Shared host IPC namespace

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Id: cd290efd-6c82-4e9d-a698-be12ae31d536

Cloud Provider: k8s

Framework: Kubernetes

Severity: Medium

Category: Resource Management

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Description

Containers should not share the host IPC namespace.

Compliant Code Examples

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: security-context-demo
spec:
  hostIPC: false
  securityContext:
    runAsUser: 1000
    runAsGroup: 3000
    fsGroup: 2000
  volumes:
    - name: sec-ctx-vol
      emptyDir: { }
  containers:
    - name: sec-ctx-demo
      image: busybox
      command: [ "sh", "-c", "sleep 1h" ]
      volumeMounts:
        - name: sec-ctx-vol
          mountPath: /data/demo
      securityContext:
        allowPrivilegeEscalation: false

apiVersion: serving.knative.dev/v1
kind: Configuration
metadata:
  name: dummy-config
  namespace: knative-sequence
spec:
  template:
    spec:
      hostIPC: false      
      securityContext:
        runAsUser: 1000
        runAsGroup: 3000
        fsGroup: 2000
      volumes:
        - name: sec-ctx-vol
          emptyDir: { }
      containers:
        - name: sec-ctx-demo
          image: busybox
          command: [ "sh", "-c", "sleep 1h" ]
          volumeMounts:
            - name: sec-ctx-vol
              mountPath: /data/demo
          securityContext:
            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false

Non-Compliant Code Examples

apiVersion: serving.knative.dev/v1
kind: Configuration
metadata:
  name: dummy-config
  namespace: knative-sequence
spec:
  template:
    spec:
      hostIPC: true
      securityContext:
        runAsUser: 1000
        runAsGroup: 3000
        fsGroup: 2000
      volumes:
        - name: sec-ctx-vol
          emptyDir: { }
      containers:
        - name: sec-ctx-demo
          image: busybox
          command: [ "sh", "-c", "sleep 1h" ]
          volumeMounts:
            - name: sec-ctx-vol
              mountPath: /data/demo
          securityContext:
            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false    

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: security-context-demo
spec:
  hostIPC: true
  securityContext:
    runAsUser: 1000
    runAsGroup: 3000
    fsGroup: 2000
  volumes:
    - name: sec-ctx-vol
      emptyDir: { }
  containers:
    - name: sec-ctx-demo
      image: busybox
      command: [ "sh", "-c", "sleep 1h" ]
      volumeMounts:
        - name: sec-ctx-vol
          mountPath: /data/demo
      securityContext:
        allowPrivilegeEscalation: false