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| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/build.cc | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/globals.hh | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/nix/run.cc | 5 |
3 files changed, 31 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc index 4bec37e0f..be52b66a7 100644 --- a/src/libstore/build.cc +++ b/src/libstore/build.cc @@ -2357,17 +2357,37 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder() flags |= CLONE_NEWNET; pid_t child = clone(childEntry, stack + stackSize, flags, this); - if (child == -1 && errno == EINVAL) + if (child == -1 && errno == EINVAL) { /* Fallback for Linux < 2.13 where CLONE_NEWPID and CLONE_PARENT are not allowed together. */ - child = clone(childEntry, stack + stackSize, flags & ~CLONE_NEWPID, this); + flags &= ~CLONE_NEWPID; + child = clone(childEntry, stack + stackSize, flags, this); + } + if (child == -1 && (errno == EPERM || errno == EINVAL)) { + /* Some distros patch Linux to not allow unpriveleged + * user namespaces. If we get EPERM or EINVAL, try + * without CLONE_NEWUSER and see if that works. + */ + flags &= ~CLONE_NEWUSER; + child = clone(childEntry, stack + stackSize, flags, this); + } + /* Otherwise exit with EPERM so we can handle this in the + parent. This is only done when sandbox-fallback is set + to true (the default). */ + if (child == -1 && (errno == EPERM || errno == EINVAL) && settings.sandboxFallback) + _exit(1); if (child == -1) throw SysError("cloning builder process"); writeFull(builderOut.writeSide.get(), std::to_string(child) + "\n"); _exit(0); }, options); - if (helper.wait() != 0) + int res = helper.wait(); + if (res != 0 && settings.sandboxFallback) { + useChroot = false; + tmpDirInSandbox = tmpDir; + goto fallback; + } else if (res != 0) throw Error("unable to start build process"); userNamespaceSync.readSide = -1; @@ -2398,6 +2418,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder() } else #endif { + fallback: options.allowVfork = !buildUser && !drv->isBuiltin(); pid = startProcess([&]() { runChild(); diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh index 13effb507..ab1c09aa2 100644 --- a/src/libstore/globals.hh +++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh @@ -209,6 +209,9 @@ public: "The paths to make available inside the build sandbox.", {"build-chroot-dirs", "build-sandbox-paths"}}; + Setting<bool> sandboxFallback{this, true, "sandbox-fallback", + "Whether to disable sandboxing when the kernel doesn't allow it."}; + Setting<PathSet> extraSandboxPaths{this, {}, "extra-sandbox-paths", "Additional paths to make available inside the build sandbox.", {"build-extra-chroot-dirs", "build-extra-sandbox-paths"}}; diff --git a/src/nix/run.cc b/src/nix/run.cc index 35b763345..90b76d666 100644 --- a/src/nix/run.cc +++ b/src/nix/run.cc @@ -199,7 +199,10 @@ void chrootHelper(int argc, char * * argv) uid_t gid = getgid(); if (unshare(CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNS) == -1) - throw SysError("setting up a private mount namespace"); + /* Try with just CLONE_NEWNS in case user namespaces are + specifically disabled. */ + if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNS) == -1) + throw SysError("setting up a private mount namespace"); /* Bind-mount realStoreDir on /nix/store. If the latter mount point doesn't already exists, we have to create a chroot |