core/exec-invoke: switch PRIVATE_USERS_FULL to direct "0 0 UINT32_MAX" mapping (#40445)

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Mike Yuan
2026-01-24 00:04:30 +01:00
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2 changed files with 46 additions and 58 deletions
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@@ -2289,45 +2289,6 @@ static int build_pass_environment(const ExecContext *c, char ***ret) {
return 0;
}
static int setup_private_users_child(int unshare_ready_fd, const char *uid_map, const char *gid_map, bool allow_setgroups) {
int r;
/* Child process, running in the original user namespace. Let's update the parent's UID/GID map from
* here, after the parent opened its own user namespace. */
pid_t ppid = getppid();
/* Wait until the parent unshared the user namespace */
uint64_t c;
ssize_t n = read(unshare_ready_fd, &c, sizeof(c));
if (n < 0)
return log_debug_errno(errno, "Failed to read from signaling eventfd: %m");
if (n != sizeof(c))
return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EIO), "Short read from signaling eventfd.");
/* Disable the setgroups() system call in the child user namespace, for good, unless PrivateUsers=full
* and using the system service manager. */
const char *a = procfs_file_alloca(ppid, "setgroups");
const char *setgroups = allow_setgroups ? "allow" : "deny";
r = write_string_file(a, setgroups, WRITE_STRING_FILE_DISABLE_BUFFER);
if (r < 0)
return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to write '%s' to %s: %m", setgroups, a);
/* First write the GID map */
a = procfs_file_alloca(ppid, "gid_map");
r = write_string_file(a, gid_map, WRITE_STRING_FILE_DISABLE_BUFFER);
if (r < 0)
return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to write GID map to %s: %m", a);
/* Then write the UID map */
a = procfs_file_alloca(ppid, "uid_map");
r = write_string_file(a, uid_map, WRITE_STRING_FILE_DISABLE_BUFFER);
if (r < 0)
return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to write UID map to %s: %m", a);
return 0;
}
static int bpffs_helper(const ExecContext *c, int socket_fd) {
assert(c);
assert(socket_fd >= 0);
@@ -2394,6 +2355,45 @@ static int bpffs_prepare(
return 0;
}
static int setup_private_users_child(int unshare_ready_fd, const char *uid_map, const char *gid_map, bool allow_setgroups) {
int r;
/* Child process, running in the original user namespace. Let's update the parent's UID/GID map from
* here, after the parent opened its own user namespace. */
pid_t ppid = getppid();
/* Wait until the parent unshared the user namespace */
uint64_t c;
ssize_t n = read(unshare_ready_fd, &c, sizeof(c));
if (n < 0)
return log_debug_errno(errno, "Failed to read from signaling eventfd: %m");
if (n != sizeof(c))
return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EIO), "Short read from signaling eventfd.");
/* Disable the setgroups() system call in the child user namespace, for good, unless PrivateUsers=full
* and using the system service manager. */
const char *a = procfs_file_alloca(ppid, "setgroups");
const char *setgroups = allow_setgroups ? "allow" : "deny";
r = write_string_file(a, setgroups, WRITE_STRING_FILE_DISABLE_BUFFER);
if (r < 0)
return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to write '%s' to %s: %m", setgroups, a);
/* First write the GID map */
a = procfs_file_alloca(ppid, "gid_map");
r = write_string_file(a, gid_map, WRITE_STRING_FILE_DISABLE_BUFFER);
if (r < 0)
return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to write GID map to %s: %m", a);
/* Then write the UID map */
a = procfs_file_alloca(ppid, "uid_map");
r = write_string_file(a, uid_map, WRITE_STRING_FILE_DISABLE_BUFFER);
if (r < 0)
return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to write UID map to %s: %m", a);
return 0;
}
static int setup_private_users(PrivateUsers private_users, uid_t ouid, gid_t ogid, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, bool allow_setgroups) {
_cleanup_free_ char *uid_map = NULL, *gid_map = NULL;
_cleanup_close_pair_ int errno_pipe[2] = EBADF_PAIR;
@@ -2421,28 +2421,16 @@ static int setup_private_users(PrivateUsers private_users, uid_t ouid, gid_t ogi
if (!uid_map)
return -ENOMEM;
} else if (private_users == PRIVATE_USERS_FULL) {
/* Map all UID/GID from original to new user namespace. We can't use `0 0 UINT32_MAX` because
* this is the same UID/GID map as the init user namespace and systemd's running_in_userns()
* checks whether its in a user namespace by comparing uid_map/gid_map to `0 0 UINT32_MAX`.
* Thus, we still map all UIDs/GIDs but do it using two extents to differentiate the new user
* namespace from the init namespace:
* 0 0 1
* 1 1 UINT32_MAX - 1
*
* systemd will remove the heuristic in running_in_userns() and use namespace inodes in version 258
* (PR #35382). But some users may be running a container image with older systemd < 258 so we keep
* this uid_map/gid_map hack until version 259 for version N-1 compatibility.
*
* TODO: Switch to `0 0 UINT32_MAX` in systemd v259.
/* Map all UID/GID from original to new user namespace.
*
* Note the kernel defines the UID range between 0 and UINT32_MAX so we map all UIDs even though
* the UID range beyond INT32_MAX (e.g. i.e. the range above the signed 32-bit range) is
* icky. For example, setfsuid() returns the old UID as signed integer. But units can decide to
* use these UIDs/GIDs so we need to map them. */
r = asprintf(&uid_map, "0 0 1\n"
"1 1 " UID_FMT "\n", (uid_t) (UINT32_MAX - 1));
r = asprintf(&uid_map, "0 0 " UID_FMT "\n", (uid_t) UINT32_MAX);
if (r < 0)
return -ENOMEM;
/* Can only set up multiple mappings with CAP_SETUID. */
} else if (have_effective_cap(CAP_SETUID) > 0 && uid != ouid && uid_is_valid(uid)) {
r = asprintf(&uid_map,
@@ -2464,10 +2452,10 @@ static int setup_private_users(PrivateUsers private_users, uid_t ouid, gid_t ogi
if (!gid_map)
return -ENOMEM;
} else if (private_users == PRIVATE_USERS_FULL) {
r = asprintf(&gid_map, "0 0 1\n"
"1 1 " GID_FMT "\n", (gid_t) (UINT32_MAX - 1));
r = asprintf(&gid_map, "0 0 " GID_FMT "\n", (gid_t) UINT32_MAX);
if (r < 0)
return -ENOMEM;
/* Can only set up multiple mappings with CAP_SETGID. */
} else if (have_effective_cap(CAP_SETGID) > 0 && gid != ogid && gid_is_valid(gid)) {
r = asprintf(&gid_map,
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@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ systemd-run -p PrivateUsersEx=self --wait bash -c 'test "$(cat /proc/self/gid_ma
systemd-run -p PrivateUsersEx=self --wait bash -c 'test "$(cat /proc/self/setgroups)" == "deny"'
systemd-run -p PrivateUsersEx=identity --wait bash -c 'test "$(cat /proc/self/uid_map)" == " 0 0 65536"'
systemd-run -p PrivateUsersEx=identity --wait bash -c 'test "$(cat /proc/self/gid_map)" == " 0 0 65536"'
systemd-run -p PrivateUsersEx=full --wait bash -c 'test "$(cat /proc/self/uid_map | tr -d "\n")" == " 0 0 1 1 1 4294967294"'
systemd-run -p PrivateUsersEx=full --wait bash -c 'test "$(cat /proc/self/gid_map | tr -d "\n")" == " 0 0 1 1 1 4294967294"'
systemd-run -p PrivateUsersEx=full --wait bash -c 'test "$(cat /proc/self/uid_map)" == " 0 0 4294967295"'
systemd-run -p PrivateUsersEx=full --wait bash -c 'test "$(cat /proc/self/gid_map)" == " 0 0 4294967295"'
systemd-run -p PrivateUsersEx=full --wait bash -c 'test "$(cat /proc/self/setgroups)" == "allow"'