[lxc-devel] [PATCH] Add option to lxc-attach to select specific namespaces
Christian Seiler
christian at iwakd.de
Fri May 18 10:55:27 UTC 2012
This patch adds the -s/--namespaces option to lxc-attach that works
analogously to lxc-unshare, allowing the user to select the namespaces the
process should be attached to.
Signed-off-by: Christian Seiler <christian at iwakd.de>
Cc: Stéphane Graber <stgraber at ubuntu.com>
Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano at free.fr>
Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn at canonical.com>
---
doc/lxc-attach.sgml.in | 92 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
src/lxc/attach.c | 12 +++++-
src/lxc/attach.h | 2 +-
src/lxc/lxc_attach.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++--
src/lxc/lxc_unshare.c | 46 ------------------------
src/lxc/namespace.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/lxc/namespace.h | 3 ++
7 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/lxc-attach.sgml.in b/doc/lxc-attach.sgml.in
index 7092f16..4e462f9 100644
--- a/doc/lxc-attach.sgml.in
+++ b/doc/lxc-attach.sgml.in
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis><command>lxc-attach <replaceable>-n
name</replaceable> <optional>-a
- arch</optional> <optional>-e</optional>
+ arch</optional> <optional>-e</optional> <optional>-s
+ namespaces</optional>
<optional>-- command</optional></command></cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -122,6 +123,28 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-s, --namespaces <replaceable>namespaces</replaceable></option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specify the namespaces to attach to, as a pipe-separated liste,
+ e.g. <replaceable>NETWORK|IPC</replaceable>. Allowed values are
+ <replaceable>MOUNT</replaceable>, <replaceable>PID</replaceable>,
+ <replaceable>UTSNAME</replaceable>, <replaceable>IPC</replaceable>
+ and <replaceable>NETWORK</replaceable>. This allows one to change
+ the context of the process to e.g. the network namespace of the
+ container while retaining the other namespaces as those of the
+ host.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>Important:</emphasis> This option implies
+ <option>-e</option>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
@@ -144,19 +167,78 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
</para>
<para>
To deactivate the network link eth1 of a running container that
- does not have the NET_ADMIN capability, use the <option>-e</option>
- option to use increased capabilities:
+ does not have the NET_ADMIN capability, use either the
+ <option>-e</option> option to use increased capabilities,
+ assuming the <command>ip</command> tool is installed:
<programlisting>
lxc-attach -n container -e -- /sbin/ip link delete eth1
</programlisting>
+ Or, alternatively, use the <option>-s</option> to use the
+ tools installed on the host outside the container:
+ <programlisting>
+ lxc-attach -n container -s NETWORK -- /sbin/ip link delete eth1
+ </programlisting>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
+ <title>Compatibility</title>
+ <para>
+ Attaching completely (including the pid and mount namespaces) to a
+ container requires a patched kernel, please see the lxc website for
+ details. <command>lxc-attach</command> will fail in that case if
+ used with an unpatched kernel.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Nevertheless, it will succeed on an unpatched kernel of version 3.0
+ or higher if the <option>-s</option> option is used to restrict the
+ namespaces that the process is to be attached to to one or more of
+ <replaceable>NETWORK</replaceable>, <replaceable>IPC</replaceable>
+ and <replaceable>UTSNAME</replaceable>.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Notes</title>
+ <para>
+ The Linux <replaceable>/proc</replaceable> and
+ <replaceable>/sys</replaceable> filesystems contain information
+ about some quantities that are affected by namespaces, such as
+ the directories named after process ids in
+ <replaceable>/proc</replaceable> or the network interface infromation
+ in <replaceable>/sys/class/net</replaceable>. The namespace of the
+ process mounting the pseudo-filesystems determines what information
+ is shown, <emphasis>not</emphasis> the namespace of the process
+ accessing <replaceable>/proc</replaceable> or
+ <replaceable>/sys</replaceable>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If one uses the <option>-s</option> option to only attach to
+ the pid namespace of a container, but not its mount namespace
+ (which will contain the <replaceable>/proc</replaceable> of the
+ container and not the host), the contents of <option>/proc</option>
+ will reflect that of the host and not the container. Analogously,
+ the same issue occurs when reading the contents of
+ <replaceable>/sys/class/net</replaceable> and attaching to just
+ the network namespace.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ A workaround is to use <command>lxc-unshare</command> to unshare
+ the mount namespace after using <command>lxc-attach</command> with
+ <replaceable>-s PID</replaceable> and/or <replaceable>-s
+ NETWORK</replaceable> and then unmount and then mount again both
+ pseudo-filesystems within that new mount namespace, before
+ executing a program/script that relies on this information to be
+ correct.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
<title>Security</title>
<para>
- The <option>-e</option> should be used with care, as it may break
- the isolation of the containers if used improperly.
+ The <option>-e</option> and <option>-s</option> options should
+ be used with care, as it may break the isolation of the containers
+ if used improperly.
</para>
</refsect1>
diff --git a/src/lxc/attach.c b/src/lxc/attach.c
index a95b3d3..fcf47da 100644
--- a/src/lxc/attach.c
+++ b/src/lxc/attach.c
@@ -121,10 +121,11 @@ out_error:
return NULL;
}
-int lxc_attach_to_ns(pid_t pid)
+int lxc_attach_to_ns(pid_t pid, int which)
{
char path[MAXPATHLEN];
char *ns[] = { "pid", "mnt", "net", "ipc", "uts" };
+ int flags[] = { CLONE_NEWPID, CLONE_NEWNS, CLONE_NEWNET, CLONE_NEWIPC, CLONE_NEWUTS };
const int size = sizeof(ns) / sizeof(char *);
int fd[size];
int i;
@@ -136,6 +137,13 @@ int lxc_attach_to_ns(pid_t pid)
}
for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+ /* ignore if we are not supposed to attach
+ * to that namespace
+ */
+ if (which != -1 && !(which & flags[i])) {
+ fd[i] = -1;
+ continue;
+ }
snprintf(path, MAXPATHLEN, "/proc/%d/ns/%s", pid, ns[i]);
fd[i] = open(path, O_RDONLY);
if (fd[i] < 0) {
@@ -145,7 +153,7 @@ int lxc_attach_to_ns(pid_t pid)
}
for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
- if (setns(fd[i], 0)) {
+ if (fd[i] > 0 && setns(fd[i], 0)) {
SYSERROR("failed to set namespace '%s'", ns[i]);
return -1;
}
diff --git a/src/lxc/attach.h b/src/lxc/attach.h
index 2d46c83..d96fdae 100644
--- a/src/lxc/attach.h
+++ b/src/lxc/attach.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ struct lxc_proc_context_info {
extern struct lxc_proc_context_info *lxc_proc_get_context_info(pid_t pid);
-extern int lxc_attach_to_ns(pid_t other_pid);
+extern int lxc_attach_to_ns(pid_t other_pid, int which);
extern int lxc_attach_drop_privs(struct lxc_proc_context_info *ctx);
#endif
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_attach.c b/src/lxc/lxc_attach.c
index 955e9f4..db4de97 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_attach.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_attach.c
@@ -40,20 +40,24 @@
#include "start.h"
#include "sync.h"
#include "log.h"
+#include "namespace.h"
lxc_log_define(lxc_attach_ui, lxc);
static const struct option my_longopts[] = {
{"elevated-privileges", no_argument, 0, 'e'},
{"arch", required_argument, 0, 'a'},
+ {"namespaces", required_argument, 0, 's'},
LXC_COMMON_OPTIONS
};
static int elevated_privileges = 0;
static signed long new_personality = -1;
+static int namespace_flags = -1;
static int my_parser(struct lxc_arguments* args, int c, char* arg)
{
+ int ret;
switch (c) {
case 'e': elevated_privileges = 1; break;
case 'a':
@@ -63,6 +67,17 @@ static int my_parser(struct lxc_arguments* args, int c, char* arg)
return -1;
}
break;
+ case 's':
+ namespace_flags = 0;
+ ret = lxc_fill_namespace_flags(arg, &namespace_flags);
+ if (ret)
+ return -1;
+ if (namespace_flags & CLONE_NEWUSER) {
+ lxc_error(args, "attaching to user namespaces is "
+ "currently not supported: %08x", namespace_flags);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ break;
}
return 0;
@@ -83,7 +98,16 @@ Options :\n\
WARNING: This may leak privleges into the container.\n\
Use with care.\n\
-a, --arch=ARCH Use ARCH for program instead of container's own\n\
- architecture.\n",
+ architecture.\n\
+ -s, --namespaces=FLAGS\n\
+ Don't attach to all the namespaces of the container\n\
+ but just to the following OR'd list of flags:\n\
+ MOUNT, PID, UTSNAME, IPC, NETWORK\n\
+ WARNING: Using -s implies -e, it may therefore\n\
+ leak privileges into the container. Use with care.",
+ /* NOTE: -s option does not have USER here, because setns() doesn't
+ * support user namespaces yet
+ */
.options = my_longopts,
.parser = my_parser,
.checker = NULL,
@@ -111,7 +135,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
my_args.progname, my_args.quiet);
if (ret)
return ret;
-
+
+ /* if we do not attach to all namespaces, we will assume
+ * elevated privileges by default anyway.
+ */
+ if (namespace_flags != -1)
+ elevated_privileges = 1;
+
init_pid = get_init_pid(my_args.name);
if (init_pid < 0) {
ERROR("failed to get the init pid");
@@ -178,7 +208,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
curdir = get_current_dir_name();
- ret = lxc_attach_to_ns(init_pid);
+ ret = lxc_attach_to_ns(init_pid, namespace_flags);
if (ret < 0) {
ERROR("failed to enter the namespace");
return -1;
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_unshare.c b/src/lxc/lxc_unshare.c
index 0baccb0..9d8c8ca 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_unshare.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_unshare.c
@@ -85,52 +85,6 @@ static uid_t lookup_user(const char *optarg)
return uid;
}
-static char *namespaces_list[] = {
- "MOUNT", "PID", "UTSNAME", "IPC",
- "USER", "NETWORK"
-};
-static int cloneflags_list[] = {
- CLONE_NEWNS, CLONE_NEWPID, CLONE_NEWUTS, CLONE_NEWIPC,
- CLONE_NEWUSER, CLONE_NEWNET
-};
-
-static int lxc_namespace_2_cloneflag(char *namespace)
-{
- int i, len;
- len = sizeof(namespaces_list)/sizeof(namespaces_list[0]);
- for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
- if (!strcmp(namespaces_list[i], namespace))
- return cloneflags_list[i];
-
- ERROR("invalid namespace name %s", namespace);
- return -1;
-}
-
-static int lxc_fill_namespace_flags(char *flaglist, int *flags)
-{
- char *token, *saveptr = NULL;
- int aflag;
-
- if (!flaglist) {
- ERROR("need at least one namespace to unshare");
- return -1;
- }
-
- token = strtok_r(flaglist, "|", &saveptr);
- while (token) {
-
- aflag = lxc_namespace_2_cloneflag(token);
- if (aflag < 0)
- return -1;
-
- *flags |= aflag;
-
- token = strtok_r(NULL, "|", &saveptr);
- }
- return 0;
-}
-
-
struct start_arg {
char ***args;
int *flags;
diff --git a/src/lxc/namespace.c b/src/lxc/namespace.c
index 3e6fc3a..e3c7a09 100644
--- a/src/lxc/namespace.c
+++ b/src/lxc/namespace.c
@@ -69,3 +69,49 @@ pid_t lxc_clone(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, int flags)
return ret;
}
+
+static char *namespaces_list[] = {
+ "MOUNT", "PID", "UTSNAME", "IPC",
+ "USER", "NETWORK"
+};
+static int cloneflags_list[] = {
+ CLONE_NEWNS, CLONE_NEWPID, CLONE_NEWUTS, CLONE_NEWIPC,
+ CLONE_NEWUSER, CLONE_NEWNET
+};
+
+int lxc_namespace_2_cloneflag(char *namespace)
+{
+ int i, len;
+ len = sizeof(namespaces_list)/sizeof(namespaces_list[0]);
+ for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+ if (!strcmp(namespaces_list[i], namespace))
+ return cloneflags_list[i];
+
+ ERROR("invalid namespace name %s", namespace);
+ return -1;
+}
+
+int lxc_fill_namespace_flags(char *flaglist, int *flags)
+{
+ char *token, *saveptr = NULL;
+ int aflag;
+
+ if (!flaglist) {
+ ERROR("need at least one namespace to unshare/attach");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ token = strtok_r(flaglist, "|", &saveptr);
+ while (token) {
+
+ aflag = lxc_namespace_2_cloneflag(token);
+ if (aflag < 0)
+ return -1;
+
+ *flags |= aflag;
+
+ token = strtok_r(NULL, "|", &saveptr);
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/lxc/namespace.h b/src/lxc/namespace.h
index 5442dd3..04e81bb 100644
--- a/src/lxc/namespace.h
+++ b/src/lxc/namespace.h
@@ -50,4 +50,7 @@
extern pid_t lxc_clone(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, int flags);
+extern int lxc_namespace_2_cloneflag(char *namespace);
+extern int lxc_fill_namespace_flags(char *flaglist, int *flags);
+
#endif
--
1.7.2.5
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