linux/kernel
Christian Brauner f675d2e955 lsm: add LSM blob and hooks for namespaces
All namespace types now share the same ns_common infrastructure. Extend
this to include a security blob so LSMs can start managing namespaces
uniformly without having to add one-off hooks or security fields to
every individual namespace type.

Add a ns_security pointer to ns_common and the corresponding lbs_ns blob
size to lsm_blob_sizes. Allocation and freeing hooks are called from the
common __ns_common_init() and __ns_common_free() paths so every
namespace type gets covered in one go. All information about the
namespace type and the appropriate casting helpers to get at the
containing namespace are available via ns_common making it
straightforward for LSMs to differentiate when they need to.

A namespace_install hook is called from validate_ns() during setns(2)
giving LSMs a chance to enforce policy on namespace transitions.  The
LSM check runs before ns->ops->install() so the security module can deny
the operation before any type-specific installation effects.

Individual namespace types can still have their own specialized security
hooks when needed. This is just the common baseline that makes it easy
to track and manage namespaces from the security side without requiring
every namespace type to reinvent the wheel.

Cc: Günther Noack <gnoack@google.com>
Cc: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Cc: Serge E. Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260216-work-security-namespace-v1-1-075c28758e1f@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
[PM: subject tweak]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
2026-08-31 16:14:10 -04:00
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bpf Major changes: 2026-08-20 07:36:20 -07:00
cgroup RDMA v7.3 merge window pull 2026-08-21 11:48:54 -07:00
configs slab: support for compiler-assisted type-based slab cache partitioning 2026-05-14 10:44:09 +02:00
debug kgdb: update outdated references to kgdb_wait() 2026-04-21 16:41:54 +01:00
dma dma-mapping fix for Linux 7.3 2026-08-27 12:14:19 -07:00
entry entry: Rework trace_syscall_enter() 2026-07-20 20:38:40 +02:00
events mm.git review status for linus..mm-stable 2026-08-27 09:17:06 -07:00
futex Miscellaneous futex fixes: 2026-08-22 16:29:20 -07:00
gcov Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
irq Networking changes for 7.3. 2026-08-20 08:16:04 -07:00
kcsan kcsan: avoid unintended access checking in NMIs 2026-07-20 18:18:37 +02:00
livepatch livepatch: Fix NULL pointer dereference in klp_find_func() 2026-07-07 12:54:37 +02:00
liveupdate kho: make boot time huge page allocation work nicely with KHO 2026-08-23 09:17:38 -07:00
locking mm.git review status for linus..mm-stable 2026-08-27 09:17:06 -07:00
module module: validate string table section types 2026-08-06 16:44:45 +02:00
power PM: sleep: Allow disabling DPM watchdog by default 2026-07-23 15:46:34 +02:00
printk Merge branch 'for-7.3-console-registration-cleanup' into for-linus 2026-08-19 10:00:46 +02:00
rcu RCU updates: 2026-08-23 18:00:22 -07:00
sched - Revert a commit to spinlock cleanup guards that got caught up 2026-08-30 09:57:35 -07:00
time s390 updates for 7.3 merge window 2026-08-23 10:26:44 -07:00
trace tracing fixes for v7.3: 2026-08-30 09:22:00 -07:00
unwind Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
.gitignore
acct.c fs: move SB_I_USERNS_VISIBLE to FS_USERNS_MOUNT_RESTRICTED 2026-05-11 23:13:01 +02:00
async.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
audit_fsnotify.c audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe() 2026-05-27 19:15:34 -04:00
audit_tree.c audit: use 'unsigned int' instead of 'unsigned' 2026-05-26 17:15:30 -04:00
audit_watch.c audit: drop BUG_ON() from audit_add_to_parent() 2026-07-28 15:53:48 -04:00
audit.c audit: fix potential integer overflow in audit_log_n_string() 2026-07-29 16:19:06 -04:00
audit.h audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe() 2026-05-27 19:15:34 -04:00
auditfilter.c audit/stable-7.3 PR 20260814 2026-08-19 16:21:32 -07:00
auditsc.c cred: clarify that task_struct::cred is only for the current task 2026-08-31 16:14:09 -04:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
cfi.c
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Remove rcu_task_trace_heavyweight_{enter,exit}() 2026-01-01 16:39:46 +08:00
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c Misc CPU hotplug fixes: 2026-06-23 16:43:24 -07:00
crash_core_test.c
crash_core.c powerpc/kexec_file: Use crash_exclude_core_ranges() helper 2026-06-30 18:49:06 +03:00
crash_dump_dm_crypt.c crash_dump: release keyring reference at the correct time 2026-07-13 10:04:47 +03:00
crash_reserve.c kernel/crash: remove inclusion of crypto/sha1.h 2026-03-27 21:19:46 -07:00
cred.c cred: clarify that task_struct::cred is only for the current task 2026-08-31 16:14:09 -04:00
delayacct.c sysctl: remove CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL, it just mirrors CONFIG_SYSCTL 2026-08-05 15:28:23 +02:00
dma.c
elfcorehdr.c
exec_domain.c
exec_state.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
exit.c Miscellaneous futex fixes: 2026-08-22 16:29:20 -07:00
exit.h
extable.c
fail_function.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
fork.c mm.git review status for master..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-08-23 08:07:11 -07:00
freezer.c
gen_kheaders.sh
groups.c treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
hung_task.c hung_task: explicitly report I/O wait state in log output 2026-03-27 21:19:40 -07:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c irq_work: Fix use-after-free in irq_work_single() on PREEMPT_RT 2026-05-11 16:28:04 +02:00
jump_label.c jump_label: use ATOMIC_INIT() for initialization of .enabled 2026-03-16 13:16:48 +01:00
kallsyms_internal.h kallsyms: Get rid of kallsyms relative base 2026-01-22 15:58:22 -07:00
kallsyms_selftest.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kallsyms_selftest.h
kallsyms.c mm.git review status for linus..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-02-12 12:13:01 -08:00
kcmp.c fs: add real_fs to track task's actual fs_struct 2026-06-29 10:43:45 +02:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.kexec
Kconfig.locks locking/qspinlock: Add contended_release tracepoint 2026-08-07 17:58:10 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt sched_ext: Changes for v7.3 2026-08-20 11:01:37 -07:00
kcov.c mm.git review status for master..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-08-23 08:07:11 -07:00
kexec_core.c liveupdate: skip serialization for context-preserving kexec 2026-06-01 09:19:38 +03:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c kexec_file: skip checksum verification when safe 2026-07-01 13:01:08 +03:00
kexec_internal.h
kexec.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kheaders.c
kprobes.c kprobes: Remove unneeded warnings from __arm_kprobe_ftrace() 2026-03-13 23:15:26 +09:00
kstack_erase.c
ksyms_common.c
ksysfs.c kernel: ksysfs: initialize kernel_kobj earlier 2026-04-03 19:39:52 +02:00
kthread.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
latencytop.c
Makefile exec: introduce struct task_exec_state 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
module_signature.c module: Give 'enum pkey_id_type' a more specific name 2026-03-24 21:42:37 +00:00
notifier.c
nscommon.c lsm: add LSM blob and hooks for namespaces 2026-08-31 16:14:10 -04:00
nsproxy.c lsm: add LSM blob and hooks for namespaces 2026-08-31 16:14:10 -04:00
nstree.c nstree: tighten permission checks for listing 2026-02-27 22:00:11 +01:00
padata.c padata: Put CPU offline callback in ONLINE section to allow failure 2026-03-22 11:17:59 +09:00
panic.c bug/kunit: Core support for suppressing warning backtraces 2026-05-14 10:50:00 -06:00
params.c mm.git review status for master..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-08-23 08:07:11 -07:00
pid_namespace.c pid_namespace: allow opening pid_for_children before init was created 2026-03-20 14:44:26 +01:00
pid_sysctl.h
pid.c Summary 2026-08-20 08:46:41 -07:00
profile.c
ptrace.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
range.c
reboot.c sysctl: move the "cad_pid" entry from pid_table[] to kern_reboot_table[] 2026-08-05 15:28:23 +02:00
regset.c
relay.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
resource_kunit.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
resource.c resource: downgrade "resource sanity check" warning to debug level 2026-08-03 21:10:05 -07:00
rseq.c rseq: Reenable performance optimizations conditionally 2026-05-06 17:40:27 +02:00
scftorture.c smp_call_function() torture-test updates: 2026-08-23 19:28:04 -07:00
scs.c
seccomp.c seccomp, treewide: Rename and convert __secure_computing() to return boolean 2026-07-12 12:38:02 +02:00
signal.c signal: factor out the kernel reserved si_code check 2026-08-13 15:42:08 -07:00
smp.c SMP core updates: 2026-08-18 15:29:53 -07:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c preempt: Introduce HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS 2026-08-10 10:50:19 +02:00
stacktrace.c
static_call_inline.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
static_call.c
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Make stop_one_cpu_nowait() return void 2026-07-31 12:35:26 +02:00
sys_ni.c time: Respect COMPAT_32BIT_TIME for old time type functions 2026-07-07 23:52:53 +02:00
sys.c prctl: fix PR_SET_MM_AUXV losing the forced AT_NULL terminator 2026-08-19 19:55:05 -07:00
sysctl-test.c
sysctl.c sysctl: remove CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL, it just mirrors CONFIG_SYSCTL 2026-08-05 15:28:23 +02:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c taskstats: fold the two cpumask handlers into one 2026-08-13 15:42:05 -07:00
torture.c torture: Don't leak shuffle_tmp_mask when shuffler kthread fails to start 2026-08-14 14:59:21 -07:00
tracepoint.c tracepoint: balance regfunc() on func_add() failure in tracepoint_add_func() 2026-04-14 05:17:02 -04:00
tsacct.c tsacct: skip all kernel threads 2026-01-26 19:07:13 -08:00
ucount.c binfmt_misc: correctly account pre-opened interpreters 2026-08-03 23:36:18 +02:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c fs: add umh argument to struct kernel_clone_args 2026-06-29 10:54:41 +02:00
up.c smp: Refactor remote CPU selection in smp_call_function_any() 2026-07-16 09:24:55 +02:00
user_namespace.c Convert remaining multi-line kmalloc_obj/flex GFP_KERNEL uses 2026-02-22 08:26:33 -08:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c binfmt_misc: use RCU for the handler lookup 2026-08-03 10:08:36 +02:00
utsname_sysctl.c sysctl: remove CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL, it just mirrors CONFIG_SYSCTL 2026-08-05 15:28:23 +02:00
utsname.c
vhost_task.c vhost_task_create: kill unnecessary .exit_signal initialization 2026-06-10 02:17:00 -04:00
vmcore_info.c mm.git review status for linus..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-04-16 20:11:56 -07:00
watch_queue.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
watchdog_buddy.c watchdog/hardlockup: improve buddy system detection timeliness 2026-03-27 21:19:47 -07:00
watchdog_perf.c watchdog/hardlockup: simplify perf event probe and remove per-cpu dependency 2026-02-08 00:13:35 -08:00
watchdog.c watchdog/softlockup: fix softlockup typos 2026-08-03 21:10:06 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: Show in-flight work item duration in stall diagnostics 2026-03-05 07:27:48 -10:00
workqueue.c NFS client updates for Linux 7.3 2026-08-26 15:09:21 -07:00