Correct handling of capabilities

Ensure that capabilities are properly handled for non-root users
in privileged containers. We do not want to give full caps, but
instead only CapInh and CapEff (others should be all-zeroes).

Fixing `podman run` is easy - the same code as the Podman 1.6 fix
works there. The `podman exec` command is far more challenging.
Exec received a complete rewrite to use Conmon at some point
before Podman 1.6, and gained many capabilities in the process.
One of those was the ability to actually tweak the capabilities
of the exec process - 1.0 did not have that. Since it was needed
to resolve this CVE, I was forced to backport a large bit of the
1.0 -> 1.6 exec changes (passing a Process block to the OCI
runtime, and using `prepareProcessExec()` to prepare said block).
I am honestly uncomfortable with the size and scope of this
change but I don't see another way around this.

Fixes CVE-2021-20188

Signed-off-by: Matthew Heon <[email protected]>

Author: mheon

libpod/container_api.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package libpod
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
@@ -11,9 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod/driver"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/inspect"
-	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/lookup"
 	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/stringid"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/caps"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
@@ -263,8 +260,6 @@ func (c *Container) Kill(signal uint) error {
 // TODO allow specifying streams to attach to
 // TODO investigate allowing exec without attaching
 func (c *Container) Exec(tty, privileged bool, env, cmd []string, user, workDir string) error {
-	var capList []string
-
 	locked := false
 	if !c.batched {
 		locked = true
@@ -287,22 +282,8 @@ func (c *Container) Exec(tty, privileged bool, env, cmd []string, user, workDir
 	if conState != ContainerStateRunning {
 		return errors.Wrapf(ErrCtrStateInvalid, "cannot exec into container that is not running")
 	}
-	if privileged || c.config.Privileged {
-		capList = caps.GetAllCapabilities()
-	}
 
-	// If user was set, look it up in the container to get a UID to use on
-	// the host
-	hostUser := ""
-	if user != "" {
-		execUser, err := lookup.GetUserGroupInfo(c.state.Mountpoint, user, nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		// runc expects user formatted as uid:gid
-		hostUser = fmt.Sprintf("%d:%d", execUser.Uid, execUser.Gid)
-	}
+	isPrivileged := privileged || c.config.Privileged
 
 	// Generate exec session ID
 	// Ensure we don't conflict with an existing session ID
@@ -324,10 +305,11 @@ func (c *Container) Exec(tty, privileged bool, env, cmd []string, user, workDir
 
 	logrus.Debugf("Creating new exec session in container %s with session id %s", c.ID(), sessionID)
 
-	execCmd, err := c.runtime.ociRuntime.execContainer(c, cmd, capList, env, tty, workDir, hostUser, sessionID)
+	execCmd, processFile, err := c.runtime.ociRuntime.execContainer(c, cmd, env, tty, workDir, user, sessionID, isPrivileged)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error exec %s", c.ID())
 	}
+	defer os.Remove(processFile)
 	chWait := make(chan error)
 	go func() {
 		chWait <- execCmd.Wait()

libpod/oci.go

@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/lookup"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/rootless"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/coreos/go-systemd/activation"
 	"github.com/cri-o/ocicni/pkg/ocicni"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/caps"
 	spec "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux/label"
@@ -735,18 +737,23 @@ func (r *OCIRuntime) unpauseContainer(ctr *Container) error {
 // TODO: Add --detach support
 // TODO: Convert to use conmon
 // TODO: add --pid-file and use that to generate exec session tracking
-func (r *OCIRuntime) execContainer(c *Container, cmd, capAdd, env []string, tty bool, cwd, user, sessionID string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
+func (r *OCIRuntime) execContainer(c *Container, cmd, env []string, tty bool, cwd, user, sessionID string, privileged bool) (*exec.Cmd, string, error) {
 	if len(cmd) == 0 {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(ErrInvalidArg, "must provide a command to execute")
+		return nil, "", errors.Wrapf(ErrInvalidArg, "must provide a command to execute")
 	}
 
 	if sessionID == "" {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(ErrEmptyID, "must provide a session ID for exec")
+		return nil, "", errors.Wrapf(ErrEmptyID, "must provide a session ID for exec")
 	}
 
 	runtimeDir, err := util.GetRootlessRuntimeDir()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, "", err
+	}
+
+	processFile, err := prepareProcessExec(c, cmd, env, tty, cwd, user, sessionID, privileged)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", err
 	}
 
 	args := []string{}
@@ -756,34 +763,14 @@ func (r *OCIRuntime) execContainer(c *Container, cmd, capAdd, env []string, tty
 
 	args = append(args, "exec")
 
-	if cwd != "" {
-		args = append(args, "--cwd", cwd)
-	}
+	args = append(args, "--process", processFile)
 
 	args = append(args, "--pid-file", c.execPidPath(sessionID))
 
-	if tty {
-		args = append(args, "--tty")
-	} else {
-		args = append(args, "--tty=false")
-	}
-
-	if user != "" {
-		args = append(args, "--user", user)
-	}
-
 	if c.config.Spec.Process.NoNewPrivileges {
 		args = append(args, "--no-new-privs")
 	}
 
-	for _, cap := range capAdd {
-		args = append(args, "--cap", cap)
-	}
-
-	for _, envVar := range env {
-		args = append(args, "--env", envVar)
-	}
-
 	// Append container ID and command
 	args = append(args, c.ID())
 	args = append(args, cmd...)
@@ -797,10 +784,10 @@ func (r *OCIRuntime) execContainer(c *Container, cmd, capAdd, env []string, tty
 	execCmd.Env = append(execCmd.Env, fmt.Sprintf("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=%s", runtimeDir))
 
 	if err := execCmd.Start(); err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "cannot start container %s", c.ID())
+		return nil, "", errors.Wrapf(err, "cannot start container %s", c.ID())
 	}
 
-	return execCmd, nil
+	return execCmd, processFile, nil
 }
 
 // execStopContainer stops all active exec sessions in a container
@@ -892,3 +879,110 @@ func (r *OCIRuntime) checkpointContainer(ctr *Container, options ContainerCheckp
 	args = append(args, ctr.ID())
 	return utils.ExecCmdWithStdStreams(os.Stdin, os.Stdout, os.Stderr, nil, r.path, args...)
 }
+
+// prepareProcessExec returns the path of the process.json used in runc exec -p.
+// Returns path to the created exec process file. This will need to be removed
+// by the caller when they're done, best effort.
+func prepareProcessExec(c *Container, cmd, env []string, tty bool, cwd, user, sessionID string, privileged bool) (string, error) {
+	filename := filepath.Join(c.bundlePath(), fmt.Sprintf("exec-process-%s", sessionID))
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(filename, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0600)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	pspec := c.config.Spec.Process
+	pspec.SelinuxLabel = c.config.ProcessLabel
+	pspec.Args = cmd
+	// We need to default this to false else it will inherit terminal as true
+	// from the container.
+	pspec.Terminal = false
+	if tty {
+		pspec.Terminal = true
+	}
+	if len(env) > 0 {
+		pspec.Env = append(pspec.Env, env...)
+	}
+
+	if cwd != "" {
+		pspec.Cwd = cwd
+
+	}
+
+	var addGroups []string
+	var sgids []uint32
+
+	// if the user is empty, we should inherit the user that the container is currently running with
+	if user == "" {
+		user = c.config.User
+		addGroups = c.config.Groups
+	}
+
+	execUser, err := lookup.GetUserGroupInfo(c.state.Mountpoint, user, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	if len(addGroups) > 0 {
+		sgids, err = lookup.GetContainerGroups(addGroups, c.state.Mountpoint, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "error looking up supplemental groups for container %s exec session %s", c.ID(), sessionID)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// If user was set, look it up in the container to get a UID to use on
+	// the host
+	if user != "" || len(sgids) > 0 {
+		if user != "" {
+			for _, sgid := range execUser.Sgids {
+				sgids = append(sgids, uint32(sgid))
+			}
+		}
+		processUser := spec.User{
+			UID:            uint32(execUser.Uid),
+			GID:            uint32(execUser.Gid),
+			AdditionalGids: sgids,
+		}
+
+		pspec.User = processUser
+	}
+
+	allCaps := caps.GetAllCapabilities()
+	pspec.Capabilities.Effective = []string{}
+	if privileged {
+		pspec.Capabilities.Bounding = allCaps
+	} else {
+		pspec.Capabilities.Bounding = []string{}
+	}
+	pspec.Capabilities.Inheritable = pspec.Capabilities.Bounding
+	if execUser.Uid == 0 {
+		pspec.Capabilities.Effective = pspec.Capabilities.Bounding
+		pspec.Capabilities.Permitted = pspec.Capabilities.Bounding
+		pspec.Capabilities.Ambient = pspec.Capabilities.Bounding
+	} else {
+		pspec.Capabilities.Permitted = pspec.Capabilities.Effective
+		pspec.Capabilities.Ambient = pspec.Capabilities.Effective
+	}
+
+	hasHomeSet := false
+	for _, s := range pspec.Env {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(s, "HOME=") {
+			hasHomeSet = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if !hasHomeSet {
+		pspec.Env = append(pspec.Env, fmt.Sprintf("HOME=%s", execUser.Home))
+	}
+
+	processJSON, err := json.Marshal(pspec)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(filename, processJSON, 0644); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return filename, nil
+}

pkg/spec/spec.go

@@ -325,6 +325,14 @@ func CreateConfigToOCISpec(config *CreateConfig) (*spec.Spec, error) { //nolint
 		}
 	} else {
 		g.SetupPrivileged(true)
+		if config.User != "" {
+			user := strings.SplitN(config.User, ":", 2)[0]
+			if user != "root" && user != "0" {
+				g.Spec().Process.Capabilities.Effective = []string{}
+				g.Spec().Process.Capabilities.Permitted = []string{}
+				g.Spec().Process.Capabilities.Ambient = []string{}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	// HANDLE SECCOMP