From: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 11:36:34 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: Add a comment that 'user.max_user_namespaces=0' may break the upower daemon
X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?p=kconfig-hardened-check.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=74963559e760568c1d4b11e4c120e792efd428e4

Add a comment that 'user.max_user_namespaces=0' may break the upower daemon
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diff --git a/kernel_hardening_checker/checks.py b/kernel_hardening_checker/checks.py
index 10c3482..5aff75e 100644
--- a/kernel_hardening_checker/checks.py
+++ b/kernel_hardening_checker/checks.py
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ def add_sysctl_checks(l, _arch):
     l += [SysctlCheck('cut_attack_surface', 'kspp', 'kernel.dmesg_restrict', '1')]
     l += [SysctlCheck('cut_attack_surface', 'kspp', 'kernel.perf_event_paranoid', '3')] # with a custom patch, see https://lwn.net/Articles/696216/
     l += [SysctlCheck('cut_attack_surface', 'kspp', 'kernel.kexec_load_disabled', '1')]
-    l += [SysctlCheck('cut_attack_surface', 'kspp', 'user.max_user_namespaces', '0')]
+    l += [SysctlCheck('cut_attack_surface', 'kspp', 'user.max_user_namespaces', '0')] # may break the upower daemon in Ubuntu
     l += [SysctlCheck('cut_attack_surface', 'kspp', 'dev.tty.ldisc_autoload', '0')]
     l += [SysctlCheck('cut_attack_surface', 'kspp', 'kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled', '1')]
     l += [SysctlCheck('cut_attack_surface', 'kspp', 'kernel.kptr_restrict', '2')]