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![Dmitry Safonov](/assets/img/avatar_default.png)
Michael noticed that userns limit for number of time namespaces is missing.
Furthermore, time namespace introduced UCOUNT_TIME_NAMESPACES, but didn't
introduce an array member in user_table[]. It would make array's
initialisation OOB write, but by luck the user_table array has an excessive
empty member (all accesses to the array are limited with UCOUNT_COUNTS - so
it silently reuses the last free member.
Fixes user-visible regression: max_inotify_instances by reason of the
missing UCOUNT_ENTRY() has limited max number of namespaces instead of the
number of inotify instances.
Fixes: 769071ac9f
("ns: Introduce Time Namespace")
Reported-by: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dima@arista.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200406171342.128733-1-dima@arista.com
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Documentation for /proc/sys/user/
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kernel version 4.9.0
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Copyright (c) 2016 Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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This file contains the documentation for the sysctl files in
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/proc/sys/user.
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The files in this directory can be used to override the default
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limits on the number of namespaces and other objects that have
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per user per user namespace limits.
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The primary purpose of these limits is to stop programs that
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malfunction and attempt to create a ridiculous number of objects,
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before the malfunction becomes a system wide problem. It is the
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intention that the defaults of these limits are set high enough that
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no program in normal operation should run into these limits.
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The creation of per user per user namespace objects are charged to
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the user in the user namespace who created the object and
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verified to be below the per user limit in that user namespace.
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The creation of objects is also charged to all of the users
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who created user namespaces the creation of the object happens
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in (user namespaces can be nested) and verified to be below the per user
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limits in the user namespaces of those users.
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This recursive counting of created objects ensures that creating a
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user namespace does not allow a user to escape their current limits.
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Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/user:
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max_cgroup_namespaces
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=====================
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The maximum number of cgroup namespaces that any user in the current
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user namespace may create.
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max_ipc_namespaces
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==================
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The maximum number of ipc namespaces that any user in the current
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user namespace may create.
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max_mnt_namespaces
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==================
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The maximum number of mount namespaces that any user in the current
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user namespace may create.
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max_net_namespaces
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==================
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The maximum number of network namespaces that any user in the
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current user namespace may create.
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max_pid_namespaces
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==================
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The maximum number of pid namespaces that any user in the current
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user namespace may create.
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max_time_namespaces
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===================
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The maximum number of time namespaces that any user in the current
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user namespace may create.
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max_user_namespaces
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===================
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The maximum number of user namespaces that any user in the current
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user namespace may create.
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max_uts_namespaces
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==================
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The maximum number of user namespaces that any user in the current
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user namespace may create.
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