linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] userns: Add a more complete capability subset test to commit

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Date:	Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:47:35 +0000
From:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] userns: Add a more complete capability subset test
 to commit_creds

Quoting Eric W. Biederman (ebiederm@...ssion.com):
> "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com> writes:
> 
> > Quoting Eric W. Biederman (ebiederm@...ssion.com):
> >> 
> >> When unsharing a user namespace we reduce our credentials to just what
> >> can be done in that user namespace.  This is a subset of the credentials
> >> we previously had.  Teach commit_creds to recognize this is a subset
> >> of the credentials we have had before and don't clear the dumpability flag.
> >> 
> >> This allows an unprivileged  program to do:
> >> unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER);
> >> fd = open("/proc/self/uid_map", O_RDWR);
> >> 
> >> Where previously opening the uid_map writable would fail because
> >> the the task had been made non-dumpable.
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> >
> > Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>
> >
> >> ---
> >>  kernel/cred.c |   26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >>  1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
> >> index 48cea3d..993a7ea41 100644
> >> --- a/kernel/cred.c
> >> +++ b/kernel/cred.c
> >> @@ -455,6 +455,30 @@ error_put:
> >>  	return ret;
> >>  }
> >>  
> >
> > Do you think we need to warn that this can only be used for
> > commit_creds?  (i.e. if someone tried ot use this in some
> > other context, the 'creds are subset of target ns is a child
> > of current_ns' assumption would be wrong)
> 
> This function should be a general test valid at any time.
> 
> Except that I forgot the bit of the test that asks is the original cred
> the owner of the subset user namespace.

Ok, with that change that'll be fine :)

> I will respin this patch.

Cool, thanks.
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