From 2bb6379416fd19f44c3423a00bfd8626259f6067 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Taegu Ha Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 16:11:15 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] ppp: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in target netns for unattached ioctls /dev/ppp open is currently authorized against file->f_cred->user_ns, while unattached administrative ioctls operate on current->nsproxy->net_ns. As a result, a local unprivileged user can create a new user namespace with CLONE_NEWUSER, gain CAP_NET_ADMIN only in that new user namespace, and still issue PPPIOCNEWUNIT, PPPIOCATTACH, or PPPIOCATTCHAN against an inherited network namespace. Require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the user namespace that owns the target network namespace before handling unattached PPP administrative ioctls. This preserves normal pppd operation in the network namespace it is actually privileged in, while rejecting the userns-only inherited-netns case. Fixes: 273ec51dd7ce ("net: ppp_generic - introduce net-namespace functionality v2") Signed-off-by: Taegu Ha Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260409071117.4354-1-hataegu0826@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c index e9b41777be809..c2024684b10d5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c @@ -1057,6 +1057,9 @@ static int ppp_unattached_ioctl(struct net *net, struct ppp_file *pf, struct ppp_net *pn; int __user *p = (int __user *)arg; + if (!ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN)) + return -EPERM; + switch (cmd) { case PPPIOCNEWUNIT: /* Create a new ppp unit */ -- 2.47.3