[Devel] Re: [PATCH 6/9] user namespaces: convert all capable checks in kernel/sys.c

Daniel Lezcano daniel.lezcano at free.fr
Sat Feb 19 09:52:46 PST 2011


On 02/17/2011 04:03 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> This allows setuid/setgid in containers.  It also fixes some
> corner cases where kernel logic foregoes capability checks when
> uids are equivalent.  The latter will need to be done throughout
> the whole kernel.
>
> Changelog:
> 	Jan 11: Use nsown_capable() as suggested by Bastian Blank.
> 	Jan 11: Fix logic errors in uid checks pointed out by Bastian.
> 	Feb 15: allow prlimit to current (was regression in previous version)
>
> Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn<serge.hallyn at canonical.com>

Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano at free.fr>

>
> -	if (!ns_capable(current->nsproxy->uts_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> +	if (!ns_capable(current->nsproxy->uts_ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
> +		printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: did not have CAP_SYS_ADMIN\n", __func__);
>   		return -EPERM;
> +	}
> +	printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: did have CAP_SYS_ADMIN\n", __func__);

A couple of printk left here.


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