linux-kernel - Re: [patch 07/10] unprivileged mounts: add sysctl tunable for "safe" property

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Date:	Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:11:08 +0100
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	serue@...ibm.com
CC:	miklos@...redi.hu, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hch@...radead.org,
	serue@...ibm.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 07/10] unprivileged mounts: add sysctl tunable for
	"safe" property

> > +	t->table[0].mode = 0644;
> 
> Yikes, this could be a problem for containers, as it's simply tied to
> uid 0, whereas tying it to a capability would let us solve it with
> capability bounds.
> 
> This might mean more urgency to get user namespaces working at least
> with sysfs, else this is a quick way around having CAP_SYS_ADMIN taken
> out of a container's capability bounding set.

I think I understand the problem, but not the solution.  How do user
namespaces going to help?

Maybe sysctls just need to check capabilities, instead of uids.  I
think that would make a lot of sense anyway.

Thanks,
Miklos
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