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nixos/hardened: split description of allowUserNamespaces into paras

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Joachim Fasting 2019-04-21 11:50:52 +02:00
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@ -12,14 +12,24 @@ with lib;
type = types.bool;
default = true;
description = ''
Whether to allow creation of user namespaces. A recurring problem
with user namespaces is the presence of code paths where the kernel's
permission checking logic fails to account for namespacing, instead
permitting a namespaced process to act outside the namespace with the
same privileges as it would have inside it. This is particularly
Whether to allow creation of user namespaces.
</para>
<para>
The motivation for disabling user namespaces is the potential
presence of code paths where the kernel's permission checking
logic fails to account for namespacing, instead permitting a
namespaced process to act outside the namespace with the same
privileges as it would have inside it. This is particularly
damaging in the common case of running as root within the namespace.
When user namespace creation is disallowed, attempting to create
a user namespace fails with "no space left on device" (ENOSPC).
</para>
<para>
When user namespace creation is disallowed, attempting to create a
user namespace fails with "no space left on device" (ENOSPC).
root may re-enable user namespace creation at runtime.
</para>
<para>
'';
};