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Re: [PATCH 1/9] Add a user_namespace as creator/owner of uts_namespace [message #41867 is a reply to message #41747]

Wed, 23 February 2011 23:54

ebiederm
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David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> writes:

> Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> wrote:
>
>> > Which means that unless the uts_namespace belongs to our user_namespace, we
>> > cannot change it. Is that correct?
>>
>> No. If you are root in a parent namespace you can also change it.
>
> But surely, by definition, if you're a user in this namespace, you can't also
> be root in a parent namespace...

To be clear the case you looked at was:

> - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> + if (!ns_capable(current->nsproxy->uts_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
>
> what is it you're actually asking? I presume it's 'does this user have
> CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability over objects belonging to the uts_namespace's
> user_namespace?'

Here "current->nsproxy->uts_ns->user_ns" (the target_ns value) is only
refers to the uts_ns we are talking about.

The user itself comes from current_user().

> For the case I worked through current_user() is a member of current_user_ns()
> and can't also be a member of its parent, grandparent, etc. - or can
> it?

Right now if you are looking at current_user() because of limitations in
the creation ordering I think you are correct.

However in the near term pile of changes to merge, are the syscalls for
joining an existing namespace. At which point there is no reason in
general to suppose the current limitations of creation apply.

Although it is conceivable that unshare of namespaces can also get you
to someplace similar to joining prexisting namespaces.

Eric
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		userns: targeted capabilities v5 By: serge on Thu, 17 February 2011 15:02
		[PATCH 2/9] security: Make capabilities relative to the user namespace. By: serge on Thu, 17 February 2011 15:03
		Re: [PATCH 2/9] security: Make capabilities relative to the user namespace. By: ebiederm on Fri, 18 February 2011 03:46
		Re: [PATCH 2/9] security: Make capabilities relative to the user namespace. By: Daniel Lezcano on Fri, 18 February 2011 23:44
		Re: [PATCH 2/9] security: Make capabilities relative to the user namespace. By: akpm on Fri, 18 February 2011 23:59
		Re: [PATCH 2/9] security: Make capabilities relative to the user namespace. By: David Howells on Wed, 23 February 2011 12:01
		Re: [PATCH 2/9] security: Make capabilities relative to the user namespace. By: serge on Wed, 23 February 2011 13:43
		Re: [PATCH 2/9] security: Make capabilities relative to the user namespace. By: David Howells on Wed, 23 February 2011 11:40
		Re: [PATCH 2/9] security: Make capabilities relative to the user namespace. By: David Howells on Wed, 23 February 2011 16:59
		[PATCH 9/9] userns: check user namespace for task->file uid equivalence checks By: serge on Thu, 17 February 2011 15:04
		Re: [PATCH 9/9] userns: check user namespace for task->file uid equivalence checks By: ebiederm on Fri, 18 February 2011 01:29
		Re: [PATCH 9/9] userns: check user namespace for task->file uid equivalence checks By: akpm on Fri, 18 February 2011 23:59
		Re: [PATCH 9/9] userns: check user namespace for task->file uid equivalence checks By: serge on Thu, 24 February 2011 03:24
		Re: [PATCH 9/9] userns: check user namespace for task->file uid equivalence checks By: akpm on Thu, 24 February 2011 05:08
		Re: [PATCH 9/9] userns: check user namespace for task->file uid equivalence checks By: Daniel Lezcano on Sat, 19 February 2011 19:22
		[PATCH 7/9] add a user namespace owner of ipc ns By: serge on Thu, 17 February 2011 15:03
		Re: [PATCH 7/9] add a user namespace owner of ipc ns By: ebiederm on Fri, 18 February 2011 03:19
		Re: [PATCH 7/9] add a user namespace owner of ipc ns By: akpm on Fri, 18 February 2011 23:59
		Re: [PATCH 7/9] add a user namespace owner of ipc ns By: Daniel Lezcano on Sat, 19 February 2011 17:57
		[PATCH 1/9] Add a user_namespace as creator/owner of uts_namespace By: serge on Thu, 17 February 2011 15:02
		Re: [PATCH 1/9] Add a user_namespace as creator/owner of uts_namespace By: ebiederm on Fri, 18 February 2011 03:31
		Re: [PATCH 1/9] Add a user_namespace as creator/owner of uts_namespace By: Daniel Lezcano on Fri, 18 February 2011 16:57
		Re: [PATCH 1/9] Add a user_namespace as creator/owner of uts_namespace By: akpm on Fri, 18 February 2011 23:59
		Re: [PATCH 1/9] Add a user_namespace as creator/owner of uts_namespace By: David Howells on Wed, 23 February 2011 17:16
		Re: [PATCH 1/9] Add a user_namespace as creator/owner of uts_namespace By: ebiederm on Wed, 23 February 2011 21:21
		Re: [PATCH 1/9] Add a user_namespace as creator/owner of uts_namespace By: David Howells on Wed, 23 February 2011 23:19
		Re: [PATCH 1/9] Add a user_namespace as creator/owner of uts_namespace By: ebiederm on Wed, 23 February 2011 23:54
		[PATCH 3/9] allow sethostname in a container By: serge on Thu, 17 February 2011 15:03
		Re: [PATCH 3/9] allow sethostname in a container By: ebiederm on Fri, 18 February 2011 03:05
		Re: [PATCH 3/9] allow sethostname in a container By: Daniel Lezcano on Fri, 18 February 2011 23:46
		[PATCH 4/9] allow killing tasks in your own or child userns By: serge on Thu, 17 February 2011 15:03
		Re: [PATCH 4/9] allow killing tasks in your own or child userns By: ebiederm on Fri, 18 February 2011 03:00
		Re: [PATCH 4/9] allow killing tasks in your own or child userns By: akpm on Fri, 18 February 2011 23:59
		Re: [PATCH 4/9] allow killing tasks in your own or child userns By: serge on Thu, 24 February 2011 00:48
		Re: [PATCH 4/9] allow killing tasks in your own or child userns By: akpm on Thu, 24 February 2011 00:54
		Re: [PATCH 4/9] allow killing tasks in your own or child userns By: Daniel Lezcano on Sat, 19 February 2011 10:55
		[PATCH 6/9] user namespaces: convert all capable checks in kernel/sys.c By: serge on Thu, 17 February 2011 15:03
		Re: [PATCH 6/9] user namespaces: convert all capable checks in kernel/sys.c By: ebiederm on Fri, 18 February 2011 01:57
		Re: [PATCH 6/9] user namespaces: convert all capable checks in kernel/sys.c By: akpm on Fri, 18 February 2011 23:59
		Re: [PATCH 6/9] user namespaces: convert all capable checks in kernel/sys.c By: akpm on Sat, 19 February 2011 00:01
		Re: [PATCH 6/9] user namespaces: convert all capable checks in kernel/sys.c By: Daniel Lezcano on Sat, 19 February 2011 17:52
		[PATCH 5/9] Allow ptrace from non-init user namespaces By: serge on Thu, 17 February 2011 15:03
		Re: [PATCH 5/9] Allow ptrace from non-init user namespaces By: ebiederm on Fri, 18 February 2011 02:59
		Re: [PATCH 5/9] Allow ptrace from non-init user namespaces By: serge on Fri, 18 February 2011 04:36
		[PATCH] userns: ptrace: incorporate feedback from Eric By: serge on Thu, 24 February 2011 00:49
		Re: [PATCH] userns: ptrace: incorporate feedback from Eric By: akpm on Thu, 24 February 2011 00:56
		Re: [PATCH] userns: ptrace: incorporate feedback from Eric By: serge on Thu, 24 February 2011 03:15
		Re: [PATCH 5/9] Allow ptrace from non-init user namespaces By: akpm on Fri, 18 February 2011 23:59
		Re: [PATCH 5/9] Allow ptrace from non-init user namespaces By: serge on Thu, 24 February 2011 00:43
		Re: [PATCH 5/9] Allow ptrace from non-init user namespaces By: Daniel Lezcano on Sat, 19 February 2011 17:49
		Re: [PATCH 5/9] Allow ptrace from non-init user namespaces By: David Howells on Wed, 23 February 2011 17:05
		Re: [PATCH 5/9] Allow ptrace from non-init user namespaces By: David Howells on Wed, 23 February 2011 17:11
		[PATCH 8/9] user namespaces: convert several capable() calls By: serge on Thu, 17 February 2011 15:03
		Re: [PATCH 8/9] user namespaces: convert several capable() calls By: ebiederm on Fri, 18 February 2011 01:51
		Re: [PATCH 8/9] user namespaces: convert several capable() calls By: Daniel Lezcano on Sat, 19 February 2011 19:07
		Re: userns: targeted capabilities v5 By: akpm on Fri, 18 February 2011 00:21
		Re: userns: targeted capabilities v5 By: ebiederm on Fri, 18 February 2011 03:53
		Re: userns: targeted capabilities v5 By: serge on Fri, 18 February 2011 04:28
		User namespaces and keys By: David Howells on Wed, 23 February 2011 12:05
		Re: User namespaces and keys By: serge on Wed, 23 February 2011 13:58
		Re: User namespaces and keys By: ebiederm on Wed, 23 February 2011 14:46
		Re: User namespaces and keys By: David Howells on Wed, 23 February 2011 15:06
		Re: User namespaces and keys By: ebiederm on Wed, 23 February 2011 15:45
		Re: User namespaces and keys By: Serge E. Hallyn on Wed, 23 February 2011 15:53
		Re: User namespaces and keys By: Casey Schaufler on Wed, 23 February 2011 19:24
		Re: User namespaces and keys By: ebiederm on Wed, 23 February 2011 20:55
		Re: User namespaces and keys By: Casey Schaufler on Wed, 23 February 2011 21:37
		Re: User namespaces and keys By: ebiederm on Thu, 24 February 2011 06:56

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