From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@gmail.com>
To: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
containers@lists.linux-foundation.org, dhowells@redhat.com,
ebiederm@xmission.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/14] userns: clamp down users of cap_raised
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:23:37 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110728232337.GA9186@albatros> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1311706717-7398-6-git-send-email-serge@hallyn.com>
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 18:58 +0000, Serge Hallyn wrote:
> From: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
>
> A few modules are using cap_raised(current_cap(), cap) to authorize
> actions, but the privilege should be applicable against the initial
> user namespace. Refuse privilege if the caller is not in init_user_ns.
>
> Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
> ---
> drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c | 5 +++++
> drivers/md/dm-log-userspace-transfer.c | 3 +++
> drivers/staging/pohmelfs/config.c | 3 +++
> drivers/video/uvesafb.c | 3 +++
> 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
> index 515bcd9..7717f8a 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
> @@ -2297,6 +2297,11 @@ static void drbd_connector_callback(struct cn_msg *req, struct netlink_skb_parms
> return;
> }
>
> + if (current_user_ns() != &init_user_ns) {
[...]
> if (!cap_raised(current_cap(), CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
[...]
Looks like it is an often pattern. Maybe move both checks to a
function?
Thanks,
--
Vasiliy Kulikov
http://www.openwall.com - bringing security into open computing environments
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-28 23:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-26 18:58 [PATCH 0/14] user namespaces v2: continue targetting capabilities Serge Hallyn
2011-07-26 18:58 ` [PATCH 01/14] add Documentation/namespaces/user_namespace.txt Serge Hallyn
2011-07-26 20:22 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-07-27 15:38 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2011-07-27 16:02 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-07-26 20:29 ` David Howells
2011-07-29 17:25 ` [PATCH 01/14] add Documentation/namespaces/user_namespace.txt (v3) Serge E. Hallyn
2011-07-26 18:58 ` [PATCH 02/14] allow root in container to copy namespaces Serge Hallyn
2011-07-27 23:14 ` Eric W. Biederman
2011-07-28 2:13 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2011-07-29 17:27 ` [PATCH 02/14] allow root in container to copy namespaces (v3) Serge E. Hallyn
2011-08-01 22:25 ` Eric W. Biederman
[not found] ` <m1ei146a6t.fsf-+imSwln9KH6u2/kzUuoCbdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-02 14:08 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2011-08-02 22:03 ` Eric W. Biederman
2011-08-04 22:01 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2011-07-26 18:58 ` [PATCH 03/14] keyctl: check capabilities against key's user_ns Serge Hallyn
2011-07-26 18:58 ` [PATCH 04/14] user_ns: convert fs/attr.c to targeted capabilities Serge Hallyn
2011-07-26 18:58 ` [PATCH 05/14] userns: clamp down users of cap_raised Serge Hallyn
2011-07-28 23:23 ` Vasiliy Kulikov [this message]
2011-07-28 23:51 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2011-07-26 18:58 ` [PATCH 06/14] user namespace: make each net (net_ns) belong to a user_ns Serge Hallyn
2011-07-26 18:58 ` [PATCH 07/14] user namespace: use net->user_ns for some capable calls under net/ Serge Hallyn
2011-07-26 18:58 ` [PATCH 08/14] af_netlink.c: make netlink_capable userns-aware Serge Hallyn
2011-07-26 18:58 ` [PATCH 09/14] user ns: convert ipv6 to targeted capabilities Serge Hallyn
2011-07-26 18:58 ` [PATCH 10/14] net/core/scm.c: target capable() calls to user_ns owning the net_ns Serge Hallyn
2011-08-04 22:06 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2011-07-26 18:58 ` [PATCH 11/14] userns: make some net-sysfs capable calls targeted Serge Hallyn
2011-07-26 18:58 ` [PATCH 12/14] user_ns: target af_key capability check Serge Hallyn
2011-07-26 18:58 ` [PATCH 13/14] userns: net: make many network capable calls targeted Serge Hallyn
2011-07-26 18:58 ` [PATCH 14/14] net: pass user_ns to cap_netlink_recv() Serge Hallyn
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