2 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
3 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
4 * published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the
8 #include <linux/module.h>
9 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
10 #include <linux/slab.h>
11 #include <linux/user_namespace.h>
12 #include <linux/cred.h>
15 * Create a new user namespace, deriving the creator from the user in the
16 * passed credentials, and replacing that user with the new root user for the
19 * This is called by copy_creds(), which will finish setting the target task's
22 int create_user_ns(struct cred *new)
24 struct user_namespace *ns;
25 struct user_struct *root_user;
28 ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct user_namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
34 for (n = 0; n < UIDHASH_SZ; ++n)
35 INIT_HLIST_HEAD(ns->uidhash_table + n);
37 /* Alloc new root user. */
38 root_user = alloc_uid(ns, 0);
44 /* set the new root user in the credentials under preparation */
45 ns->creator = new->user;
46 new->user = root_user;
47 new->uid = new->euid = new->suid = new->fsuid = 0;
48 new->gid = new->egid = new->sgid = new->fsgid = 0;
49 put_group_info(new->group_info);
50 new->group_info = get_group_info(&init_groups);
52 key_put(new->request_key_auth);
53 new->request_key_auth = NULL;
55 /* tgcred will be cleared in our caller bc CLONE_THREAD won't be set */
57 /* alloc_uid() incremented the userns refcount. Just set it to 1 */
58 kref_set(&ns->kref, 1);
63 void free_user_ns(struct kref *kref)
65 struct user_namespace *ns;
67 ns = container_of(kref, struct user_namespace, kref);
68 free_uid(ns->creator);
71 EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_user_ns);