kernel/user_namespace.c

/*
 *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 *  published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the
 *  License.
 */

#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/nsproxy.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/user_namespace.h>

/*
 * Clone a new ns copying an original user ns, setting refcount to 1
 * @old_ns: namespace to clone
 * Return NULL on error (failure to kmalloc), new ns otherwise
 */
static struct user_namespace *clone_user_ns(struct user_namespace *old_ns)
{
	struct user_namespace *ns;
	struct user_struct *new_user;
	struct cred *new;
	int n;

	ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct user_namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
	if (!ns)
		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);

	kref_init(&ns->kref);

	for (n = 0; n < UIDHASH_SZ; ++n)
		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(ns->uidhash_table + n);

	/* Insert new root user.  */
	ns->root_user = alloc_uid(ns, 0);
	if (!ns->root_user) {
		kfree(ns);
		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
	}

	/* Reset current->user with a new one */
	new_user = alloc_uid(ns, current_uid());
	if (!new_user) {
		free_uid(ns->root_user);
		kfree(ns);
		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
	}

	/* Install the new user */
	new = prepare_creds();
	if (!new) {
		free_uid(new_user);
		free_uid(ns->root_user);
		kfree(ns);
	}
	free_uid(new->user);
	new->user = new_user;
	commit_creds(new);
	return ns;
}

struct user_namespace * copy_user_ns(int flags, struct user_namespace *old_ns)
{
	struct user_namespace *new_ns;

	BUG_ON(!old_ns);
	get_user_ns(old_ns);

	if (!(flags & CLONE_NEWUSER))
		return old_ns;

	new_ns = clone_user_ns(old_ns);

	put_user_ns(old_ns);
	return new_ns;
}

void free_user_ns(struct kref *kref)
{
	struct user_namespace *ns;

	ns = container_of(kref, struct user_namespace, kref);
	release_uids(ns);
	kfree(ns);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_user_ns);