From: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
Andrew Halaney <andrew@amutable.com>,
Jeremy Bingham <jbingham@gmail.com>,
Tahera Fahimi <taherafahimi@linux.microsoft.com>,
Serge Hallyn <sergeh@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC v3 69/90] net: do not identify a peer in another cell
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:03:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261105-b4-cells-v3-69-bc9095937a84@toxicpanda.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261105-b4-cells-v3-0-bc9095937a84@toxicpanda.com>
SO_PEERCRED, SO_PEERGROUPS, SO_PEERPIDFD and SO_PEERSEC report who is at
the other end of a socket. No identity should cross the boundary of a
cell.
Fail with ENODATA if the credentials of the peer belong to another cell.
Reporting the overflow ids instead would be wrong: 65534 is an ordinary
uid inside of a cell, and a server that accepts peers with its own uid may
well be running with it.
The peer can change while the option is being read, because a connect() on
another thread sets it under sk_peer_lock. So the check is made in the
same critical section that reads the value, or on the very reference that
was taken. With a separate check ahead of the read, a connect() that was
waiting for the lock got in between about one time in five.
The label that SO_PEERSEC reports is not protected by that lock, and
connect() lets the LSM set it before the peer credentials are set. So a
task of a cell only gets the label once the peer is known to be in its
cell. After that point the peer of a stream socket does not change. As a
consequence, SO_PEERSEC does not work in a cell for a socket that has no
peer credentials at all, such as a labelled TCP connection.
Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
---
net/core/sock.c | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index e7405be8941f..cac93cba3c84 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
#include <linux/unaligned.h>
#include <linux/capability.h>
+#include <linux/cell.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/errqueue.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
@@ -1737,20 +1738,37 @@ static int groups_to_user(sockptr_t dst, const struct group_info *src)
return 0;
}
+/*
+ * Who the peer is, is nobody's business in another cell. The question fails
+ * rather than be answered with a nobody: 65534 is a uid like any other in a
+ * cell, and a server that lets in whoever has its own uid may well run as it.
+ *
+ * The caller holds sk_peer_lock and goes on holding it until it has read what it
+ * is going to hand out. A connect() on another thread may be waiting for that
+ * very lock to say who the peer is.
+ */
+static bool sk_peer_foreign(const struct sock *sk)
+{
+ lockdep_assert_held(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
+
+ return sk->sk_peer_cred && cred_cell(sk->sk_peer_cred) != current_cell();
+}
+
/* Hand out a pidfd for @type of the socket's peer via SO_PEERPIDFD*. */
static int sk_getsockopt_peerpidfd(struct sock *sk, enum pid_type type,
sockptr_t optval, sockptr_t optlen, int len)
{
struct file *pidfd_file = NULL;
unsigned int flags = 0;
- struct pid *peer_pid;
+ struct pid *peer_pid = NULL;
int pidfd;
if (len > sizeof(pidfd))
len = sizeof(pidfd);
spin_lock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
- peer_pid = get_pid(sk->sk_peer_pid[type]);
+ if (!sk_peer_foreign(sk))
+ peer_pid = get_pid(sk->sk_peer_pid[type]);
spin_unlock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
if (!peer_pid)
@@ -1962,13 +1980,20 @@ int sk_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
case SO_PEERCRED:
{
struct ucred peercred;
+ bool foreign;
+
if (len > sizeof(peercred))
len = sizeof(peercred);
spin_lock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
- cred_to_ucred(sk->sk_peer_pid[PIDTYPE_TGID], sk->sk_peer_cred,
- &peercred);
+ foreign = sk_peer_foreign(sk);
+ if (!foreign) {
+ cred_to_ucred(sk->sk_peer_pid[PIDTYPE_TGID],
+ sk->sk_peer_cred, &peercred);
+ }
spin_unlock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
+ if (foreign)
+ return -ENODATA;
if (copy_to_sockptr(optval, &peercred, len))
return -EFAULT;
@@ -1993,6 +2018,11 @@ int sk_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
cred = sk_get_peer_cred(sk);
if (!cred)
return -ENODATA;
+ /* What was taken is what is looked at. */
+ if (cred_cell(cred) != current_cell()) {
+ put_cred(cred);
+ return -ENODATA;
+ }
n = cred->group_info->ngroups;
if (len < n * sizeof(gid_t)) {
@@ -2038,8 +2068,24 @@ int sk_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
break;
case SO_PEERSEC:
+ {
+ bool unknown, foreign;
+
+ spin_lock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
+ unknown = !sk->sk_peer_cred;
+ foreign = sk_peer_foreign(sk);
+ spin_unlock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
+ /*
+ * The label is not under sk_peer_lock, and a connect() has the
+ * LSM note it before it says who the peer is. So a task of a
+ * cell gets it only once the peer is known to be of its cell.
+ * From there on the peer of a stream socket does not change.
+ */
+ if (foreign || (unknown && current_cell()))
+ return -ENODATA;
return security_socket_getpeersec_stream(sock,
optval, optlen, len);
+ }
case SO_MARK:
v.val = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_mark);
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-05 15:25 UTC|newest]
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2026-11-05 14:56 [PATCH RFC v3 00/90] cells: a container as one kernel object Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:56 ` [PATCH RFC v3 01/90] Documentation: add a design document for cells Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 17:06 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2026-11-05 18:23 ` Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:56 ` [PATCH RFC v3 02/90] Documentation: add examples " Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:56 ` [PATCH RFC v3 03/90] cells: reserve a window of ids Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:56 ` [PATCH RFC v3 04/90] user_namespace: let a cell own a user namespace Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:56 ` [PATCH RFC v3 05/90] user_namespace: refuse setns() into a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:56 ` [PATCH RFC v3 06/90] capability: give the owner no say over " Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:56 ` [PATCH RFC v3 07/90] ucount: count the id blocks a user holds Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:56 ` [PATCH RFC v3 08/90] user_namespace: let the kernel map the ids of a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 09/90] user_namespace: keep legacy maps out of the window Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 10/90] user: add uid_range_in_use() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 11/90] keys: add key_user_range_in_use() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 12/90] fs: add kuid_has_fsmapping() and kgid_has_fsmapping() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 13/90] fs: never store an id that was lent to a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 14/90] fs: take no id of a cell for a mount option Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 15/90] fs: let an idmapping pin the ids of a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 16/90] cgroup: let a cgroup become the budget " Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 17/90] cgroup: add cgroup_cell_chown() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 18/90] cgroup: give the budget of a cell back Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 19/90] cgroup: add cgroup_cell_kill() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 20/90] cgroup: root a cgroup namespace at a given cgroup Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 21/90] fs: seal a mount namespace for a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 22/90] nsfs: make open_namespace() available outside of fs/ Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 14:57 ` [PATCH RFC v3 23/90] nsproxy: build the nsproxy the tasks of a cell share Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 24/90] cells: add the cell object and cell_create() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 25/90] cells: add cell_kill() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 26/90] cells: add cell_configure() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 27/90] cells: add the "budget" slot Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 28/90] cells: add the "root" slot Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 29/90] cells: add the "ids" slot, for a single id Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 30/90] cells: lend a cell a block of ids Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 31/90] cells: reserve the "spawn" slot Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 32/90] cells: add CELL_CMD_SEAL Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 33/90] cells: add cell_open() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 34/90] pid: allocate a struct pid ahead of its numbers Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 35/90] fork: let copy_process() place a task in a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 36/90] cgroup: fork a task of a cell into the budget Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 37/90] x86: give a task without an mm no user state Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 38/90] uprobes: cope with a new task that has no mm Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 39/90] fork: add tasks that start out with nothing Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 40/90] pidfd: add PIDFD_EMPTY Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 41/90] pidfd: add pidfd_configure() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 42/90] pidfd: let pidfd_configure() place files Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 43/90] pidfd: let pidfd_configure() set credentials Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 44/90] pidfd: let pidfd_configure() name a cgroup to start in Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 45/90] ptrace: keep everybody off an embryo Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 46/90] cells: end a cell when its init exits Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 47/90] cells: refuse a task of a cell a change of namespaces Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 48/90] fs: refuse a task of a cell a new mount namespace Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 49/90] nsproxy: refuse to enter a namespace of a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 50/90] cgroup: keep a task of a cell within the budget Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 51/90] cgroup: let nothing but a spawn into a budget Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 52/90] kernfs: let a filesystem refuse a change to a node Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 53/90] cgroup: let a cell change nothing outside its budget Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 54/90] cgroup: leave the limits of a budget to who is above Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 55/90] fs: let a filesystem hold ids that go with the cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 56/90] cgroup: let a cell make cgroups below its budget Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 57/90] resctrl: let a cell change nothing Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 58/90] cred: let no id count across cells Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 59/90] ptrace: refuse PTRACE_TRACEME " Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 60/90] keys: ignore an equal uid or gid " Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 61/90] fs: accept a cellfd for MOUNT_ATTR_IDMAP Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 62/90] fs: let a cell set no set-id bits Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 63/90] fs: drop privileges from what a cell may write to Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 64/90] cells: add the "caps" slot Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 65/90] capabilities: take nothing from a file in a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 66/90] capabilities: let a cell shrink its bounding sets Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:02 ` [PATCH RFC v3 67/90] af_unix: deliver ancillary data only within a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 68/90] af_unix: tell a sender that control data will not cross Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` Josef Bacik [this message]
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 70/90] seccomp: let a listener put no file into a cell Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 71/90] umh: run no program for a task of " Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 72/90] coredump: let no core dump leave " Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 73/90] cells: add the "net" slot Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 74/90] net: give a cell without a network no sockets Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 75/90] net: add net_may() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 76/90] rtnetlink: use net_may() for requests that change state Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 77/90] net: use net_may() in the configuration ioctls Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 78/90] netfilter: use net_may() for configuration Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 79/90] tun: use net_may() to create and attach to devices Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 80/90] net: use net_may() for the net sysctls Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 81/90] net: use net_may() for privileged socket options Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 82/90] net: use net_may() for raw and packet sockets Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 83/90] cells: add the "net-rights" slot Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 84/90] net: honour the rights of a cell in net_may() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 85/90] tun: ignore an equal uid or gid across cells Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 86/90] cells: add cell_info() Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 87/90] cells: add CONFIG_CELLS Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 88/90] arch: wire up the cell system calls Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 89/90] MAINTAINERS: add an entry for cells Josef Bacik
2026-11-05 15:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 90/90] selftests: add tests " Josef Bacik
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