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authorValdis Klētnieks <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu>2019-08-30 12:42:39 -0400
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2019-09-02 10:44:13 +0200
commit58985a9d2d03e977db93bf574a16162766a318fe (patch)
treeebc61791f5a32c6ca06413bf634df1e981629f01 /drivers
parent097a802ae15e2c6d17256a6fe0712a655ba10823 (diff)
downloadlinux-58985a9d2d03e977db93bf574a16162766a318fe.tar.bz2
drivers/staging/exfat - by default, prohibit mount of fat/vfat
Concerns have been raised about the exfat driver accidentally mounting fat/vfat file systems. Add an extra configure option to help prevent that. Signed-off-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/245727.1567183359@turing-police Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/staging/exfat/Kconfig8
-rw-r--r--drivers/staging/exfat/exfat_super.c6
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/exfat/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/exfat/Kconfig
index 78b32aa2ca19..f52129c67f97 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/exfat/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/exfat/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ config EXFAT_FS
help
This adds support for the exFAT file system.
+config EXFAT_DONT_MOUNT_VFAT
+ bool "Prohibit mounting of fat/vfat filesysems by exFAT"
+ default y
+ help
+ By default, the exFAT driver will only mount exFAT filesystems, and refuse
+ to mount fat/vfat filesystems. Set this to 'n' to allow the exFAT driver
+ to mount these filesystems.
+
config EXFAT_DISCARD
bool "enable discard support"
depends on EXFAT_FS
diff --git a/drivers/staging/exfat/exfat_super.c b/drivers/staging/exfat/exfat_super.c
index 5b5c2ca8c9aa..d9787635a373 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/exfat/exfat_super.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/exfat/exfat_super.c
@@ -486,10 +486,16 @@ static int ffsMountVol(struct super_block *sb)
break;
if (i < 53) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXFAT_DONT_MOUNT_VFAT
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ printk(KERN_INFO "EXFAT: Attempted to mount VFAT filesystem\n");
+ goto out;
+#else
if (GET16(p_pbr->bpb + 11)) /* num_fat_sectors */
ret = fat16_mount(sb, p_pbr);
else
ret = fat32_mount(sb, p_pbr);
+#endif
} else {
ret = exfat_mount(sb, p_pbr);
}