If the process is compromised there should be no network access. Use an
empty network namespace to sandbox networking.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
---
contrib/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/contrib/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c b/contrib/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
index 84b60d85bd..c27ff7d800 100644
--- a/contrib/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
+++ b/contrib/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
@@ -2736,6 +2736,19 @@ static void setup_shared_versions(struct lo_data *lo)
lo->version_table = addr;
}
+/*
+ * Called after our UNIX domain sockets have been created, now we can move to
+ * an empty network namespace to prevent TCP/IP and other network activity in
+ * case this process is compromised.
+ */
+static void setup_net_namespace(void)
+{
+ if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNET) != 0) {
+ fuse_log(FUSE_LOG_ERR, "unshare(CLONE_NEWNET): %m\n");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+}
+
/* This magic is based on lxc's lxc_pivot_root() */
static void setup_pivot_root(const char *source)
{
@@ -2818,6 +2831,7 @@ static void setup_mount_namespace(const char *source)
*/
static void setup_sandbox(struct lo_data *lo, bool enable_syslog)
{
+ setup_net_namespace();
setup_mount_namespace(lo->source);
setup_seccomp(enable_syslog);
}
--
2.21.0
* Stefan Hajnoczi (stefanha@redhat.com) wrote:
> If the process is compromised there should be no network access. Use an
> empty network namespace to sandbox networking.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
> ---
> contrib/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/contrib/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c b/contrib/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
> index 84b60d85bd..c27ff7d800 100644
> --- a/contrib/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
> +++ b/contrib/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
> @@ -2736,6 +2736,19 @@ static void setup_shared_versions(struct lo_data *lo)
> lo->version_table = addr;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Called after our UNIX domain sockets have been created, now we can move to
> + * an empty network namespace to prevent TCP/IP and other network activity in
> + * case this process is compromised.
> + */
> +static void setup_net_namespace(void)
> +{
> + if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNET) != 0) {
> + fuse_log(FUSE_LOG_ERR, "unshare(CLONE_NEWNET): %m\n");
> + exit(1);
> + }
> +}
> +
> /* This magic is based on lxc's lxc_pivot_root() */
> static void setup_pivot_root(const char *source)
> {
> @@ -2818,6 +2831,7 @@ static void setup_mount_namespace(const char *source)
> */
> static void setup_sandbox(struct lo_data *lo, bool enable_syslog)
> {
> + setup_net_namespace();
> setup_mount_namespace(lo->source);
> setup_seccomp(enable_syslog);
> }
> --
> 2.21.0
>
--
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