PSA: allow procMount type Unmasked in baseline

a masked proc mount has traditionally been used to prevent untrusted containers from accessing leaky kernel APIs.
However, within a user namespace, typical ID checks protect better than masked proc. Further, allowing unmasked proc
with a user namespace gives access to a container mounting sub procs, which opens avenues for container-in-container use cases.

Update PSS for baseline to allow a container to access an unmasked /proc, if it's in a user namespace and if the UserNamespacesPodSecurityStandards feature is enabled.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hunt <pehunt@redhat.com>
This commit is contained in:
Peter Hunt 2024-07-23 11:04:45 -04:00
parent f82030111f
commit 17521f04a4
2 changed files with 45 additions and 8 deletions

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@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ spec.initContainers[*].securityContext.procMount
**Allowed Values:** undefined/null, "Default"
However, if the pod is in a user namespace (`hostUsers: false`), and the
UserNamespacesPodSecurityStandards feature is enabled, all values are allowed.
*/
func init() {
@ -58,6 +61,14 @@ func CheckProcMount() Check {
}
func procMount_1_0(podMetadata *metav1.ObjectMeta, podSpec *corev1.PodSpec) CheckResult {
// TODO: When we remove the UserNamespacesPodSecurityStandards feature gate (and GA this relaxation),
// create a new policy version.
// Note: pod validation will check for well formed procMount type, so avoid double validation and allow everything
// here.
if relaxPolicyForUserNamespacePod(podSpec) {
return CheckResult{Allowed: true}
}
var badContainers []string
forbiddenProcMountTypes := sets.NewString()
visitContainers(podSpec, func(container *corev1.Container) {

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@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ func TestProcMount(t *testing.T) {
hostUsers := false
tests := []struct {
name string
pod *corev1.Pod
expectReason string
expectDetail string
name string
pod *corev1.Pod
expectReason string
expectDetail string
expectAllowed bool
relaxForUserNS bool
}{
{
name: "procMount",
@ -46,16 +48,40 @@ func TestProcMount(t *testing.T) {
},
HostUsers: &hostUsers,
}},
expectReason: `procMount`,
expectDetail: `containers "d", "e" must not set securityContext.procMount to "Unmasked", "other"`,
expectReason: `procMount`,
expectAllowed: false,
expectDetail: `containers "d", "e" must not set securityContext.procMount to "Unmasked", "other"`,
},
{
name: "procMount",
pod: &corev1.Pod{Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
Containers: []corev1.Container{
{Name: "a", SecurityContext: nil},
{Name: "b", SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{}},
{Name: "c", SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{ProcMount: &defaultValue}},
{Name: "d", SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{ProcMount: &unmaskedValue}},
{Name: "e", SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{ProcMount: &otherValue}},
},
HostUsers: &hostUsers,
}},
expectReason: "",
expectDetail: "",
expectAllowed: true,
relaxForUserNS: true,
},
}
for _, tc := range tests {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
if tc.relaxForUserNS {
RelaxPolicyForUserNamespacePods(true)
t.Cleanup(func() {
RelaxPolicyForUserNamespacePods(false)
})
}
result := procMount_1_0(&tc.pod.ObjectMeta, &tc.pod.Spec)
if result.Allowed {
t.Fatal("expected disallowed")
if result.Allowed != tc.expectAllowed {
t.Fatalf("expected Allowed to be %v was %v", tc.expectAllowed, result.Allowed)
}
if e, a := tc.expectReason, result.ForbiddenReason; e != a {
t.Errorf("expected\n%s\ngot\n%s", e, a)