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    Fix cap_capable to only allow owners in the parent user namespace to have caps. · 520d9eab
    Eric W. Biederman authored
    Andy Lutomirski pointed out that the current behavior of allowing the
    owner of a user namespace to have all caps when that owner is not in a
    parent user namespace is wrong.  Add a test to ensure the owner of a user
    namespace is in the parent of the user namespace to fix this bug.
    
    Thankfully this bug did not apply to the initial user namespace, keeping
    the mischief that can be caused by this bug quite small.
    
    This is bug was introduced in v3.5 by commit 783291e6
    
    
    "Simplify the user_namespace by making userns->creator a kuid."
    But did not matter until the permisions required to create
    a user namespace were relaxed allowing a user namespace to be created
    inside of a user namespace.
    
    The bug made it possible for the owner of a user namespace to be
    present in a child user namespace.  Since the owner of a user nameapce
    is granted all capabilities it became possible for users in a
    grandchild user namespace to have all privilges over their parent user
    namspace.
    
    Reorder the checks in cap_capable.  This should make the common case
    faster and make it clear that nothing magic happens in the initial
    user namespace.  The reordering is safe because cred->user_ns
    can only be in targ_ns or targ_ns->parent but not both.
    
    Add a comment a the top of the loop to make the logic of
    the code clear.
    
    Add a distinct variable ns that changes as we walk up
    the user namespace hierarchy to make it clear which variable
    is changing.
    
    Acked-by: default avatarSerge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatar"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
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