The patch titled
Subject: kernel/fork.c: add comment about usage of CLONE_FS flags and namespaces
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
forkc-add-doc-about-usage-of-clone_fs-flags-and-namespaces.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/forkc-add-doc-about-usage-of-clone_fs-flags-and-namespaces.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/forkc-add-doc-about-usage-of-clone_fs-flags-and-namespaces.patch
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From: Marcos Paulo de Souza <marcos.souza.org@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kernel/fork.c: add comment about usage of CLONE_FS flags and namespaces
All other places that deals with namespaces have an explanation of why the
restriction is there. The description added in this commit was based on
e66eded8309eb ("userns: Don't allow CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_FS").
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171112151637.13258-1-marcos.souza.org@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Marcos Paulo de Souza <marcos.souza.org@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/fork.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff -puN kernel/fork.c~forkc-add-doc-about-usage-of-clone_fs-flags-and-namespaces kernel/fork.c
--- a/kernel/fork.c~forkc-add-doc-about-usage-of-clone_fs-flags-and-namespaces
+++ a/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1570,6 +1570,10 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_stru
int retval;
struct task_struct *p;
+ /*
+ * Don't allow sharing the root directory with processes in a different
+ * namespace
+ */
if ((clone_flags & (CLONE_NEWNS|CLONE_FS)) == (CLONE_NEWNS|CLONE_FS))
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from marcos.souza.org@xxxxxxxxx are
forkc-check-error-and-return-early.patch
forkc-add-doc-about-usage-of-clone_fs-flags-and-namespaces.patch
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