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net-sysfs: add netdev_change_owner()



Add a function to change the owner of a network device when it is moved
between network namespaces.

Currently, when moving network devices between network namespaces the
ownership of the corresponding sysfs entries is not changed. This leads
to problems when tools try to operate on the corresponding sysfs files.
This leads to a bug whereby a network device that is created in a
network namespaces owned by a user namespace will have its corresponding
sysfs entry owned by the root user of the corresponding user namespace.
If such a network device has to be moved back to the host network
namespace the permissions will still be set to the user namespaces. This
means unprivileged users can e.g. trigger uevents for such incorrectly
owned devices. They can also modify the settings of the device itself.
Both of these things are unwanted.

For example, workloads will create network devices in the host network
namespace. Other tools will then proceed to move such devices between
network namespaces owner by other user namespaces. While the ownership
of the device itself is updated in
net/core/net-sysfs.c:dev_change_net_namespace() the corresponding sysfs
entry for the device is not:

drwxr-xr-x 5 nobody nobody    0 Jan 25 18:08 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 nobody nobody    0 Jan 25 18:08 ..
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 addr_assign_type
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 addr_len
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 address
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 broadcast
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 carrier
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 carrier_changes
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 carrier_down_count
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 carrier_up_count
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 dev_id
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 dev_port
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 dormant
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 duplex
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 flags
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 gro_flush_timeout
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 ifalias
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 ifindex
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 iflink
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 link_mode
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 mtu
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 name_assign_type
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 netdev_group
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 operstate
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 phys_port_id
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 phys_port_name
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 phys_switch_id
drwxr-xr-x 2 nobody nobody    0 Jan 25 18:09 power
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 proto_down
drwxr-xr-x 4 nobody nobody    0 Jan 25 18:09 queues
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 speed
drwxr-xr-x 2 nobody nobody    0 Jan 25 18:09 statistics
lrwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nobody    0 Jan 25 18:08 subsystem -> ../../../../class/net
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 tx_queue_len
-r--r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:09 type
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 4096 Jan 25 18:08 uevent

However, if a device is created directly in the network namespace then
the device's sysfs permissions will be correctly updated:

drwxr-xr-x 5 root   root      0 Jan 25 18:12 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 nobody nobody    0 Jan 25 18:08 ..
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 addr_assign_type
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 addr_len
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 address
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 broadcast
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 carrier
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 carrier_changes
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 carrier_down_count
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 carrier_up_count
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 dev_id
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 dev_port
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 dormant
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 duplex
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 flags
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 gro_flush_timeout
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 ifalias
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 ifindex
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 iflink
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 link_mode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 mtu
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 name_assign_type
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 netdev_group
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 operstate
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 phys_port_id
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 phys_port_name
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 phys_switch_id
drwxr-xr-x 2 root   root      0 Jan 25 18:12 power
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 proto_down
drwxr-xr-x 4 root   root      0 Jan 25 18:12 queues
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 speed
drwxr-xr-x 2 root   root      0 Jan 25 18:12 statistics
lrwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nobody    0 Jan 25 18:12 subsystem -> ../../../../class/net
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 tx_queue_len
-r--r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 type
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root   4096 Jan 25 18:12 uevent

Now, when creating a network device in a network namespace owned by a
user namespace and moving it to the host the permissions will be set to
the id that the user namespace root user has been mapped to on the host
leading to all sorts of permission issues:

458752
drwxr-xr-x 5 458752 458752      0 Jan 25 18:12 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 root   root        0 Jan 25 18:08 ..
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 addr_assign_type
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 addr_len
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 address
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 broadcast
-rw-r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 carrier
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 carrier_changes
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 carrier_down_count
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 carrier_up_count
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 dev_id
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 dev_port
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 dormant
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 duplex
-rw-r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 flags
-rw-r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 gro_flush_timeout
-rw-r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 ifalias
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 ifindex
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 iflink
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 link_mode
-rw-r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 mtu
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 name_assign_type
-rw-r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 netdev_group
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 operstate
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 phys_port_id
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 phys_port_name
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 phys_switch_id
drwxr-xr-x 2 458752 458752      0 Jan 25 18:12 power
-rw-r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 proto_down
drwxr-xr-x 4 458752 458752      0 Jan 25 18:12 queues
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 speed
drwxr-xr-x 2 458752 458752      0 Jan 25 18:12 statistics
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root   root        0 Jan 25 18:12 subsystem -> ../../../../class/net
-rw-r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 tx_queue_len
-r--r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 type
-rw-r--r-- 1 458752 458752   4096 Jan 25 18:12 uevent

Signed-off-by: default avatarChristian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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