"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi Eric, > > Ping! > > Cheers, > > Michael My apologies. You description wasn't wrong but it may be a bit misleading, explanation below. You will have to figure out how to work that into your proposed text. > On 2 February 2015 at 16:36, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) > <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> [Adding Josh to CC in case he has anything to add.] >> >> On 12/12/2014 10:54 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote: >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> --- >>> man5/proc.5 | 15 +++++++++++++++ >>> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) >>> >>> diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 >>> index 96077d0dd195..d661e8cfeac9 100644 >>> --- a/man5/proc.5 >>> +++ b/man5/proc.5 >>> @@ -1097,6 +1097,21 @@ are not available if the main thread has already terminated >>> .\" Added in 2.6.9 >>> .\" CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS >>> .TP >>> +.IR /proc/[pid]/setgroups " (since Linux 3.19-rc1)" >>> +This file reports >>> +.BR allow >>> +if the setgroups system call is allowed in the current user namespace. >>> +This file reports >>> +.BR deny >>> +if the setgroups system call is not allowed in the current user namespace. >>> +This file may be written to with values of >>> +.BR allow >>> +and >>> +.BR deny >>> +before >>> +.IR /proc/[pid]/gid_map >>> +is written to (enabling setgroups) in a user namespace. >>> +.TP >>> .IR /proc/[pid]/smaps " (since Linux 2.6.14)" >>> This file shows memory consumption for each of the process's mappings. >>> (The >> >> Hi Eric, >> >> Thanks for this patch. I applied it, and then tried to work in >> quite a few other details gleaned from the source code and commit >> message, and Jon Corbet's article at http://lwn.net/Articles/626665/. >> Could you please let me know if the following is correct: It is close but it may be misleading. >> /proc/[pid]/setgroups (since Linux 3.19) >> This file displays the string "allow" if processes in >> the user namespace that contains the process pid are >> permitted to employ the setgroups(2) system call, and >> "deny" if setgroups(2) is not permitted in that user >> namespace. With the caveat that when gid_map is not set that setgroups is also not allowed. >> A privileged process (one with the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capa‐ >> bility in the namespace) may write either of the strings >> "allow" or "deny" to this file before writing a group ID >> mapping for this user namespace to the file >> /proc/[pid]/gid_map. Writing the string "deny" prevents >> any process in the user namespace from employing set‐ >> groups(2). Or more succintly. You are allowed to write to /proc/[pid]/setgroups when calling setgroups is not allowed because gid_map is unset. This ensures we do not have any transitions from a state where setgroups is allowed to a state where setgroups is denied. There are only transitions from setgroups not-allowed to setgroups allowed. >> The default value of this file in the initial user >> namespace is "allow". >> >> Once /proc/[pid]/gid_map has been written to (which has >> the effect of enabling setgroups(2) in the user names‐ >> pace), it is no longer possible to deny setgroups(2) by >> writing to /proc/[pid]/setgroups. >> >> A child user namespace inherits the /proc/[pid]/gid_map >> setting from its parent. >> >> If the setgroups file has the value "deny", then the >> setgroups(2) system call can't subsequently be reenabled >> (by writing "allow" to the file) in this user namespace. >> This restriction also propagates down to all child user >> namespaces of this user namespace. Eric -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
