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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions features.go
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ var featuresCommand = cli.Command{
Enabled: &t,
},
},
NetDevices: &features.NetDevices{
Enabled: &t,
},
},
PotentiallyUnsafeConfigAnnotations: []string{
"bundle",
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions go.mod
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Expand Up @@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ require (
github.com/moby/sys/userns v0.1.0
github.com/mrunalp/fileutils v0.5.1
github.com/opencontainers/cgroups v0.0.2
github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.1
github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.2-0.20250401095657-e935f995dd67
github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.12.0
github.com/seccomp/libseccomp-golang v0.11.0
github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.17
github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.3.1
github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.5
golang.org/x/net v0.41.0
golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0
google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6
Expand All @@ -30,5 +31,4 @@ require (
github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.17.3 // indirect
github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.7 // indirect
github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.5 // indirect
)
4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions go.sum
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Expand Up @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ github.com/mrunalp/fileutils v0.5.1 h1:F+S7ZlNKnrwHfSwdlgNSkKo67ReVf8o9fel6C3dkm
github.com/mrunalp/fileutils v0.5.1/go.mod h1:M1WthSahJixYnrXQl/DFQuteStB1weuxD2QJNHXfbSQ=
github.com/opencontainers/cgroups v0.0.2 h1:A+mAPPMfgKNCEZUUtibESFx06uvhAmvo8sSz3Abwk7o=
github.com/opencontainers/cgroups v0.0.2/go.mod h1:s8lktyhlGUqM7OSRL5P7eAW6Wb+kWPNvt4qvVfzA5vs=
github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.1 h1:S4k4ryNgEpxW1dzyqffOmhI1BHYcjzU8lpJfSlR0xww=
github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.1/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=
github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.2-0.20250401095657-e935f995dd67 h1:Q+KewUGTMamIe6Q39xCD/T1NC1POmaTlWnhjikCrZHA=
github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.2-0.20250401095657-e935f995dd67/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=
github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.12.0 h1:6n5JV4Cf+4y0KNXW48TLj5DwfXpvWlxXplUkdTrmPb8=
github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.12.0/go.mod h1:BTPX+bjVbWGXw7ZZWUbdENt8w0htPSrlgOOysQaU62U=
github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions libcontainer/configs/config.go
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Expand Up @@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ type Config struct {
// The device nodes that should be automatically created within the container upon container start. Note, make sure that the node is marked as allowed in the cgroup as well!
Devices []*devices.Device `json:"devices"`

// NetDevices are key-value pairs, keyed by network device name, moved to the container's network namespace.
NetDevices map[string]*LinuxNetDevice `json:"netDevices,omitempty"`

MountLabel string `json:"mount_label,omitempty"`

// Hostname optionally sets the container's hostname if provided.
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions libcontainer/configs/doc.go
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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
// Package configs defines the structures and constants used for configuring a container
package configs
7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions libcontainer/configs/netdevices.go
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@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
package configs

// LinuxNetDevice represents a single network device to be added to the container's network namespace.
type LinuxNetDevice struct {
// Name of the device in the container namespace.
Name string `json:"name,omitempty"`
}
38 changes: 38 additions & 0 deletions libcontainer/configs/validate/validator.go
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Expand Up @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ func Validate(config *configs.Config) error {
cgroupsCheck,
rootfs,
network,
netdevices,
uts,
security,
namespaces,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -70,6 +71,43 @@ func rootfs(config *configs.Config) error {
return nil
}

// https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.12/source/net/core/dev.c#L1066
func devValidName(name string) bool {
if len(name) == 0 || len(name) > unix.IFNAMSIZ {
return false
}
if name == "." || name == ".." {
return false
}
if strings.ContainsAny(name, "/: ") {
return false
}
return true
}

func netdevices(config *configs.Config) error {
if len(config.NetDevices) == 0 {
return nil
}
if !config.Namespaces.Contains(configs.NEWNET) {
return errors.New("unable to move network devices without a NET namespace")
}

if config.RootlessEUID || config.RootlessCgroups {
return errors.New("network devices are not supported for rootless containers")
}

for name, netdev := range config.NetDevices {
if !devValidName(name) {
return fmt.Errorf("invalid network device name %q", name)
}
if netdev.Name != "" && !devValidName(netdev.Name) {
return fmt.Errorf("invalid network device name %q", netdev.Name)
}
}
return nil
}

func network(config *configs.Config) error {
if !config.Namespaces.Contains(configs.NEWNET) {
if len(config.Networks) > 0 || len(config.Routes) > 0 {
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166 changes: 166 additions & 0 deletions libcontainer/configs/validate/validator_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package validate
import (
"os"
"path/filepath"
"strings"
"testing"

"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/configs"
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -877,3 +878,168 @@ func TestValidateIOPriority(t *testing.T) {
}
}
}

func TestValidateNetDevices(t *testing.T) {
testCases := []struct {
name string
isErr bool
config *configs.Config
}{
{
name: "network device with configured network namespace",
config: &configs.Config{
Namespaces: configs.Namespaces(
[]configs.Namespace{
{
Type: configs.NEWNET,
Path: "/var/run/netns/blue",
},
},
),
NetDevices: map[string]*configs.LinuxNetDevice{
"eth0": {},
},
},
},
{
name: "network device rename",
config: &configs.Config{
Namespaces: configs.Namespaces(
[]configs.Namespace{
{
Type: configs.NEWNET,
Path: "/var/run/netns/blue",
},
},
),
NetDevices: map[string]*configs.LinuxNetDevice{
"eth0": {
Name: "c0",
},
},
},
},
{
name: "network device network namespace created by runc",
config: &configs.Config{
Namespaces: configs.Namespaces(
[]configs.Namespace{
{
Type: configs.NEWNET,
},
},
),
NetDevices: map[string]*configs.LinuxNetDevice{
"eth0": {},
},
},
},
{
name: "network device network namespace empty",
isErr: true,
config: &configs.Config{
Namespaces: configs.Namespaces(
[]configs.Namespace{},
),
NetDevices: map[string]*configs.LinuxNetDevice{
"eth0": {},
},
},
},
{
name: "network device rootless EUID",
isErr: true,
config: &configs.Config{
Namespaces: configs.Namespaces(
[]configs.Namespace{
{
Type: configs.NEWNET,
Path: "/var/run/netns/blue",
},
},
),
RootlessEUID: true,
NetDevices: map[string]*configs.LinuxNetDevice{
"eth0": {},
},
},
},
{
name: "network device rootless",
isErr: true,
config: &configs.Config{
Namespaces: configs.Namespaces(
[]configs.Namespace{
{
Type: configs.NEWNET,
Path: "/var/run/netns/blue",
},
},
),
RootlessCgroups: true,
NetDevices: map[string]*configs.LinuxNetDevice{
"eth0": {},
},
},
},
{
name: "network device bad name",
isErr: true,
config: &configs.Config{
Namespaces: configs.Namespaces(
[]configs.Namespace{
{
Type: configs.NEWNET,
Path: "/var/run/netns/blue",
},
},
),
NetDevices: map[string]*configs.LinuxNetDevice{
"eth0": {
Name: "eth0/",
},
},
},
},
}

for _, tc := range testCases {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
config := tc.config
config.Rootfs = "/var"

err := Validate(config)
if tc.isErr && err == nil {
t.Error("expected error, got nil")
}

if !tc.isErr && err != nil {
t.Error(err)
}
})
}
}

func TestDevValidName(t *testing.T) {
testCases := []struct {
name string
valid bool
}{
{name: "", valid: false},
{name: "a", valid: true},
{name: strings.Repeat("a", unix.IFNAMSIZ), valid: true},
{name: strings.Repeat("a", unix.IFNAMSIZ+1), valid: false},
{name: ".", valid: false},
{name: "..", valid: false},
{name: "dev/null", valid: false},
{name: "valid:name", valid: false},
{name: "valid name", valid: false},
}
for _, tc := range testCases {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
if devValidName(tc.name) != tc.valid {
t.Fatalf("name %q, expected valid: %v", tc.name, tc.valid)
}
})
}
}
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