linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] Fix cap_capable to only allow owners in the parent user namespace to have caps.

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Message-ID: <20121215001447.GD13659@mail.hallyn.com>
Date:	Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:14:47 +0000
From:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Fix cap_capable to only allow owners in the
 parent user namespace to have caps.

Quoting Eric W. Biederman (ebiederm@...ssion.com):
> "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com> writes:
> 
> > Quoting Eric W. Biederman (ebiederm@...ssion.com):
> 
> >> A child user namespace having capabilities against processes in it's
> >> parent seems totally bizarre and pretty dangerous from a capabilities
> >> standpoint.
> >
> > How would it have them against its parent?
> 
> init_user_ns
>    userns a --- created by kuid 1

Now a mapping needs to be set up (by a task with CAP_SYS_ADMIN in
init_user_ns) which allows kuids 1 and 2 to be used by userns a.
Otherwise (if no mapping is set up) userns a only has the overlowuid.

Realistically only kuids over 100000 (let's say) would used.  i.e.
kuids 100,000-199,999 would map to container uids 0-99,999.

>      userns b -- created by kuid 2

Now a mapping needs to be set up (by a task with CAP_SYS_ADMIN in
userns a) which allows kuids 1 and 2 to be used by userns b.

If userns had been mapped with kuids 100,000-199,999 mapping to
uids 0-99999, then only kuids in that range could be mapped into
userns b.

>         process c in userns b with kuid 1
>
> Serge read the first permisison check in common_cap. 
> Think what happens in the above example.
> 
> For the rest I understand your concern.

Ok.  Then we can discuss my concern later (after the new year).

> Serge please read and look at the patches I have posted to fix
> the issues Andy found with the user namespace tree.  Especially
> the fix to commit_creds.

The setns fixes were IMO the most important - and interesting - ones :)

Thanks, Andy!

> After you have looked at the patches to fix the issues I will
> be happy to discuss things further with you.

Thanks,
-serge
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