[lxc-devel] [RFC] catching sys_reboot syscall

[Bruno Prémont]

On Wed, 10 August 2011 Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano at free.fr> wrote:
> On 08/10/2011 10:10 PM, Bruno Prémont wrote:
> > Hi Daniel,
> >
> > [I'm adding containers ml as we had a discussion there some time ago
> >  for this feature]
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> >> +    if (cmd == LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART2)
> >> +        if (strncpy_from_user(&buffer[0], arg, sizeof(buffer) - 1) < 0)
> >> +            return -EFAULT;
> >> +
> >> +    /* If we are not in the initial pid namespace, we send a signal
> >> +     * to the parent of this init pid namespace, notifying a shutdown
> >> +     * occured */
> >> +    if (pid_ns != &init_pid_ns)
> >> +        pid_namespace_reboot(pid_ns, cmd, buffer);
> > Should there be a return here?
> > Or does pid_namespace_reboot() never return by submitting signal to
> > parent?
> 
> Yes, it does not return a value, like 'do_notify_parent_cldstop'

So execution flow continues reaching the whole "host reboot code"?

That's not so good as it then prevents using CAP_SYS_BOOT inside PID namespace
to limit access to rebooting the container from inside as giving a process
inside container CAP_SYS_BOOT would cause host to reboot (and when not given
process inside container would get -EPERM in all cases).

Wouldn't the following be better?:
...
+
+    /* We only trust the superuser with rebooting the system. */
+    if (!capable(CAP_SYS_BOOT))
+        return -EPERM;
+
+    /* If we are not in the initial pid namespace, we send a signal
+     * to the parent of this init pid namespace, notifying a shutdown
+     * occured */
+    if (pid_ns != &init_pid_ns) {
+        pid_namespace_reboot(pid_ns, cmd, buffer);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     mutex_lock(&reboot_mutex);
     switch (cmd) {
...


If I misunderstood, please correct me.

Thanks,
Bruno