[meta-virtualization] [PATCH] lxc: upstream fixes for lxc-execute

Bruce Ashfield bruce.ashfield at gmail.com
Mon Mar 7 08:33:26 PST 2016


merged to master.

Bruce

On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Bogdan Purcareata <
bogdan.purcareata at nxp.com> wrote:

> These patches address some warnings that LXC throws when running
> an application container. They are currently applied in the official
> repository.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata at nxp.com>
> ---
>  ...s-Create-dev-shm-folder-if-it-doesn-t-exi.patch | 39 ++++++++++++
>  ...if_needed-only-safe-mount-when-rootfs-is-.patch | 69
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  ...t_symlink-Account-when-prefix-is-empty-st.patch | 37 ++++++++++++
>  recipes-containers/lxc/lxc_1.1.4.bb                |  3 +
>  4 files changed, 148 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644
> recipes-containers/lxc/files/lxc_setup_fs-Create-dev-shm-folder-if-it-doesn-t-exi.patch
>  create mode 100644
> recipes-containers/lxc/files/mount_proc_if_needed-only-safe-mount-when-rootfs-is-.patch
>  create mode 100644
> recipes-containers/lxc/files/open_without_symlink-Account-when-prefix-is-empty-st.patch
>
> diff --git
> a/recipes-containers/lxc/files/lxc_setup_fs-Create-dev-shm-folder-if-it-doesn-t-exi.patch
> b/recipes-containers/lxc/files/lxc_setup_fs-Create-dev-shm-folder-if-it-doesn-t-exi.patch
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..751a7ac
> --- /dev/null
> +++
> b/recipes-containers/lxc/files/lxc_setup_fs-Create-dev-shm-folder-if-it-doesn-t-exi.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
> +From 81e3c9cf8b2f230d761738da28e9dc69fb90ec46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> +From: Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata at nxp.com>
> +Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 15:38:44 +0000
> +Subject: [PATCH] lxc_setup_fs: Create /dev/shm folder if it doesn't exist
> +
> +When running application containers with lxc-execute, /dev is
> +populated only with device entries. Since /dev is a tmpfs mount in
> +the container environment, the /dev/shm folder not being present is not
> +a sufficient reason for the /dev/shm mount to fail.
> +
> +Create the /dev/shm directory if not present.
> +
> +Upstream-status: Accepted
> +[
> https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/81e3c9cf8b2f230d761738da28e9dc69fb90ec46
> ]
> +
> +Signed-off-by: Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata at nxp.com>
> +Acked-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com>
> +---
> + src/lxc/initutils.c | 4 ++++
> + 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> +
> +diff --git a/src/lxc/initutils.c b/src/lxc/initutils.c
> +index 45df60f..8d9016c 100644
> +--- a/src/lxc/initutils.c
> ++++ b/src/lxc/initutils.c
> +@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ extern void lxc_setup_fs(void)
> +       if (mount_fs("proc", "/proc", "proc"))
> +               INFO("failed to remount proc");
> +
> ++      /* if /dev has been populated by us, /dev/shm does not exist */
> ++      if (access("/dev/shm", F_OK) && mkdir("/dev/shm", 0777))
> ++              INFO("failed to create /dev/shm");
> ++
> +       /* if we can't mount /dev/shm, continue anyway */
> +       if (mount_fs("shmfs", "/dev/shm", "tmpfs"))
> +               INFO("failed to mount /dev/shm");
> +--
> +1.9.1
> +
> diff --git
> a/recipes-containers/lxc/files/mount_proc_if_needed-only-safe-mount-when-rootfs-is-.patch
> b/recipes-containers/lxc/files/mount_proc_if_needed-only-safe-mount-when-rootfs-is-.patch
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..c3afd85
> --- /dev/null
> +++
> b/recipes-containers/lxc/files/mount_proc_if_needed-only-safe-mount-when-rootfs-is-.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
> +From f267d6668e3a95cb2247accb169cf1bc7f8ffcab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> +From: Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata at nxp.com>
> +Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 10:53:57 +0000
> +Subject: [PATCH] mount_proc_if_needed: only safe mount when rootfs is
> defined
> +
> +The safe_mount function was introduced in order to address CVE-2015-1335,
> +one of the vulnerabilities being a mount with a symlink for the
> +destination path. In scenarios such as lxc-execute with no rootfs, the
> +destination path is the host /proc, which is previously mounted by the
> +host, and is unmounted and mounted again in a new set of namespaces,
> +therefore eliminating the need to check for it being a symlink.
> +
> +Mount the rootfs normally if the rootfs is NULL, keep the safe mount
> +only for scenarios where a different rootfs is defined.
> +
> +Upstream-status: Accepted
> +[
> https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/f267d6668e3a95cb2247accb169cf1bc7f8ffcab
> ]
> +
> +Signed-off-by: Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata at nxp.com>
> +Acked-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com>
> +---
> + src/lxc/conf.c  |  1 +
> + src/lxc/utils.c | 10 +++++++++-
> + 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> +
> +diff --git a/src/lxc/conf.c b/src/lxc/conf.c
> +index 632dde3..1e30c0c 100644
> +--- a/src/lxc/conf.c
> ++++ b/src/lxc/conf.c
> +@@ -3509,6 +3509,7 @@ int ttys_shift_ids(struct lxc_conf *c)
> +       return 0;
> + }
> +
> ++/* NOTE: not to be called from inside the container namespace! */
> + int tmp_proc_mount(struct lxc_conf *lxc_conf)
> + {
> +       int mounted;
> +diff --git a/src/lxc/utils.c b/src/lxc/utils.c
> +index 4e96a50..0bc7a20 100644
> +--- a/src/lxc/utils.c
> ++++ b/src/lxc/utils.c
> +@@ -1704,6 +1704,8 @@ int safe_mount(const char *src, const char *dest,
> const char *fstype,
> +  *
> +  * Returns < 0 on failure, 0 if the correct proc was already mounted
> +  * and 1 if a new proc was mounted.
> ++ *
> ++ * NOTE: not to be called from inside the container namespace!
> +  */
> + int mount_proc_if_needed(const char *rootfs)
> + {
> +@@ -1737,8 +1739,14 @@ int mount_proc_if_needed(const char *rootfs)
> +       return 0;
> +
> + domount:
> +-      if (safe_mount("proc", path, "proc", 0, NULL, rootfs) < 0)
> ++      if (!strcmp(rootfs,"")) /* rootfs is NULL */
> ++              ret = mount("proc", path, "proc", 0, NULL);
> ++      else
> ++              ret = safe_mount("proc", path, "proc", 0, NULL, rootfs);
> ++
> ++      if (ret < 0)
> +               return -1;
> ++
> +       INFO("Mounted /proc in container for security transition");
> +       return 1;
> + }
> +--
> +1.9.1
> +
> diff --git
> a/recipes-containers/lxc/files/open_without_symlink-Account-when-prefix-is-empty-st.patch
> b/recipes-containers/lxc/files/open_without_symlink-Account-when-prefix-is-empty-st.patch
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..28f9889
> --- /dev/null
> +++
> b/recipes-containers/lxc/files/open_without_symlink-Account-when-prefix-is-empty-st.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
> +From 01074e5b34719537cef474c6b81d4f55e6427639 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> +From: Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata at nxp.com>
> +Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 15:38:35 +0000
> +Subject: [PATCH] open_without_symlink: Account when prefix is empty string
> +
> +In the current implementation, the open_without_symlink function
> +will default to opening the root mount only if the passed rootfs
> +prefix is null. It doesn't account for the case where this prefix
> +is passed as an empty string.
> +
> +Properly handle this second case as well.
> +
> +Upstream-Status: Accepted
> +[
> https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/01074e5b34719537cef474c6b81d4f55e6427639
> ]
> +
> +Signed-off-by: Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata at nxp.com>
> +Acked-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com>
> +---
> + src/lxc/utils.c | 2 +-
> + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> +
> +diff --git a/src/lxc/utils.c b/src/lxc/utils.c
> +index ed8c4c4..4e96a50 100644
> +--- a/src/lxc/utils.c
> ++++ b/src/lxc/utils.c
> +@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ static int open_without_symlink(const char *target,
> const char *prefix_skip)
> +       fulllen = strlen(target);
> +
> +       /* make sure prefix-skip makes sense */
> +-      if (prefix_skip) {
> ++      if (prefix_skip && strlen(prefix_skip) > 0) {
> +               curlen = strlen(prefix_skip);
> +               if (!is_subdir(target, prefix_skip, curlen)) {
> +                       ERROR("WHOA there - target '%s' didn't start with
> prefix '%s'",
> +--
> +1.9.1
> +
> diff --git a/recipes-containers/lxc/lxc_1.1.4.bb b/recipes-containers/lxc/
> lxc_1.1.4.bb
> index 4006deb..e017dcf 100644
> --- a/recipes-containers/lxc/lxc_1.1.4.bb
> +++ b/recipes-containers/lxc/lxc_1.1.4.bb
> @@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ SRC_URI = "
> http://linuxcontainers.org/downloads/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz \
>         file://make-some-OpenSSH-tools-optional.patch \
>         file://lxc-doc-upgrade-to-use-docbook-3.1-DTD.patch \
>         file://logs-optionally-use-base-filenames-to-report-src-fil.patch \
> +       file://open_without_symlink-Account-when-prefix-is-empty-st.patch \
> +       file://lxc_setup_fs-Create-dev-shm-folder-if-it-doesn-t-exi.patch \
> +       file://mount_proc_if_needed-only-safe-mount-when-rootfs-is-.patch \
>         "
>
>  SRC_URI[md5sum] = "d33c4bd9c57755c0e2b0e2acbc3f171d"
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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