/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern can be used to specify a userspace helper
to handle core files and it currently runs in the root namespace.
This patch allows the helper to run in the same namespace in a step
towards letting containers setting their own helpers.
Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Aristeu Rozanski <aris@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index ce47379..fa14ea1 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -455,6 +455,19 @@ static int umh_pipe_setup(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new)
/* and disallow core files too */
current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_CORE] = (struct rlimit){1, 1};
+ /*
+ * We want to run the helper within the same namespace. Since we
+ * already forked, current here is using init_nsproxy and the usage
+ * was already accounted. switch_task_namespace() will revert that
+ * but we need to bump the dead process' nsproxy before calling the
+ * the helper. Once it exits, the dead process' nsproxy usage will be
+ * decremented as part of normal process exit.
+ */
+ if (current->nsproxy != cp->nsproxy) {
+ get_nsproxy(cp->nsproxy);
+ switch_task_namespaces(current, cp->nsproxy);
+ }
+
return err;
}
@@ -482,6 +495,8 @@ void do_coredump(siginfo_t *siginfo, struct pt_regs *regs)
* by any locks.
*/
.mm_flags = mm->flags,
+ /* we run the helper in the same namespace */
+ .nsproxy = current->nsproxy,
};
audit_core_dumps(siginfo->si_signo);
diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
index cfcc6bf..45113e6 100644
--- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ struct coredump_params {
struct file *file;
unsigned long limit;
unsigned long mm_flags;
+ struct nsproxy *nsproxy;
};
/*
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