From: Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com>
To: passt-dev@passt.top
Cc: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>,
Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] isolation: keep CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE initially
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 08:16:39 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8635494bf4747935bc2179bdb37c8c2cbbe4ed55.1759839307.git.crobinso@redhat.com> (raw)
Reproducer that I'd expect to work
$ cd $HOME
$ sudo passt --runas $UID --socket foo.sock
Failed to bind UNIX domain socket: Permission denied
A more practical example is for libguestfs apps when run as user=root.
+ libguestfs connects to libvirt qemu:///system
+ libvirt qemu:///system defaults to user=qemu.
+ chowns passt runtime dir to user=qemu
+ libguestfs instead requests the VM run as user=root
+ patches in progress but we are blocked by this issue
+ passt is launched as root, but can't open socket in passt dir.
Obviously libvirt needs improvements too.
But it seems like this is a defect as well.
Signed-off-by: Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com>
---
isolation.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/isolation.c b/isolation.c
index bbcd23b..b25f349 100644
--- a/isolation.c
+++ b/isolation.c
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ void isolate_initial(int argc, char **argv)
* We have to keep CAP_SETUID and CAP_SETGID at this stage, so
* that we can switch user away from root.
*
+ * CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE may be required for socket setup when combined
+ * with --runas.
+ *
* We have to keep some capabilities for the --netns-only case:
* - CAP_SYS_ADMIN, so that we can setns() to the netns.
* - Keep CAP_NET_ADMIN, so that we can configure interfaces
@@ -198,7 +201,7 @@ void isolate_initial(int argc, char **argv)
* isolate_prefork().
*/
keep = BIT(CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE) | BIT(CAP_SETUID) | BIT(CAP_SETGID) |
- BIT(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) | BIT(CAP_NET_ADMIN);
+ BIT(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) | BIT(CAP_NET_ADMIN) | BIT(CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE);
/* Since Linux 5.12, if we want to update /proc/self/uid_map to create
* a mapping from UID 0, which only happens with pasta spawning a child
--
2.51.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-10-07 12:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-07 12:16 Cole Robinson [this message]
2025-10-07 16:02 ` Stefano Brivio
2025-10-07 16:13 ` Richard W.M. Jones
2025-10-07 16:43 ` Cole Robinson
2025-10-07 16:49 ` Stefano Brivio
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