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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/2] sysctl: allow CLONE_NEWUSER to be disabled
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Am 22.01.2016 um 23:39 schrieb Kees Cook:
> There continues to be unexpected side-effects and security exposures
> via CLONE_NEWUSER. For many end-users running distro kernels with
> CONFIG_USER_NS enabled, there is no way to disable this feature when
> desired. As such, this creates a sysctl to restrict CLONE_NEWUSER so
> admins not running containers or Chrome can avoid the risks of this
> feature.

Last time such a patch came up I was not thrilled because hiding
a scary feature behind a knob IMHO doesn't make it any better nor helps
finding issues.
But as userns is still a source of a lot of issues and distros enable
it by default a knob for the admin seems to be a good idea by now. ;-\

Thanks,
//richard

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