUSE_EXPIRE_ONLY))
 		d_invalidate(entry);
 	fuse_invalidate_entry_cache(entry);
 
-	if (child_nodeid != 0 && d_really_is_positive(entry)) {
+	if (child_nodeid != 0) {
 		inode_lock(d_inode(entry));
 		if (get_node_id(d_inode(entry)) != child_nodeid) {
 			err = -ENOENT;
@@ -1445,10 +1443,9 @@ int fuse_reverse_inval_entry(struct fuse_conn *fc, u64 parent_nodeid,
 	} else {
 		err = 0;
 	}
-	dput(entry);
 
- unlock:
-	inode_unlock(parent);
+	end_removing(entry);
+ put_parent:
 	iput(parent);
 	return err;
 }

fs/namei.c

@@ -3275,6 +3275,54 @@ struct dentry *start_removing(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *parent,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(start_removing);
 
+/**
+ * start_creating_noperm - prepare to create a given name without permission checking
+ * @parent: directory in which to prepare to create the name
+ * @name:   the name to be created
+ *
+ * Locks are taken and a lookup in performed prior to creating
+ * an object in a directory.
+ *
+ * If the name already exists, a positive dentry is returned.
+ *
+ * Returns: a negative or positive dentry, or an error.
+ */
+struct dentry *start_creating_noperm(struct dentry *parent,
+				     struct qstr *name)
+{
+	int err = lookup_noperm_common(name, parent);
+
+	if (err)
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	return start_dirop(parent, name, LOOKUP_CREATE);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(start_creating_noperm);
+
+/**
+ * start_removing_noperm - prepare to remove a given name without permission checking
+ * @parent: directory in which to find the name
+ * @name:   the name to be removed
+ *
+ * Locks are taken and a lookup in performed prior to removing
+ * an object from a directory.
+ *
+ * If the name doesn't exist, an error is returned.
+ *
+ * end_removing() should be called when removal is complete, or aborted.
+ *
+ * Returns: a positive dentry, or an error.
+ */
+struct dentry *start_removing_noperm(struct dentry *parent,
+				     struct qstr *name)
+{
+	int err = lookup_noperm_common(name, parent);
+
+	if (err)
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	return start_dirop(parent, name, 0);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(start_removing_noperm);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS
 int path_pts(struct path *path)
 {

fs/xfs/scrub/orphanage.c

@@ -152,11 +152,10 @@ xrep_orphanage_create(
 	}
 
 	/* Try to find the orphanage directory. */
-	inode_lock_nested(root_inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-	orphanage_dentry = lookup_noperm(&QSTR(ORPHANAGE), root_dentry);
+	orphanage_dentry = start_creating_noperm(root_dentry, &QSTR(ORPHANAGE));
 	if (IS_ERR(orphanage_dentry)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(orphanage_dentry);
-		goto out_unlock_root;
+		goto out_dput_root;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ xrep_orphanage_create(
 					     orphanage_dentry, 0750);
 		error = PTR_ERR(orphanage_dentry);
 		if (IS_ERR(orphanage_dentry))
-			goto out_unlock_root;
+			goto out_dput_orphanage;
 	}
 
 	/* Not a directory? Bail out. */
@@ -200,9 +199,7 @@ xrep_orphanage_create(
 	sc->orphanage_ilock_flags = 0;
 
 out_dput_orphanage:
-	dput(orphanage_dentry);
-out_unlock_root:
-	inode_unlock(VFS_I(sc->mp->m_rootip));
+	end_creating(orphanage_dentry, root_dentry);
 out_dput_root:
 	dput(root_dentry);
 out:

include/linux/namei.h

@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ struct dentry *start_creating(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *parent,
 			      struct qstr *name);
 struct dentry *start_removing(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *parent,
 			      struct qstr *name);
+struct dentry *start_creating_noperm(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name);
+struct dentry *start_removing_noperm(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name);
 
 /**
  * end_creating - finish action started with start_creating

ipc/mqueue.c

@@ -913,13 +913,12 @@ static int do_mq_open(const char __user *u_name, int oflag, umode_t mode,
 		goto out_putname;
 
 	ro = mnt_want_write(mnt);	/* we'll drop it in any case */
-	inode_lock(d_inode(root));
-	path.dentry = lookup_noperm(&QSTR(name->name), root);
+	path.dentry = start_creating_noperm(root, &QSTR(name->name));
 	if (IS_ERR(path.dentry)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(path.dentry);
 		goto out_putfd;
 	}
-	path.mnt = mntget(mnt);
+	path.mnt = mnt;
 	error = prepare_open(path.dentry, oflag, ro, mode, name, attr);
 	if (!error) {
 		struct file *file = dentry_open(&path, oflag, current_cred());
@@ -928,13 +927,12 @@ static int do_mq_open(const char __user *u_name, int oflag, umode_t mode,
 		else
 			error = PTR_ERR(file);
 	}
-	path_put(&path);
 out_putfd:
 	if (error) {
 		put_unused_fd(fd);
 		fd = error;
 	}
-	inode_unlock(d_inode(root));
+	end_creating(path.dentry, root);
 	if (!ro)
 		mnt_drop_write(mnt);
 out_putname:
@@ -957,7 +955,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(mq_unlink, const char __user *, u_name)
 	int err;
 	struct filename *name;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
-	struct inode *inode = NULL;
+	struct inode *inode;
 	struct ipc_namespace *ipc_ns = current->nsproxy->ipc_ns;
 	struct vfsmount *mnt = ipc_ns->mq_mnt;
 
@@ -969,26 +967,20 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(mq_unlink, const char __user *, u_name)
 	err = mnt_want_write(mnt);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_name;
-	inode_lock_nested(d_inode(mnt->mnt_root), I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-	dentry = lookup_noperm(&QSTR(name->name), mnt->mnt_root);
+	dentry = start_removing_noperm(mnt->mnt_root, &QSTR(name->name));
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_drop_write;
 	}
 
 	inode = d_inode(dentry);
-	if (!inode) {
-		err = -ENOENT;
-	} else {
-		ihold(inode);
-		err = vfs_unlink(&nop_mnt_idmap, d_inode(dentry->d_parent),
-				 dentry, NULL);
-	}
-	dput(dentry);
-
-out_unlock:
-	inode_unlock(d_inode(mnt->mnt_root));
+	ihold(inode);
+	err = vfs_unlink(&nop_mnt_idmap, d_inode(mnt->mnt_root),
+			 dentry, NULL);
+	end_removing(dentry);
 	iput(inode);
+
+out_drop_write:
 	mnt_drop_write(mnt);
 out_name:
 	putname(name);