[PATCH v3 0/4] Introduce security_create_user_ns()

[Paul Moore]

On July 22, 2022 2:12:03 AM Martin KaFai Lau <kafai at fb.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 12:28:04PM -0500, Frederick Lawler wrote:
>> While creating a LSM BPF MAC policy to block user namespace creation, we
>> used 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]
>>
>> 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.
> Patch 1 and 4 still need review from the lsm/security side.


This patchset is in my review queue and assuming everything checks out, I expect to merge it after the upcoming merge window closes.

I would also need an ACK from the BPF LSM folks, but they're CC'd on this patchset.

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