linux/kernel
Eric W. Biederman 0542f17bf2 userns: Document what the invariant required for safe unprivileged mappings.
The rule is simple.  Don't allow anything that wouldn't be allowed
without unprivileged mappings.

It was previously overlooked that establishing gid mappings would
allow dropping groups and potentially gaining permission to files and
directories that had lesser permissions for a specific group than for
all other users.

This is the rule needed to fix CVE-2014-8989 and prevent any other
security issues with new_idmap_permitted.

The reason for this rule is that the unix permission model is old and
there are programs out there somewhere that take advantage of every
little corner of it.  So allowing a uid or gid mapping to be
established without privielge that would allow anything that would not
be allowed without that mapping will result in expectations from some
code somewhere being violated.  Violated expectations about the
behavior of the OS is a long way to say a security issue.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
2014-12-05 19:07:26 -06:00
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bpf bpf: split eBPF out of NET 2014-10-27 19:09:59 -04:00
configs x86: Add "make tinyconfig" to configure the tiniest possible kernel 2014-08-08 16:30:24 -07:00
debug kdb: replace strnicmp with strncasecmp 2014-10-14 02:18:25 +02:00
events uprobes, x86: Fix _TIF_UPROBE vs _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME 2014-11-23 14:25:28 -08:00
gcov gcov: add ARM64 to GCOV_PROFILE_ALL 2014-10-29 16:33:14 -07:00
irq Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
locking Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-10-13 15:51:40 +02:00
power PM / sleep: Fix entering suspend-to-IDLE if no freeze_oops is set 2014-11-08 22:30:05 +01:00
printk Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
rcu rcu: Make rcu_barrier() understand about missing rcuo kthreads 2014-10-28 13:24:13 -07:00
sched sched: Provide update_curr callbacks for stop/idle scheduling classes 2014-11-23 14:14:40 -08:00
time sched/cputime: Fix cpu_timer_sample_group() double accounting 2014-11-16 10:04:18 +01:00
trace tracing: Do not risk busy looping in buffer splice 2014-11-10 16:47:31 -05:00
.gitignore
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks locking/rwsem: Add CONFIG_RWSEM_SPIN_ON_OWNER 2014-07-16 14:57:13 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt
Makefile bpf: split eBPF out of NET 2014-10-27 19:09:59 -04:00
acct.c acct: eliminate compile warning 2014-10-09 22:26:04 -04:00
async.c kernel/async.c: switch to pr_foo() 2014-10-09 22:26:04 -04:00
audit.c Merge branch 'stable-3.18' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2014-11-13 09:36:39 -08:00
audit.h audit: reduce scope of audit_log_fcaps 2014-09-23 16:37:51 -04:00
audit_tree.c audit: keep inode pinned 2014-11-11 14:20:22 -05:00
audit_watch.c audit: invalid op= values for rules 2014-09-23 16:37:53 -04:00
auditfilter.c Merge git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/audit 2014-10-19 16:25:56 -07:00
auditsc.c Merge git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/audit 2014-10-19 16:25:56 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c page-cgroup: get rid of NR_PCG_FLAGS 2014-08-08 15:57:18 -07:00
capability.c CAPABILITIES: remove undefined caps from all processes 2014-07-24 21:53:47 +10:00
cgroup.c Merge branch 'for-3.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-10 07:26:02 -04:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: rename cgroup_subsys->base_cftypes to ->legacy_cftypes 2014-07-15 11:05:09 -04:00
compat.c compat: nanosleep: Clarify error handling 2014-09-06 12:58:18 +02:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c sched: stop the unbound recursion in preempt_schedule_context() 2014-10-28 10:46:05 +01:00
cpu.c rcu: More on deadlock between CPU hotplug and expedited grace periods 2014-10-23 07:51:17 -07:00
cpu_pm.c
cpuset.c Merge branch 'for-3.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2014-10-10 07:24:40 -04:00
crash_dump.c crash_dump: Make is_kdump_kernel() accessible from modules 2014-08-25 15:42:19 -07:00
cred.c
delayacct.c delayacct: Remove braindamaged type conversions 2014-07-23 10:18:06 -07:00
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-10-13 16:23:15 +02:00
extable.c
fork.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-10-13 16:23:15 +02:00
freezer.c freezer: remove obsolete comments in __thaw_task() 2014-10-21 23:44:20 +02:00
futex.c futex: Fix a race condition between REQUEUE_PI and task death 2014-10-26 16:16:18 +01:00
futex_compat.c
groups.c groups: Consolidate the setgroups permission checks 2014-12-05 17:19:27 -06:00
hung_task.c
irq_work.c Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c kernel/kallsyms.c: use __seq_open_private() 2014-10-14 02:18:16 +02:00
kcmp.c kcmp: fix standard comparison bug 2014-09-10 15:42:12 -07:00
kexec.c kexec: remove the unused function parameter 2014-10-14 02:18:21 +02:00
kmod.c kernel/kmod: fix use-after-free of the sub_info structure 2014-10-29 16:33:14 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Skip kretprobe hit in NMI context to avoid deadlock 2014-08-08 10:38:04 +02:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c kernel/kthread.c: partial revert of 81c98869fa ("kthread: ensure locality of task_struct allocations") 2014-10-09 22:25:51 -04:00
latencytop.c
module-internal.h
module.c A single panic fix for a rare race, stable CC'd. 2014-10-18 10:24:26 -07:00
module_signing.c
notifier.c
nsproxy.c namespaces: Use task_lock and not rcu to protect nsproxy 2014-07-29 18:08:50 -07:00
padata.c
panic.c kernel/panic.c: update comments for print_tainted 2014-11-13 16:17:06 -08:00
params.c kernel/param: consolidate __{start,stop}___param[] in <linux/moduleparam.h> 2014-10-14 02:18:28 +02:00
pid.c
pid_namespace.c
profile.c
ptrace.c sched: Remove proliferation of wait_on_bit() action functions 2014-07-16 15:10:39 +02:00
range.c
reboot.c kernel: add support for kernel restart handler call chain 2014-09-26 00:00:06 -07:00
relay.c
res_counter.c
resource.c x86: optimize resource lookups for ioremap 2014-10-14 02:18:22 +02:00
seccomp.c Merge branch 'x86-seccomp-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-10-14 02:27:06 +02:00
signal.c Merge branch 'signal-cleanup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rw/misc 2014-08-09 09:58:12 -07:00
smp.c Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c
sys.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-10-13 16:23:15 +02:00
sys_ni.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2014-10-08 21:40:54 -04:00
sysctl.c sched/fair: Fix division by zero sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_size 2014-10-28 10:46:04 +01:00
sysctl_binary.c dmaengine-3.17 2014-10-07 20:39:25 -04:00
system_certificates.S
system_keyring.c KEYS: validate certificate trust only with builtin keys 2014-07-17 09:35:17 -04:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c scheduler: Replace __get_cpu_var with this_cpu_ptr 2014-08-26 13:45:45 -04:00
test_kprobes.c kernel/test_kprobes.c: use current logging functions 2014-08-08 15:57:18 -07:00
torture.c torture: Address race in module cleanup 2014-09-16 13:41:06 -07:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c sched: Make task->start_time nanoseconds based 2014-07-23 10:18:05 -07:00
uid16.c groups: Consolidate the setgroups permission checks 2014-12-05 17:19:27 -06:00
up.c
user-return-notifier.c scheduler: Replace __get_cpu_var with this_cpu_ptr 2014-08-26 13:45:45 -04:00
user.c
user_namespace.c userns: Document what the invariant required for safe unprivileged mappings. 2014-12-05 19:07:26 -06:00
utsname.c namespaces: Use task_lock and not rcu to protect nsproxy 2014-07-29 18:08:50 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c
watchdog.c Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
workqueue.c workqueue: Use cond_resched_rcu_qs macro 2014-10-06 05:58:26 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h