linux/kernel
Eric Paris aa4af831bb AUDIT: Allow login in non-init namespaces
It its possible to configure your PAM stack to refuse login if audit
messages (about the login) were unable to be sent.  This is common in
many distros and thus normal configuration of many containers.  The PAM
modules determine if audit is enabled/disabled in the kernel based on
the return value from sending an audit message on the netlink socket.
If userspace gets back ECONNREFUSED it believes audit is disabled in the
kernel.  If it gets any other error else it refuses to let the login
proceed.

Just about ever since the introduction of namespaces the kernel audit
subsystem has returned EPERM if the task sending a message was not in
the init user or pid namespace.  So many forms of containers have never
worked if audit was enabled in the kernel.

BUT if the container was not in net_init then the kernel network code
would send ECONNREFUSED (instead of the audit code sending EPERM).  Thus
by pure accident/dumb luck/bug if an admin configured the PAM stack to
reject all logins that didn't talk to audit, but then ran the login
untility in the non-init_net namespace, it would work!! Clearly this was
a bug, but it is a bug some people expected.

With the introduction of network namespace support in 3.14-rc1 the two
bugs stopped cancelling each other out.  Now, containers in the
non-init_net namespace refused to let users log in (just like PAM was
configfured!) Obviously some people were not happy that what used to let
users log in, now didn't!

This fix is kinda hacky.  We return ECONNREFUSED for all non-init
relevant namespaces.  That means that not only will the old broken
non-init_net setups continue to work, now the broken non-init_pid or
non-init_user setups will 'work'.  They don't really work, since audit
isn't logging things.  But it's what most users want.

In 3.15 we should have patches to support not only the non-init_net
(3.14) namespace but also the non-init_pid and non-init_user namespace.
So all will be right in the world.  This just opens the doors wide open
on 3.14 and hopefully makes users happy, if not the audit system...

Reported-by: Andre Tomt <andre@tomt.net>
Reported-by: Adam Richter <adam_richter2004@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-03-30 17:02:53 -07:00
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cpu sched/preempt: Fix up missed PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED folding 2014-01-13 17:38:55 +01:00
debug kgdb/kdb: Fix no KDB config problem 2014-01-25 08:55:09 +01:00
events perf: Fix hotplug splat 2014-02-27 12:38:03 +01:00
gcov gcov: reuse kbasename helper 2013-11-13 12:09:34 +09:00
irq genirq: Include missing header file in irqdomain.c 2014-02-27 13:29:35 +01:00
locking Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-01-20 10:42:08 -08:00
power arm, pm, vmpressure: add missing slab.h includes 2014-02-03 13:24:01 -05:00
printk printk: fix syslog() overflowing user buffer 2014-02-17 12:24:45 -08:00
rcu Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-01-28 08:38:04 -08:00
sched sched/clock: Prevent tracing recursion in sched_clock_cpu() 2014-03-11 11:33:48 +01:00
time time: Revert to calling clock_was_set_delayed() while in irq context 2014-03-28 08:07:07 +01:00
trace tracing: Fix traceon trigger condition to actually turn tracing on 2014-03-25 23:39:41 -04:00
.gitignore Ignore generated file kernel/x509_certificate_list 2013-12-10 18:21:34 +00:00
acct.c
async.c
audit_tree.c inotify: Fix reporting of cookies for inotify events 2014-02-18 11:17:17 +01:00
audit_watch.c inotify: Fix reporting of cookies for inotify events 2014-02-18 11:17:17 +01:00
audit.c AUDIT: Allow login in non-init namespaces 2014-03-30 17:02:53 -07:00
audit.h audit: Use struct net not pid_t to remember the network namespce to reply in 2014-02-28 04:04:33 -08:00
auditfilter.c audit: Update kdoc for audit_send_reply and audit_list_rules_send 2014-03-08 15:31:54 -08:00
auditsc.c execve: use 'struct filename *' for executable name passing 2014-02-05 12:54:53 -08:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c mm: do not allocate page->ptl dynamically, if spinlock_t fits to long 2013-12-20 12:25:45 -08:00
capability.c audit: Simplify and correct audit_log_capset 2014-01-13 22:26:48 -05:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: replace cftype->read_seq_string() with cftype->seq_show() 2013-12-05 12:28:04 -05:00
cgroup.c cgroup: fix a failure path in create_css() 2014-03-18 17:15:36 -04:00
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Wrap static key check into more intuitive function name 2013-12-02 20:43:14 +01:00
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-11-14 16:55:11 +09:00
cpuset.c cpuset: fix a race condition in __cpuset_node_allowed_softwall() 2014-02-27 09:39:54 -05:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c kernel/delayacct.c: remove redundant checking in __delayacct_add_tsk() 2013-11-13 12:09:12 +09:00
dma.c
elfcore.c switch elf_core_write_extra_phdrs() to dump_emit() 2013-11-09 00:16:23 -05:00
exec_domain.c
exit.c introduce for_each_thread() to replace the buggy while_each_thread() 2014-01-21 16:19:46 -08:00
extable.c kernel/extable: fix address-checks for core_kernel and init areas 2013-11-28 09:49:41 -08:00
fork.c exec: kill task_struct->did_exec 2014-01-23 16:37:02 -08:00
freezer.c libata, freezer: avoid block device removal while system is frozen 2013-12-19 13:50:32 -05:00
futex_compat.c
futex.c futex: revert back to the explicit waiter counting code 2014-03-20 22:11:17 -07:00
groups.c userns: Kill nsown_capable it makes the wrong thing easy 2013-08-30 23:44:11 -07:00
hrtimer.c sched/deadline: Add SCHED_DEADLINE structures & implementation 2014-01-13 13:41:06 +01:00
hung_task.c hung_task: Display every hung task warning 2014-01-25 12:13:33 +01:00
irq_work.c
itimer.c
jump_label.c static_key: WARN on usage before jump_label_init was called 2013-10-19 19:45:35 -04:00
kallsyms.c
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz kernel: remove CONFIG_USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS 2013-11-15 09:32:22 +09:00
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c kernel/kexec.c: use vscnprintf() instead of vsnprintf() in vmcoreinfo_append_str() 2014-01-27 21:02:40 -08:00
kmod.c execve: use 'struct filename *' for executable name passing 2014-02-05 12:54:53 -08:00
kprobes.c kprobes: use KSYM_NAME_LEN to size identifier buffers 2013-11-13 12:09:26 +09:00
ksysfs.c kdump: fix exported size of vmcoreinfo note 2014-01-23 16:37:03 -08:00
kthread.c kthread: make kthread_create() killable 2013-11-13 12:08:59 +09:00
latencytop.c
Makefile KEYS: Remove files generated when SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYRING=y 2013-12-13 15:59:11 +00:00
module_signing.c keys: change asymmetric keys to use common hash definitions 2013-10-25 17:15:18 -04:00
module-internal.h KEYS: Separate the kernel signature checking keyring from module signing 2013-09-25 17:17:01 +01:00
module.c module: Add missing newline in printk call. 2014-01-21 09:59:16 +10:30
notifier.c
nsproxy.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2013-09-07 14:35:32 -07:00
padata.c padata: Fix wrong usage of rcu_dereference() 2013-12-05 21:28:42 +08:00
panic.c panic: Make panic_timeout configurable 2013-11-26 12:12:26 +01:00
params.c params: improve standard definitions 2013-12-04 14:09:46 +10:30
pid_namespace.c pid_namespace: make freeing struct pid_namespace rcu-delayed 2013-10-24 23:43:29 -04:00
pid.c pidns: fix free_pid() to handle the first fork failure 2013-09-30 14:31:03 -07:00
posix-cpu-timers.c posix-timers: Convert abuses of BUG_ON to WARN_ON 2013-12-09 16:56:29 +01:00
posix-timers.c
profile.c mm: fix GFP_THISNODE callers and clarify 2014-03-10 17:26:19 -07:00
ptrace.c exec/ptrace: fix get_dumpable() incorrect tests 2013-11-13 12:09:33 +09:00
range.c
reboot.c kexec: migrate to reboot cpu 2013-12-18 19:04:50 -08:00
relay.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
res_counter.c memcg: reduce function dereference 2013-09-12 15:38:02 -07:00
resource.c kernel/resource.c: remove the unneeded assignment in function __find_resource 2013-07-03 16:08:06 -07:00
seccomp.c
signal.c kernel/signal.c: change do_signal_stop/do_sigaction to use while_each_thread() 2014-01-23 16:37:02 -08:00
smp.c kernel/smp.c: remove cpumask_ipi 2014-01-30 16:56:54 -08:00
smpboot.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-01-31 09:02:51 -08:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Fix^2 race between stop_two_cpus() and stop_cpus() 2014-03-11 11:33:47 +01:00
sys_ni.c
sys.c kernel/sys.c: k_getrusage() can use while_each_thread() 2014-01-23 16:37:02 -08:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel/sysctl_binary.c: use scnprintf() instead of snprintf() 2013-11-13 12:09:33 +09:00
sysctl.c Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-01-31 08:59:46 -08:00
system_certificates.S KEYS: correct alignment of system_certificate_list content in assembly file 2013-12-10 18:25:28 +00:00
system_keyring.c KEYS: correct alignment of system_certificate_list content in assembly file 2013-12-10 18:25:28 +00:00
task_work.c task_work: documentation 2013-09-11 15:58:27 -07:00
taskstats.c genetlink: only pass array to genl_register_family_with_ops() 2013-11-19 16:39:05 -05:00
test_kprobes.c
time.c
timeconst.bc
timer.c timer: Convert kmalloc_node(...GFP_ZERO...) to kzalloc_node(...) 2013-11-19 14:59:50 +01:00
tracepoint.c tracing: Do not add event files for modules that fail tracepoints 2014-03-03 21:11:05 -05:00
tsacct.c
uid16.c userns: Kill nsown_capable it makes the wrong thing easy 2013-08-30 23:44:11 -07:00
up.c kernel: provide a __smp_call_function_single stub for !CONFIG_SMP 2013-11-15 09:32:22 +09:00
user_namespace.c user_namespace.c: Remove duplicated word in comment 2014-02-20 11:58:35 -08:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c KEYS: fix uninitialized persistent_keyring_register_sem 2013-12-13 15:59:11 +00:00
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c userns: Kill nsown_capable it makes the wrong thing easy 2013-08-30 23:44:11 -07:00
watchdog.c watchdog: update watchdog_thresh properly 2013-09-24 17:00:25 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c workqueue: ensure @task is valid across kthread_stop() 2014-02-18 16:35:20 -05:00