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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


             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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