Bug#987777: Linux enabled user namespaces by default

2021-05-08 Thread Justin B Rye
Paul Gevers wrote: > Attached commit ready to push. Looks good to me. -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package

Bug#987777: Linux enabled user namespaces by default

2021-05-08 Thread Paul Gevers
Control: tags -1 patch confirmed Hi Attached commit ready to push. Paul From 2c36e76427bdf94d8e46138cb76c7b64414b5ddd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Gevers Date: Sat, 8 May 2021 21:52:43 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] issues.dbk: Linux enables user namespaces by default --- en/issues.dbk | 32 ++

Bug#987777: Linux enabled user namespaces by default

2021-04-29 Thread Simon McVittie
On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 at 12:31:21 +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: > Does either of you have anything to add? > > """ > From Linux 5.10, all users are allowed to create user namespaces by > default. This will allow programs such as web browsers and container > managers to create more restricted sandboxes

Bug#987777: Linux enabled user namespaces by default

2021-04-29 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 12:31:21PM +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: > The previous Debian default was to restrict this feature to processes > running as root, because it exposed more security issues in the > kernel. However, the security benefits of more widespread sandboxing > probably now outweigh this

Bug#987777: Linux enabled user namespaces by default

2021-04-29 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, 2021-04-29 at 12:31 +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: > Package: release-notes > > Hi Ben, Simon, > > On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 03:09:25 +0100 Ben Hutchings > > wrote: > > So I think we should do something like this: > > > > * Document user.max_user_namespaces in procps's shipped > >   /etc/sysctl.co

Bug#987777: Linux enabled user namespaces by default

2021-04-29 Thread Paul Gevers
Package: release-notes Hi Ben, Simon, On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 03:09:25 +0100 Ben Hutchings wrote: > So I think we should do something like this: > > * Document user.max_user_namespaces in procps's shipped > /etc/sysctl.conf > * Set kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone to 1 by default, and deprecate >