While user namespaces do not make the kernel more vulnerable, they are however
used to initiate exploits. Some users do not want to block namespace creation
for the entirety of the system, which some distributions provide. Instead, we
needed a way to have some applications be blocked, and others allowed. This is
not possible with those tools. Managing hierarchies also did not fit our case
because we're determining which tasks are allowed based on their attributes.
While exploring a solution, we first leveraged the LSM cred_prepare hook
because that is the closest hook to prevent a call to create_user_ns().
The calls look something like this:
cred = prepare_creds()
security_prepare_creds()
call_int_hook(cred_prepare, ...
if (cred)
create_user_ns(cred)
We noticed that error codes were not propagated from this hook and
introduced a patch [1] to propagate those errors.
The discussion notes that security_prepare_creds() is not appropriate for
MAC policies, and instead the hook is meant for LSM authors to prepare
credentials for mutation. [2]
Additionally, cred_prepare hook is not without problems. Handling the clone3
case is a bit more tricky due to the user space pointer passed to it. This
makes checking the syscall subject to a possible TOCTTOU attack.
Ultimately, we concluded that a better course of action is to introduce
a new security hook for LSM authors. [3]
This patch set first introduces a new security_create_user_ns() function
and userns_create LSM hook, then marks the hook as sleepable in BPF. The
following patches after include a BPF test and a patch for an SELinux
implementation.
We want to encourage use of user namespaces, and also cater the needs
of users/administrators to observe and/or control access. There is no
expectation of an impact on user space applications because access control
is opt-in, and users wishing to observe within a LSM context
Links:
1. https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220608150942.776446-1-fred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
2. https://lore.kernel.org/all/87y1xzyhub.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
3. https://lore.kernel.org/all/9fe9cd9f-1ded-a179-8ded-5fde8960a586@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Past discussions:
V4: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220801180146.1157914-1-fred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
V3: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220721172808.585539-1-fred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
V2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220707223228.1940249-1-fred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
V1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220621233939.993579-1-fred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Changes since v4:
- Update commit description
- Update cover letter
Changes since v3:
- Explicitly set CAP_SYS_ADMIN to test namespace is created given
permission
- Simplify BPF test to use sleepable hook only
- Prefer unshare() over clone() for tests
Changes since v2:
- Rename create_user_ns hook to userns_create
- Use user_namespace as an object opposed to a generic namespace object
- s/domB_t/domA_t in commit message
Changes since v1:
- Add selftests/bpf: Add tests verifying bpf lsm create_user_ns hook patch
- Add selinux: Implement create_user_ns hook patch
- Change function signature of security_create_user_ns() to only take
struct cred
- Move security_create_user_ns() call after id mapping check in
create_user_ns()
- Update documentation to reflect changes
Frederick Lawler (4):
security, lsm: Introduce security_create_user_ns()
bpf-lsm: Make bpf_lsm_userns_create() sleepable
selftests/bpf: Add tests verifying bpf lsm userns_create hook
selinux: Implement userns_create hook
include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h | 1 +
include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 4 +
include/linux/security.h | 6 ++
kernel/bpf/bpf_lsm.c | 1 +
kernel/user_namespace.c | 5 +
security/security.c | 5 +
security/selinux/hooks.c | 9 ++
security/selinux/include/classmap.h | 2 +
.../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/deny_namespace.c | 102 ++++++++++++++++++
.../selftests/bpf/progs/test_deny_namespace.c | 33 ++++++
10 files changed, 168 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/deny_namespace.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_deny_namespace.c
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