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authorEric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>2012-11-16 07:02:59 +0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2012-11-19 05:30:55 +0400
commit464dc801c76aa0db88e16e8f5f47c6879858b9b2 (patch)
treecfaf0f43f4ce50669f07031ec42062b4c9a7f985 /net/core
parent73f7ef435934e952c1d70d83d69921ea5d1f6bd4 (diff)
downloadlinux-464dc801c76aa0db88e16e8f5f47c6879858b9b2.tar.xz
net: Don't export sysctls to unprivileged users
In preparation for supporting the creation of network namespaces by unprivileged users, modify all of the per net sysctl exports and refuse to allow them to unprivileged users. This makes it safe for unprivileged users in general to access per net sysctls, and allows sysctls to be exported to unprivileged users on an individual basis as they are deemed safe. Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core')
-rw-r--r--net/core/neighbour.c4
-rw-r--r--net/core/sysctl_net_core.c5
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 22571488730a..f1c0c2e9cad5 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -2987,6 +2987,10 @@ int neigh_sysctl_register(struct net_device *dev, struct neigh_parms *p,
t->neigh_vars[NEIGH_VAR_BASE_REACHABLE_TIME_MS].extra1 = dev;
}
+ /* Don't export sysctls to unprivileged users */
+ if (neigh_parms_net(p)->user_ns != &init_user_ns)
+ t->neigh_vars[0].procname = NULL;
+
snprintf(neigh_path, sizeof(neigh_path), "net/%s/neigh/%s",
p_name, dev_name_source);
t->sysctl_header =
diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index a7c36845b123..d1b08045a9df 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -216,6 +216,11 @@ static __net_init int sysctl_core_net_init(struct net *net)
goto err_dup;
tbl[0].data = &net->core.sysctl_somaxconn;
+
+ /* Don't export any sysctls to unprivileged users */
+ if (net->user_ns != &init_user_ns) {
+ tbl[0].procname = NULL;
+ }
}
net->core.sysctl_hdr = register_net_sysctl(net, "net/core", tbl);