From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
Cc: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] userns: check the opener and the writer before mapping uid 0
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:58:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-171918@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261014-b4-setfcap-userns-v2-3-fac4d19281d7@toxicpanda.com>
> verify_root_map() looks at the cred that opened the map file: it asks
> whether it has CAP_SETFCAP over the parent, or, for an opener inside the
> namespace, whether the creator had. Two things are missing.
>
> The writer isn't checked. For every other privileged mapping
> new_idmap_permitted() wants the capability from the opener and from the
> task that calls write(), but a map that consists of the single line
> "0 0 1" takes the unprivileged branch, where only the opener's euid
> counts. So an open uid_map file is a token for mapping uid 0:
>
> task A: uid 0, full caps task B: uid 0, no CAP_SETFCAP
> fd = open("/proc/<pid>/uid_map")
> B gets fd by inheritance
> or SCM_RIGHTS
> write(fd, "0 0 1")
> [ ... ]
> on, now fail with -EPERM.
>
> Fixes: db2e718a4798 ("capabilities: require CAP_SETFCAP to map uid 0")
> 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 20:58 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 [this message]
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
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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