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config: base GID must be present in the supplementary GIDs array
Currently, the spec is unclear whether the list of [supplementary GIDs][POSIX-sgids-def] used to create a container process should include the 'base' GID implicitly, or whether the config needs to specify this explicitly if desired. While [per POSIX][POSIX-sgids-rat] it is permissible for a system to include or exclude the base GID from the list of supplementary GIDs, in all Runtime Spec platforms the base GID is always added, and omitting it can have [real security consequences][benthams-gaze] as fully dropping a group is not typically allowed in Unix. This recently led to a number of CVEs in OCI Runtime Spec implementations, as it was concluded that it is necessary for a Unix container to always include the base GID in the list of supplementary GIDs, as originally established by 4.4BSD. Some of the CVEs include: * [Podman (CVE-2022-2989)][CVE-2022-2989] * [Moby (CVE-2022-36109)][CVE-2022-36109] * [Buildah (CVE-2022-2990)][CVE-2022-2990] * [CRI-O (CVE-2022-2995)][CVE-2022-2995] Some examples of how existing implementations handle this: * util-linux [calls][util-linux] [initgroups(3)][initgroups.3-linux] with the user's primary GID. * shadowutils (Linux) [calls][shadowutils] [initgroups(3)][initgroups.3-linux] with the user's primary GID. * FreeBSD [calls][freebsd-setusercontext] [initgroups(3)][initgroups.3-freebsd] with the user's GID from the password file (aka the primary GID). * Solaris [calls][solaris-setup_credentials] [initgroups(3)][initgroups.3-solaris] with the user's primary GID. * Z/OS's session creation code is not available; however [initgroups(3)][initgroups.3-zos] specifies a convention of including including the real group ID from the user database (aka the primary GID). * OpenSSH [calls][openssh] initgroups(3) with the user's primary GID; on all of the above platforms this will have the same result as a login(1), including the primary GID in the list of supplementary GIDs. While login(1) has generally been used as the example above, the same holds true for su(1) and other methods of starting a new session (including OpenSSH, as explained above). Given this seems clearly desirable and the OCI runtime is effectively the equivalent of login(1)/su(1)/any other program that sets up a new session, the OCI runtime is the best place to ensure that the list of supplementary group IDs contains the base GID. [POSIX-sgids-def]: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html#tag_03_378 [POSIX-sgids-rat]: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/xrat/V4_xbd_chap03.html#tag_21_03_00_73 [CVE-2022-2989]: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-2989 [CVE-2022-36109]: GHSA-rc4r-wh2q-q6c4 [CVE-2022-2990]: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-2990 [CVE-2022-2995]: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-2995 [benthams-gaze]: https://www.benthamsgaze.org/2022/08/22/vulnerability-in-linux-containers-investigation-and-mitigation/ [util-linux]: https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/blob/96ccdc00e1fcf1684f9734a189baf90e00ff0c9a/login-utils/login.c#L1443 [shadowutils]: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/blob/eaebea55a495a56317ed85e959b3599f73c6bdf2/libmisc/setugid.c#L55 [freebsd-setusercontext]: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/eeaf9d562fe137e0c52b8c346742dccfc8bde015/lib/libutil/login_class.c#L486 [solaris-setup_credentials]: https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/blob/d9c3e05c2d8261e3f133b5e96a300b4fa6c0f1b7/usr/src/cmd/login/login.c#L1926 [openssh]: https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/25bd659cc72268f2858c5415740c442ee950049f/session.c#L1379 [initgroups.3-linux]: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/initgroups.3.html [initgroups.3-freebsd]: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?initgroups(3) [initgroups.3-solaris]: https://illumos.org/man/3C/initgroups [initgroups.3-zos]: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.2.0?topic=functions-initgroups-initialize-supplementary-group-id-list-process Signed-off-by: Bjorn Neergaard <[email protected]>
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