From e6b899f08066e744f89df16ceb782e06868bd148 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Brauner Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:50:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] nsfs: tighten permission checks for ns iteration ioctls Even privileged services should not necessarily be able to see other privileged service's namespaces so they can't leak information to each other. Use may_see_all_namespaces() helper that centralizes this policy until the nstree adapts. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260226-work-visibility-fixes-v1-1-d2c2853313bd@kernel.org Fixes: a1d220d9dafa ("nsfs: iterate through mount namespaces") Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton Cc: stable@kernel.org # v6.12+ Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner --- fs/nsfs.c | 13 +++++++++++++ include/linux/ns_common.h | 2 ++ kernel/nscommon.c | 6 ++++++ 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/nsfs.c b/fs/nsfs.c index db91de208645..be36c10c38cf 100644 --- a/fs/nsfs.c +++ b/fs/nsfs.c @@ -199,6 +199,17 @@ static bool nsfs_ioctl_valid(unsigned int cmd) return false; } +static bool may_use_nsfs_ioctl(unsigned int cmd) +{ + switch (_IOC_NR(cmd)) { + case _IOC_NR(NS_MNT_GET_NEXT): + fallthrough; + case _IOC_NR(NS_MNT_GET_PREV): + return may_see_all_namespaces(); + } + return true; +} + static long ns_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg) { @@ -214,6 +225,8 @@ static long ns_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl, if (!nsfs_ioctl_valid(ioctl)) return -ENOIOCTLCMD; + if (!may_use_nsfs_ioctl(ioctl)) + return -EPERM; ns = get_proc_ns(file_inode(filp)); switch (ioctl) { diff --git a/include/linux/ns_common.h b/include/linux/ns_common.h index 825f5865bfc5..c8e227a3f9e2 100644 --- a/include/linux/ns_common.h +++ b/include/linux/ns_common.h @@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ static __always_inline bool is_ns_init_id(const struct ns_common *ns) #define ns_common_free(__ns) __ns_common_free(to_ns_common((__ns))) +bool may_see_all_namespaces(void); + static __always_inline __must_check int __ns_ref_active_read(const struct ns_common *ns) { return atomic_read(&ns->__ns_ref_active); diff --git a/kernel/nscommon.c b/kernel/nscommon.c index bdc3c86231d3..3166c1fd844a 100644 --- a/kernel/nscommon.c +++ b/kernel/nscommon.c @@ -309,3 +309,9 @@ void __ns_ref_active_get(struct ns_common *ns) return; } } + +bool may_see_all_namespaces(void) +{ + return (task_active_pid_ns(current) == &init_pid_ns) && + ns_capable_noaudit(init_pid_ns.user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN); +}