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SubjectRe: [PATCH] userns,pidns: Verify the userns for new pid namespaces
"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com> writes:

> Quoting Eric W. Biederman (ebiederm@xmission.com):
>>
>> It is pointless and confusing to allow a pid namespace hierarchy and
>> the user namespace hierarchy to get out of sync. The owner of a child
>> pid namespace should be the owner of the parent pid namespace or
>> a descendant of the owner of the parent pid namespace.
>>
>> Otherwise it is possible to construct scenarios where it is legal to
>> do something in a parent pid namespace but in a child pid namespace.
>
> Hi,
>
> did you mean 'but not in a child...' above?

Actually I believe I meant:

>> Otherwise it is possible to construct scenarios where it is not legal
>> to do something in a parent pid namespace but it is legal a child pid
>> namespace.

I definitely need to fix that wording thank you.

Eric

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