From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
Cc: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] capabilities: limit fscaps to where CAP_SETFCAP reaches
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:56:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-171917@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261014-b4-setfcap-userns-v2-4-fac4d19281d7@toxicpanda.com>
> Commit db2e718a4798 ("capabilities: require CAP_SETFCAP to map uid 0")
> keeps a root process without CAP_SETFCAP from creating a user namespace
> that maps uid 0, in which it could attach capabilities to a file that
> are then honoured outside. But the map doesn't have to be written by
> that process. A privileged task can write it from the parent, and the
> file capabilities are not checked against the outside at all:
>
> task A: uid 0, full caps task B: uid 0, no CAP_SETFCAP
> unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER)
> ns->setfcap_level = 1
> write "0 0 1" to B's uid_map, gid_map
> A has CAP_SETFCAP -> allowed
> setxattr(file, "security.capability")
> rootid = kuid 0
> uid 1000 in the initial namespace:
> [ ... ]
> an unprivileged user does in its own namespaces. The rest gets -EPERM.
>
> Fixes: 8db6c34f1dbc ("Introduce v3 namespaced file capabilities")
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues. It looks great!
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-14 20:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-14 20:47 [PATCH v2 0/5] capabilities: close the ways around the CAP_SETFCAP rule for uid 0 Josef Bacik
2026-10-14 20:47 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] userns: record how far up CAP_SETFCAP reaches Josef Bacik
2026-10-14 20:54 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-14 20:55 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-10-14 20:47 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] userns: don't let setns() lend CAP_SETFCAP Josef Bacik
2026-10-14 20:54 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-10-14 20:58 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-14 20:47 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] userns: check the opener and the writer before mapping uid 0 Josef Bacik
2026-10-14 20:57 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-10-14 20:58 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-14 20:47 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] capabilities: limit fscaps to where CAP_SETFCAP reaches Josef Bacik
2026-10-14 20:56 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-10-14 20:47 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] capabilities: don't let ptrace borrow CAP_SETFCAP Josef Bacik
2026-10-14 20:55 ` sashiko-bot
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