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authorChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>2026-02-26 14:50:09 +0100
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>2026-02-27 22:00:08 +0100
commite6b899f08066e744f89df16ceb782e06868bd148 (patch)
treefe5fbdafe96c1c39aabef7e65eae4d210a79e8d7 /include/linux
parenta0b4c7a49137ed21279f354eb59f49ddae8dffc2 (diff)
nsfs: tighten permission checks for ns iteration ioctls
Even privileged services should not necessarily be able to see other privileged service's namespaces so they can't leak information to each other. Use may_see_all_namespaces() helper that centralizes this policy until the nstree adapts. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260226-work-visibility-fixes-v1-1-d2c2853313bd@kernel.org Fixes: a1d220d9dafa ("nsfs: iterate through mount namespaces") Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Cc: stable@kernel.org # v6.12+ Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/ns_common.h2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/ns_common.h b/include/linux/ns_common.h
index 825f5865bfc5..c8e227a3f9e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/ns_common.h
+++ b/include/linux/ns_common.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ static __always_inline bool is_ns_init_id(const struct ns_common *ns)
#define ns_common_free(__ns) __ns_common_free(to_ns_common((__ns)))
+bool may_see_all_namespaces(void);
+
static __always_inline __must_check int __ns_ref_active_read(const struct ns_common *ns)
{
return atomic_read(&ns->__ns_ref_active);