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* user namespaces: fix some uid/privilege leaks
@ 2011-11-04 22:24 Serge Hallyn
  2011-11-04 22:24 ` [PATCH 1/6] user namespace: make signal.c respect user namespaces (v4) Serge Hallyn
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  0 siblings, 7 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Serge Hallyn @ 2011-11-04 22:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel, containers
  Cc: oleg, richard, akpm, ebiederm, serge, dhowells, eparis

The previous submission of these patches, and review comments, can be
seen in the thread starting here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/10/18/463 .
Since then, patches 
0001-pid_ns-ensure-pid-is-not-freed-during-kill_pid_info_.patch
and
0002-user-namespace-usb-make-usb-urbs-user-namespace-awar.patch
have gone upstream, and I've reverted
0009-make-net-core-scm.c-uid-comparisons-user-namespace-a.patch
because it relaxes checks, and right now we want to focus on
fixing leaks.

The set includes:

0001-user-namespace-make-signal.c-respect-user-namespaces.patch
	This convers the uid for the task sending a signal to the
	user namespace of the receiver.  It is somewhat analogous
	to what is done with the sender's pid.
	Waiting on feedback from Oleg, but I believe this patch is
	ready.

0002-User-namespace-don-t-allow-sysctl-in-non-init-user-n.patch
	This prevents root in a child user namespace from man-handling
	sysctls.  With this patch, a task in a child user namespace
	will only get the world access rights to sysctls.

0003-user-namespace-clamp-down-users-of-cap_raised.patch
	This clamps down on cases where privilege to your own user
	namespace were checked for access to the initial user namespace.

0004-Add-Documentation-namespaces-user_namespace.txt-v3.patch
	Documentation.

0005-user-namespace-make-each-net-net_ns-belong-to-a-user.patch
	This adds a struct user_namespace pointer to the net_ns for use
	by later patches.

0006-protect-cap_netlink_recv-from-user-namespaces.patch
	Now that net_ns is owned by a user_ns, cap_netlink_recv() can
	target privilege checks to the user_ns owning the resource.  The
	current check against current_cap() is unsafe.


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* user namespaces: fix some uid/privilege leaks
@ 2011-10-18 21:54 Serge Hallyn
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: Serge Hallyn @ 2011-10-18 21:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel
  Cc: ebiederm, akpm, oleg, richard, mikevs, segoon, gregkh, dhowells,
	eparis

The set of patches which I'm currently aiming to get upstream is queued at:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=serge/linux-2.6.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/userns

In the below descriptions, it helps to remember that a task can have more
privilege to his own, child, user namespace, than he does in his parent or
the initial user namespace.  In fact a task created in a new user namespace
receives all capabilities (within bounding set) in the new user namespace.
So checks for privilege in a task's own user ns can not be safely used in place
of checks against another user ns.

The set includes:

0001-pid_ns-ensure-pid-is-not-freed-during-kill_pid_info_.patch
	Fix a case where a pid could be referenced after being freed.
	(This is in Greg's usb tree, but not yet in Linus' tree; it's
	here just to show full context)

0002-user-namespace-usb-make-usb-urbs-user-namespace-awar.patch
	Take the user namespace into account when comparing uids when
	signals are sent by usb urbs.
	(This is in Greg's usb tree, but not yet in Linus' tree; it's
	here just to show full context)

0003-user-namespace-make-signal.c-respect-user-namespaces.patch
	This convers the uid for the task sending a signal to the
	user namespace of the receiver.  It is somewhat analogous
	to what is done with the sender's pid.
	Waiting on feedback from Oleg, but I believe this patch is
	ready.

0004-User-namespace-don-t-allow-sysctl-in-non-init-user-n.patch
	This prevents root in a child user namespace from man-handling
	sysctls.  With this patch, a task in a child user namespace
	will only get the world access rights to sysctls.

0005-user-namespace-clamp-down-users-of-cap_raised.patch
	This clamps down on cases where privilege to your own user
	namespace were checked for access to the initial user namespace.

0006-Add-Documentation-namespaces-user_namespace.txt-v3.patch
	Documentation.

0007-user-namespace-make-each-net-net_ns-belong-to-a-user.patch
	This adds a struct user_namespace pointer to the net_ns for use
	by later patches.

0008-protect-cap_netlink_recv-from-user-namespaces.patch
	Now that net_ns is owned by a user_ns, cap_netlink_recv() can
	target privilege checks to the user_ns owning the resource.  The
	current check against current_cap() is unsafe.

0009-make-net-core-scm.c-uid-comparisons-user-namespace-a.patch
	In scm_send, uids of sender/receiver are being compared without
	accounting for different user namespaces.  Fix that.


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2011-11-04 22:24 user namespaces: fix some uid/privilege leaks Serge Hallyn
2011-11-04 22:24 ` [PATCH 1/6] user namespace: make signal.c respect user namespaces (v4) Serge Hallyn
2011-11-09  0:22   ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-09 14:18     ` Serge E. Hallyn
2011-11-10  1:41       ` Matt Helsley
2011-11-10 14:27         ` Serge E. Hallyn
2011-11-04 22:24 ` [PATCH 2/6] User namespace: don't allow sysctl in non-init user ns (v2) Serge Hallyn
2011-11-04 22:24 ` [PATCH 3/6] user namespace: clamp down users of cap_raised Serge Hallyn
2011-11-06  1:14   ` Andrew G. Morgan
2011-11-04 22:24 ` [PATCH 4/6] Add Documentation/namespaces/user_namespace.txt (v3) Serge Hallyn
2011-11-04 22:24 ` [PATCH 5/6] user namespace: make each net (net_ns) belong to a user_ns Serge Hallyn
2011-11-04 22:24 ` [PATCH 6/6] protect cap_netlink_recv from user namespaces Serge Hallyn
2011-11-07 19:35   ` Eric Paris
2011-11-08  3:29     ` Serge E. Hallyn
2011-11-09 14:19       ` Eric Paris
2011-11-09 14:44         ` Serge E. Hallyn
2011-11-19  9:10         ` Eric W. Biederman
2011-11-19 23:25           ` Serge E. Hallyn
2011-11-11  4:13 ` user namespaces: fix some uid/privilege leaks Serge E. Hallyn
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