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Re: [PATCH 09/19] fs: Refuse uid/gid changes which don't map into s_user_ns

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On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 11:27:38AM -0600, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 09:40:09AM -0600, Seth Forshee wrote:
> > Add checks to inode_change_ok to verify that uid and gid changes
> > will map into the superblock's user namespace. If they do not
> > fail with -EOVERFLOW. This cannot be overriden with ATTR_FORCE.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
> 
> ...  although i could see root on the host being upset that it can't
> assign a uid not valid in the mounter's ns.  But it does seem safer.

That change wouldn't be representable in the backing store though, and
that could lead to unexpected behaviour. It's better to tell root that
we can't make the requested change, in my opinion.
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[PATCH 09/19] fs: Refuse uid/gid changes which don't map into s_user_ns Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com> - 2015-12-02 16:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 09/19] fs: Refuse uid/gid changes which don't map into  s_user_ns "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com> - 2015-12-04 18:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 09/19] fs: Refuse uid/gid changes which don't map into  s_user_ns Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com> - 2015-12-04 18:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 09/19] fs: Refuse uid/gid changes which don't map into  s_user_ns "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com> - 2015-12-04 20:50 +0100

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