[client] Support arbitrary UIDs in rootless image

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jnfrati
2026-09-05 22:16:01 +02:00
parent 76ea72237f
commit c7b76608d4
4 changed files with 249 additions and 16 deletions
+9 -6
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@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
# build & run locally with:
# cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
# CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o netbird ./client
# podman build -t localhost/netbird:latest -f client/Dockerfile --ignorefile .dockerignore-client .
# podman run --rm -it --cap-add={BPF,NET_ADMIN,NET_RAW} localhost/netbird:latest
# podman build -t localhost/netbird:latest -f client/Dockerfile-rootless --ignorefile .dockerignore-client .
# podman run --rm -it --user 1001230000:0 --cap-drop=ALL --security-opt=no-new-privileges localhost/netbird:latest
FROM alpine:3.24
RUN apk add --no-cache \
bash \
ca-certificates \
&& adduser -D -h /var/lib/netbird netbird
&& adduser -D -u 1000 -h /var/lib/netbird netbird \
&& chgrp -R 0 /var/lib/netbird \
&& chmod -R g=u /var/lib/netbird
WORKDIR /var/lib/netbird
USER netbird:netbird
USER 1000:0
ENV \
HOME="/var/lib/netbird" \
NETBIRD_BIN="/usr/local/bin/netbird" \
NB_USE_NETSTACK_MODE="true" \
NB_ENABLE_NETSTACK_LOCAL_FORWARDING="true" \
@@ -29,5 +32,5 @@ ENV \
ENTRYPOINT [ "/usr/local/bin/netbird-entrypoint.sh" ]
ARG TARGETPLATFORM
ARG NETBIRD_BINARY=$TARGETPLATFORM/netbird
COPY client/netbird-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/netbird-entrypoint.sh
COPY "${NETBIRD_BINARY}" /usr/local/bin/netbird
COPY --chown=1000:0 --chmod=0750 client/netbird-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/netbird-entrypoint.sh
COPY --chown=1000:0 --chmod=0750 "${NETBIRD_BINARY}" /usr/local/bin/netbird
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
"os/user"
"path/filepath"
"runtime"
"strconv"
log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
)
@@ -13,17 +14,21 @@ import (
const envSudoUser = "SUDO_USER"
var (
geteuid = os.Geteuid
lookupUser = user.Lookup
currentUser = user.Current
getegid = os.Getegid
geteuid = os.Geteuid
lookupUser = user.Lookup
)
// InvokingUser returns the user a CLI invocation acts for. Under sudo that is
// the user who ran sudo, not root: privileged flags force commands through
// sudo, and resolving profiles as root would silently switch the daemon to
// root's (default) profile instead of the invoking user's. Privilege decisions
// are not made here — those stay on the kernel credentials of the daemon
// connection, which SUDO_USER (a plain environment variable) can never
// influence; a forged value only selects a profile root could select anyway.
// root's (default) profile instead of the invoking user's. An unmapped positive
// process UID uses its numeric kernel identity; root, sudo lookup failures, and
// unavailable platform identities still fail closed. Privilege decisions stay
// on the kernel credentials of the daemon connection, which SUDO_USER (a plain
// environment variable) can never influence; a forged value only selects a
// profile root could select anyway.
func InvokingUser() (*user.User, error) {
if u, ok := sudoInvokingUser(); ok {
return u, nil
@@ -35,7 +40,24 @@ func InvokingUser() (*user.User, error) {
if sudoActive() {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("resolve sudo invoking user %q: refusing to fall back to root", os.Getenv(envSudoUser))
}
return user.Current()
u, err := currentUser()
if err == nil {
return u, nil
}
uid := geteuid()
if uid <= 0 {
return nil, err
}
log.Debugf("current user lookup for UID %d: %v; using numeric UID", uid, err)
uidString := strconv.Itoa(uid)
return &user.User{
Username: uidString,
Uid: uidString,
Gid: strconv.Itoa(getegid()),
HomeDir: os.Getenv("HOME"),
}, nil
}
// IsPlainRoot reports that the process runs as root with no usable sudo
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package profilemanager
import (
"errors"
"fmt"
"io/fs"
"os"
"os/user"
@@ -13,15 +14,82 @@ import (
"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
)
func TestInvokingUserFallsBackToProcessUser(t *testing.T) {
func TestInvokingUserReturnsResolvedCurrentUser(t *testing.T) {
t.Setenv(envSudoUser, "")
want := &user.User{
Username: "misha",
Uid: "1234",
Gid: "1234",
HomeDir: filepath.Join("/home", "misha"),
}
origCurrentUser := currentUser
currentUser = func() (*user.User, error) { return want, nil }
t.Cleanup(func() { currentUser = origCurrentUser })
got, err := InvokingUser()
require.NoError(t, err)
assert.Same(t, want, got, "resolved process user should be returned unchanged")
}
current, err := user.Current()
func TestInvokingUserUsesNumericIdentityForUnmappedNonRoot(t *testing.T) {
t.Setenv(envSudoUser, "")
t.Setenv("HOME", "/var/lib/netbird")
fakeUnmappedUser(t, 1001230000, 0, errors.New("user: unknown userid 1001230000"))
got, err := InvokingUser()
require.NoError(t, err)
assert.Equal(t, current.Username, got.Username)
assert.Equal(t, &user.User{
Username: "1001230000",
Uid: "1001230000",
Gid: "0",
HomeDir: "/var/lib/netbird",
}, got, "unmapped non-root identity should use kernel credentials")
}
func TestInvokingUserFailsClosedWithoutPositiveUID(t *testing.T) {
for _, uid := range []int{0, -1} {
t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("UID%d", uid), func(t *testing.T) {
t.Setenv(envSudoUser, "")
lookupErr := errors.New("current user unavailable")
fakeUnmappedUser(t, uid, 0, lookupErr)
got, err := InvokingUser()
require.ErrorIs(t, err, lookupErr)
assert.Nil(t, got, "root or unavailable UID must not become a synthetic identity")
})
}
}
func TestProfileFilePathUsesNumericIdentityForUnmappedNonRoot(t *testing.T) {
t.Setenv(envSudoUser, "")
t.Setenv("HOME", "/var/lib/netbird")
fakeUnmappedUser(t, 1001230000, 0, errors.New("user: unknown userid 1001230000"))
profilesRoot := t.TempDir()
origDir := DefaultConfigPathDir
origOverride := ConfigDirOverride
DefaultConfigPathDir = profilesRoot
ConfigDirOverride = ""
t.Cleanup(func() {
DefaultConfigPathDir = origDir
ConfigDirOverride = origOverride
})
profileID := ID("0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef")
got, err := (&Profile{ID: profileID}).FilePath()
require.NoError(t, err)
assert.Equal(t,
filepath.Join(profilesRoot, "1001230000", profileID.String()+".json"),
got,
"profile path should use the numeric UID namespace",
)
entries, err := os.ReadDir(profilesRoot)
require.NoError(t, err)
require.Len(t, entries, 1, "only the numeric UID directory should be created")
assert.Equal(t, "1001230000", entries[0].Name(), "profile namespace should be numeric")
assert.True(t, entries[0].IsDir(), "profile namespace should be a directory")
}
func TestSudoInvokingUserInactiveWithoutSudoContext(t *testing.T) {
@@ -60,6 +128,13 @@ func TestInvokingUserFailsClosedWhenSudoLookupFails(t *testing.T) {
fakeSudo(t, filepath.Join("/home", "misha"))
lookupUser = func(string) (*user.User, error) { return nil, errors.New("nss unavailable") }
origCurrentUser := currentUser
currentUser = func() (*user.User, error) {
t.Fatal("currentUser must not be called after a sudo lookup failure")
return nil, errors.New("currentUser called unexpectedly")
}
t.Cleanup(func() { currentUser = origCurrentUser })
got, err := InvokingUser()
require.Error(t, err)
assert.Nil(t, got, "must not resolve to the root process user")
@@ -215,6 +290,22 @@ func fakeSudo(t *testing.T, home string) {
})
}
func fakeUnmappedUser(t *testing.T, uid, gid int, lookupErr error) {
t.Helper()
origCurrentUser := currentUser
origEuid := geteuid
origEgid := getegid
currentUser = func() (*user.User, error) { return nil, lookupErr }
geteuid = func() int { return uid }
getegid = func() int { return gid }
t.Cleanup(func() {
currentUser = origCurrentUser
geteuid = origEuid
getegid = origEgid
})
}
func assertNoEntries(t *testing.T, root string) {
t.Helper()
err := filepath.WalkDir(root, func(path string, _ fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
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@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -eEuo pipefail
RUNTIME="${CONTAINER_RUNTIME:-}"
if [[ -z "${RUNTIME}" ]]; then
if command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1; then
RUNTIME=docker
elif command -v podman >/dev/null 2>&1; then
RUNTIME=podman
else
echo "docker or podman is required" >&2
exit 127
fi
fi
if ! command -v "${RUNTIME}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "container runtime not found: ${RUNTIME}" >&2
exit 127
fi
ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd)"
IMAGE="${IMAGE:-netbird-rootless-arbitrary-uid-test:local}"
TARGETARCH="${TARGETARCH:-$(go env GOARCH)}"
PLATFORM="${PLATFORM:-linux/${TARGETARCH}}"
WAIT_TIMEOUT="${WAIT_TIMEOUT:-30}"
TMP_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
CONTAINER="netbird-rootless-uid-${RANDOM}-$$"
cleanup() {
local status=$?
"${RUNTIME}" rm -f "${CONTAINER}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
rm -rf "${TMP_DIR}"
exit "${status}"
}
trap cleanup EXIT
container_logs() {
echo "---- ${CONTAINER} logs ----" >&2
"${RUNTIME}" logs "${CONTAINER}" >&2 || true
echo "----------------------------" >&2
}
build_image() {
echo "==> Building Linux ${TARGETARCH} netbird binary"
mkdir -p "${TMP_DIR}/context/client"
cp "${ROOT_DIR}/client/Dockerfile-rootless" "${TMP_DIR}/context/Dockerfile"
cp "${ROOT_DIR}/client/netbird-entrypoint.sh" "${TMP_DIR}/context/client/netbird-entrypoint.sh"
(
cd "${ROOT_DIR}"
CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH="${TARGETARCH}" \
go build -o "${TMP_DIR}/context/netbird" ./client
)
echo "==> Building ${IMAGE} for ${PLATFORM}"
"${RUNTIME}" build \
--platform "${PLATFORM}" \
--build-arg NETBIRD_BINARY=netbird \
-t "${IMAGE}" \
-f "${TMP_DIR}/context/Dockerfile" \
"${TMP_DIR}/context"
}
start_container() {
echo "==> Starting ${CONTAINER} as unmapped UID 1001230000"
"${RUNTIME}" run --rm -d \
--name "${CONTAINER}" \
--user 1001230000:0 \
--cap-drop=ALL \
--security-opt=no-new-privileges \
--entrypoint /usr/local/bin/netbird \
"${IMAGE}" \
--log-file console \
service run >/dev/null
}
wait_until_live() {
local deadline=$((SECONDS + WAIT_TIMEOUT))
while (( SECONDS < deadline )); do
if "${RUNTIME}" exec "${CONTAINER}" \
/usr/local/bin/netbird status --check live >/dev/null 2>&1; then
return 0
fi
if [[ "$("${RUNTIME}" inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' "${CONTAINER}" 2>/dev/null || true)" != "true" ]]; then
echo "container exited before the daemon became live" >&2
container_logs
return 1
fi
sleep 1
done
echo "timed out waiting for the daemon after ${WAIT_TIMEOUT}s" >&2
container_logs
return 1
}
assert_arbitrary_uid_contract() {
echo "==> Verifying arbitrary UID image contract"
"${RUNTIME}" exec "${CONTAINER}" sh -ec '
test "$(id -u)" = 1001230000
test "$(id -g)" = 0
test "${HOME}" = /var/lib/netbird
touch /var/lib/netbird/.uid-smoke
rm /var/lib/netbird/.uid-smoke
test -S /var/lib/netbird/netbird.sock
'
"${RUNTIME}" exec "${CONTAINER}" \
/usr/local/bin/netbird profile list >/dev/null
}
build_image
start_container
wait_until_live
assert_arbitrary_uid_contract
echo "==> Rootless arbitrary UID validation passed"