• Overview
• What forms of isolation does it provide
• Which use-cases are supported
• Isolation of network services (inetd style)
• Isolation with access to a private, cloned interface (requires root/setuid)
• Isolation of local processes
• Isolation of local processes (and re-running them, if necessary)
• Examples of use
• Bash in a minimal file-system with uid==0 and access to /dev/urandom only
• /usr/bin/find in a minimal file-system (only /usr/bin/find accessible from /usr/bin)
• Using /etc/subuid
• Even more contrained shell (with seccomp-bpf policies)
• Configuration file
• More info
• Launching in Docker
• Contact

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This is NOT an official Google product.

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Overview

NsJail is a process isolation tool for Linux. It utilizes Linux namespace subsystem, resource limits, and the seccomp-bpf syscall filters of the Linux kernel.

It can help you with (among other things): * Isolating networking services (e.g. web, time, DNS), by isolating them from the rest of the OS * Hosting computer security challenges (so-called CTFs) * Containing invasive syscall-level OS fuzzers

Features: - [x] Offers three distinct operational modes. See this section for more info. - [x] Utilizes kafel seccomp-bpf configuration language for flexible syscall policy definitions. - [x] Uses expressive, ProtoBuf-based configuration file - [x] It's rock-solid.

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What forms of isolation does it provide

1. Linux namespaces: UTS (hostname), MOUNT (chroot), PID (separate PID tree), IPC, NET (separate networking context), USER, CGROUPS
2. FS constraints: chroot(), pivot_root(), RO-remounting, custom /proc and tmpfs mount points
3. Resource limits (wall-time/CPU time limits, VM/mem address space limits, etc.)
4. Programmable seccomp-bpf syscall filters (through the kafel language)
5. Cloned and isolated Ethernet interfaces
6. Cgroups for memory and PID utilization control

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Which use-cases are supported

Isolation of network services (inetd style)

PS: You'll need to have a valid file-system tree in /chroot. If you don't have it, change /chroot to /

• Server:

   $ ./nsjail -Ml --port 9000 --chroot /chroot/ --user 99999 --group 99999 -- /bin/sh -i
  

• Client:

   $ nc 127.0.0.1 9000
   / $ ifconfig
   / $ ifconfig -a
   lo    Link encap:Local Loopback
         LOOPBACK  MTU:65536  Metric:1
         RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
         RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
   / $ ps wuax
   PID   USER     COMMAND
   1 99999    /bin/sh -i
   3 99999    {busybox} ps wuax
   / $
  
  

Isolation with access to a private, cloned interface (requires root/setuid)

PS: You'll need to have a valid file-system tree in /chroot. If you don't have it, change /chroot to /

$ sudo ./nsjail --user 9999 --group 9999 --macvlan_iface eth0 --chroot /chroot/ -Mo --macvlan_vs_ip 192.168.0.44 --macvlan_vs_nm 255.255.255.0 --macvlan_vs_gw 192.168.0.1 -- /bin/sh -i
/ $ id
uid=9999 gid=9999
/ $ ip addr sh
1: lo:  mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: vs:  mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue 
    link/ether ca:a2:69:21:33:66 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.0.44/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global vs
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::c8a2:69ff:fe21:cd66/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
/ $ nc 217.146.165.209 80
GET / HTTP/1.0

HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Cache-Control: private
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Location: https://www.google.ch/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=cEzWVrG2CeTI8ge88ofwDA
Content-Length: 258
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2016 02:14:08 GMT

...
...
/ $ 

Isolation of local processes

PS: You'll need to have a valid file-system tree in /chroot. If you don't have it, change /chroot to /

 $ ./nsjail -Mo --chroot /chroot/ --user 99999 --group 99999 -- /bin/sh -i
 / $ ifconfig -a
 lo    Link encap:Local Loopback
       LOOPBACK  MTU:65536  Metric:1
       RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
       TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
       RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
 / $ id
 uid=99999 gid=99999
 / $ ps wuax
 PID   USER     COMMAND
 1 99999    /bin/sh -i
 4 99999    {busybox} ps wuax
 / $exit
 $

Isolation of local processes (and re-running them, if necessary)

PS: You'll need to have a valid file-system tree in /chroot. If you don't have it, change /chroot to /

 $ ./nsjail -Mr --chroot /chroot/ --user 99999 --group 99999 -- /bin/sh -i
 BusyBox v1.21.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1) built-in shell (ash)
 Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
 / $ ps wuax
 PID   USER     COMMAND
 1 99999    /bin/sh -i
 2 99999    {busybox} ps wuax
 / $ exit
 BusyBox v1.21.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1) built-in shell (ash)
 Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
 / $ ps wuax
 PID   USER     COMMAND
 1 99999    /bin/sh -i
 2 99999    {busybox} ps wuax
 / $

Bash in a minimal file-system with uid==0 and access to /dev/urandom only

$ ./nsjail -Mo --user 0 --group 99999 -R /bin/ -R /lib -R /lib64/ -R /usr/ -R /sbin/ -T /dev -R /dev/urandom --keep_caps -- /bin/bash -i
[2017-05-24T17:08:02+0200] Mode: STANDALONE_ONCE
[2017-05-24T17:08:02+0200] Jail parameters: hostname:'NSJAIL', chroot:'(null)', process:'/bin/bash', bind:[::]:0, max_conns_per_ip:0, time_limit:0, personality:0, daemonize:false, clone_newnet:true, clone_newuser:true, clone_newns:true, clone_newpid:true, clone_newipc:true, clonew_newuts:true, clone_newcgroup:false, keep_caps:true, tmpfs_size:4194304, disable_no_new_privs:false, pivot_root_only:false
[2017-05-24T17:08:02+0200] Mount point: src:'none' dst:'/' type:'tmpfs' flags:MS_RDONLY|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:08:02+0200] Mount point: src:'none' dst:'/proc' type:'proc' flags:MS_RDONLY|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:08:02+0200] Mount point: src:'/bin/' dst:'/bin/' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:08:02+0200] Mount point: src:'/lib' dst:'/lib' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:08:02+0200] Mount point: src:'/lib64/' dst:'/lib64/' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:08:02+0200] Mount point: src:'/usr/' dst:'/usr/' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:08:02+0200] Mount point: src:'/sbin/' dst:'/sbin/' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:08:02+0200] Mount point: src:'none' dst:'/dev' type:'tmpfs' flags:0 options:'size=4194304' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:08:02+0200] Mount point: src:'/dev/urandom' dst:'/dev/urandom' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:False
[2017-05-24T17:08:02+0200] Uid map: inside_uid:0 outside_uid:69664
[2017-05-24T17:08:02+0200] Gid map: inside_gid:99999 outside_gid:5000
[2017-05-24T17:08:02+0200] Executing '/bin/bash' for '[STANDALONE_MODE]'
bash: cannot set terminal process group (-1): Inappropriate ioctl for device
bash: no job control in this shell
bash-4.3# ls -l
total 28
drwxr-xr-x   2 65534 65534  4096 May 15 14:04 bin
drwxrwxrwt   2     0 99999    60 May 24 15:08 dev
drwxr-xr-x  28 65534 65534  4096 May 15 14:10 lib
drwxr-xr-x   2 65534 65534  4096 May 15 13:56 lib64
dr-xr-xr-x 391 65534 65534     0 May 24 15:08 proc
drwxr-xr-x   2 65534 65534 12288 May 15 14:16 sbin
drwxr-xr-x  17 65534 65534  4096 May 15 13:58 usr
bash-4.3# id
uid=0 gid=99999 groups=65534,99999
bash-4.3# exit
exit
[2017-05-24T17:08:05+0200] PID: 129839 exited with status: 0, (PIDs left: 0)

/usr/bin/find in a minimal file-system (only /usr/bin/find accessible from /usr/bin)

$ ./nsjail -Mo --user 99999 --group 99999 -R /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ -R /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -R /lib64 -R /usr/bin/find -R /dev/urandom --keep_caps -- /usr/bin/find / | wc -l
[2017-05-24T17:04:37+0200] Mode: STANDALONE_ONCE
[2017-05-24T17:04:37+0200] Jail parameters: hostname:'NSJAIL', chroot:'(null)', process:'/usr/bin/find', bind:[::]:0, max_conns_per_ip:0, time_limit:0, personality:0, daemonize:false, clone_newnet:true, clone_newuser:true, clone_newns:true, clone_newpid:true, clone_newipc:true, clonew_newuts:true, clone_newcgroup:false, keep_caps:true, tmpfs_size:4194304, disable_no_new_privs:false, pivot_root_only:false
[2017-05-24T17:04:37+0200] Mount point: src:'none' dst:'/' type:'tmpfs' flags:MS_RDONLY|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:04:37+0200] Mount point: src:'none' dst:'/proc' type:'proc' flags:MS_RDONLY|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:04:37+0200] Mount point: src:'/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/' dst:'/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:04:37+0200] Mount point: src:'/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' dst:'/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:04:37+0200] Mount point: src:'/lib64' dst:'/lib64' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:04:37+0200] Mount point: src:'/usr/bin/find' dst:'/usr/bin/find' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:False
[2017-05-24T17:04:37+0200] Mount point: src:'/dev/urandom' dst:'/dev/urandom' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:False
[2017-05-24T17:04:37+0200] Uid map: inside_uid:99999 outside_uid:69664
[2017-05-24T17:04:37+0200] Gid map: inside_gid:99999 outside_gid:5000
[2017-05-24T17:04:37+0200] Executing '/usr/bin/find' for '[STANDALONE_MODE]'
/usr/bin/find: `/proc/tty/driver': Permission denied
2289
[2017-05-24T17:04:37+0200] PID: 129525 exited with status: 1, (PIDs left: 0)

Using /etc/subuid

$ tail -n1 /etc/subuid
user:10000000:1
$ ./nsjail -R /lib -R /lib64/ -R /usr/lib -R /usr/bin/ -R /usr/sbin/ -R /bin/ -R /sbin/ -R /dev/null -U 0:10000000:1 -u 0 -R /tmp/ -T /tmp/ -- /bin/ls -l /usr/
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] Mode: STANDALONE_ONCE
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] Jail parameters: hostname:'NSJAIL', chroot:'(null)', process:'/bin/ls', bind:[::]:0, max_conns_per_ip:0, time_limit:0, personality:0, daemonize:false, clone_newnet:true, clone_newuser:true, clone_newns:true, clone_newpid:true, clone_newipc:true, clonew_newuts:true, clone_newcgroup:false, keep_caps:false, tmpfs_size:4194304, disable_no_new_privs:false, pivot_root_only:false
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] Mount point: src:'none' dst:'/' type:'tmpfs' flags:MS_RDONLY|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] Mount point: src:'none' dst:'/proc' type:'proc' flags:MS_RDONLY|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] Mount point: src:'/lib' dst:'/lib' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] Mount point: src:'/lib64/' dst:'/lib64/' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] Mount point: src:'/usr/lib' dst:'/usr/lib' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] Mount point: src:'/usr/bin/' dst:'/usr/bin/' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] Mount point: src:'/usr/sbin/' dst:'/usr/sbin/' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] Mount point: src:'/bin/' dst:'/bin/' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] Mount point: src:'/sbin/' dst:'/sbin/' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] Mount point: src:'/dev/null' dst:'/dev/null' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:False
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] Mount point: src:'/tmp/' dst:'/tmp/' type:'' flags:MS_RDONLY|MS_BIND|MS_REC|0 options:'' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] Mount point: src:'none' dst:'/tmp/' type:'tmpfs' flags:0 options:'size=4194304' isDir:True
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] Uid map: inside_uid:0 outside_uid:69664
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] Gid map: inside_gid:5000 outside_gid:5000
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] Newuid mapping: inside_uid:'0' outside_uid:'10000000' count:'1'
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] Executing '/bin/ls' for '[STANDALONE_MODE]'
total 120
drwxr-xr-x   5 65534 65534 77824 May 24 12:25 bin
drwxr-xr-x 210 65534 65534 20480 May 22 16:11 lib
drwxr-xr-x   4 65534 65534 20480 May 24 00:24 sbin
[2017-05-24T17:12:31+0200] PID: 130841 exited with status: 0, (PIDs left: 0)

Even more contrained shell (with seccomp-bpf policies)

$ ./nsjail --chroot / --seccomp_string 'ALLOW { write, execve, brk, access, mmap, open, openat, newfstat, close, read, mprotect, arch_prctl, munmap, getuid, getgid, getpid, rt_sigaction, geteuid, getppid, getcwd, getegid, ioctl, fcntl, newstat, clone, wait4, rt_sigreturn, exit_group } DEFAULT KILL' -- /bin/sh -i
[2017-01-15T21:53:08+0100] Mode: STANDALONE_ONCE
[2017-01-15T21:53:08+0100] Jail parameters: hostname:'NSJAIL', chroot:'/', process:'/bin/sh', bind:[::]:0, max_conns_per_ip:0, uid:(ns:1000, global:1000), gid:(ns:1000, global:1000), time_limit:0, personality:0, daemonize:false, clone_newnet:true, clone_newuser:true, clone_newns:true, clone_newpid:true, clone_newipc:true, clonew_newuts:true, clone_newcgroup:false, keep_caps:false, tmpfs_size:4194304, disable_no_new_privs:false, pivot_root_only:false
[2017-01-15T21:53:08+0100] Mount point: src:'/' dst:'/' type:'' flags:0x5001 options:''
[2017-01-15T21:53:08+0100] Mount point: src:'(null)' dst:'/proc' type:'proc' flags:0x0 options:''
[2017-01-15T21:53:08+0100] PID: 18873 about to execute '/bin/sh' for [STANDALONE_MODE]
/bin/sh: 0: can't access tty; job control turned off
$ set
IFS='
'
OPTIND='1'
PATH='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin'
PPID='0'
PS1='$ '
PS2='> '
PS4='+ '
PWD='/'
$ id
Bad system call
$ exit
[2017-01-15T21:53:17+0100] PID: 18873 exited with status: 159, (PIDs left: 0)

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Configuration file

You will also find all examples in the configs directory.

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config.proto contains ProtoBuf schema for nsjail's configuration format.

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You can examine an example config file in configs/bash-with-fake-geteuid.cfg.

Usage:

$ ./nsjail --config configs/bash-with-fake-geteuid.cfg

You can also override certain options with command-line options. Here, the executed binary (/bin/bash) is overriden with /usr/bin/id, yet options from configs/bash-with-fake-geteuid.cfg still apply

$ ./nsjail --config configs/bash-with-fake-geteuid.cfg -- /usr/bin/id
...

uid=999999 gid=999998 euid=4294965959 groups=999998,65534
[2017-05-27T18:45:40+0200] PID: 16579 exited with status: 0, (PIDs left: 0)

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You might also want to try using configs/home-documents-with-xorg-no-net.cfg.

$ ./nsjail --config configs/home-documents-with-xorg-no-net.cfg -- /usr/bin/evince /user/Documents/doc.pdf
$ ./nsjail --config configs/home-documents-with-xorg-no-net.cfg -- /usr/bin/geeqie /user/Documents/
$ ./nsjail --config configs/home-documents-with-xorg-no-net.cfg -- /usr/bin/gv /user/Documents/doc.pdf
$ ./nsjail --config configs/home-documents-with-xorg-no-net.cfg -- /usr/bin/mupdf /user/Documents/doc.pdf

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The configs/firefox-with-net.cfg config file will allow you to run firefox inside a sandboxed environment:

$ ./nsjail --config configs/firefox-with-net.cfg

A more complex setup, which utilizes virtualized (cloned) Ethernet interfaces (to separate it from the main network namespace), can be found in configs/firefox-with-cloned-net.cfg. Remember to change relevant UIDs and Ethernet interface names before use.

As using cloned Ethernet interfaces (MACVTAP) required root privileges, you'll have to run it under sudo:

$ sudo ./nsjail --config configs/firefox-with-cloned-net.cfg

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More info

The command-line options should be self-explanatory, while the proto-buf config options are described in config.proto

./nsjail --help

Usage: ./nsjail [options] -- path_to_command [args]
Options:
 --help|-h 
       Help plz..
 --mode|-M VALUE
       Execution mode (default: 'o' [MODE_STANDALONE_ONCE]):
       l: Wait for connections on a TCP port (specified with --port) [MODE_LISTEN_TCP]
       o: Launch a single process on the console using clone/execve [MODE_STANDALONE_ONCE]
       e: Launch a single process on the console using execve [MODE_STANDALONE_EXECVE]
       r: Launch a single process on the console with clone/execve, keep doing it forever [MODE_STANDALONE_RERUN]
 --config|-C VALUE
       Configuration file in the config.proto ProtoBuf format (see configs/ directory for examples)
 --exec_file|-x VALUE
       File to exec (default: argv[0])
 --execute_fd 
       Use execveat() to execute a file-descriptor instead of executing the binary path. In such case argv[0]/exec_file denotes a file path before mount namespacing
 --chroot|-c VALUE
       Directory containing / of the jail (default: none)
 --no_pivotroot
       When creating a mount namespace, use mount(MS_MOVE) and chroot rather than pivot_root. Usefull when pivot_root is disallowed (e.g. initramfs). Note: escapable is some configuration
 --rw 
       Mount chroot dir (/) R/W (default: R/O)
 --user|-u VALUE
       Username/uid of processes inside the jail (default: your current uid). You can also use inside_ns_uid:outside_ns_uid:count convention here. Can be specified multiple times
 --group|-g VALUE
       Groupname/gid of processes inside the jail (default: your current gid). You can also use inside_ns_gid:global_ns_gid:count convention here. Can be specified multiple times
 --hostname|-H VALUE
       UTS name (hostname) of the jail (default: 'NSJAIL')
 --cwd|-D VALUE
       Directory in the namespace the process will run (default: '/')
 --port|-p VALUE
       TCP port to bind to (enables MODE_LISTEN_TCP) (default: 0)
 --bindhost VALUE
       IP address to bind the port to (only in [MODE_LISTEN_TCP]), (default: '::')
 --max_conns VALUE
       Maximum number of connections across all IPs (only in [MODE_LISTEN_TCP]), (default: 0 (unlimited))
 --max_conns_per_ip|-i VALUE
       Maximum number of connections per one IP (only in [MODE_LISTEN_TCP]), (default: 0 (unlimited))
 --log|-l VALUE
       Log file (default: use log_fd)
 --log_fd|-L VALUE
       Log FD (default: 2)
 --time_limit|-t VALUE
       Maximum time that a jail can exist, in seconds (default: 600)
 --max_cpus VALUE
       Maximum number of CPUs a single jailed process can use (default: 0 'no limit')
 --daemon|-d 
       Daemonize after start
 --verbose|-v 
       Verbose output
 --quiet|-q 
       Log warning and more important messages only
 --really_quiet|-Q 
       Log fatal messages only
 --keep_env|-e 
       Pass all environment variables to the child process (default: all envars are cleared)
 --env|-E VALUE
       Additional environment variable (can be used multiple times). If the envar doesn't contain '=' (e.g. just the 'DISPLAY' string), the current envar value will be used
 --keep_caps 
       Don't drop any capabilities
 --cap VALUE
       Retain this capability, e.g. CAP_PTRACE (can be specified multiple times)
 --silent 
       Redirect child process' fd:0/1/2 to /dev/null
 --stderr_to_null
       Redirect child process' fd:2 (STDERR_FILENO) to /dev/null
 --skip_setsid 
       Don't call setsid(), allows for terminal signal handling in the sandboxed process. Dangerous
 --pass_fd VALUE
       Don't close this FD before executing the child process (can be specified multiple times), by default: 0/1/2 are kept open
 --disable_no_new_privs 
       Don't set the prctl(NO_NEW_PRIVS, 1) (DANGEROUS)
 --rlimit_as VALUE
       RLIMIT_AS in MB, 'max' or 'hard' for the current hard limit, 'def' or 'soft' for the current soft limit, 'inf' for RLIM64_INFINITY (default: 4096)
 --rlimit_core VALUE
       RLIMIT_CORE in MB, 'max' or 'hard' for the current hard limit, 'def' or 'soft' for the current soft limit, 'inf' for RLIM64_INFINITY (default: 0)
 --rlimit_cpu VALUE
       RLIMIT_CPU, 'max' or 'hard' for the current hard limit, 'def' or 'soft' for the current soft limit, 'inf' for RLIM64_INFINITY (default: 600)
 --rlimit_fsize VALUE
       RLIMIT_FSIZE in MB, 'max' or 'hard' for the current hard limit, 'def' or 'soft' for the current soft limit, 'inf' for RLIM64_INFINITY (default: 1)
 --rlimit_nofile VALUE
       RLIMIT_NOFILE, 'max' or 'hard' for the current hard limit, 'def' or 'soft' for the current soft limit, 'inf' for RLIM64_INFINITY (default: 32)
 --rlimit_nproc VALUE
       RLIMIT_NPROC, 'max' or 'hard' for the current hard limit, 'def' or 'soft' for the current soft limit, 'inf' for RLIM64_INFINITY (default: 'soft')
 --rlimit_stack VALUE
       RLIMIT_STACK in MB, 'max' or 'hard' for the current hard limit, 'def' or 'soft' for the current soft limit, 'inf' for RLIM64_INFINITY (default: 'soft')
 --rlimit_memlock VALUE
       RLIMIT_MEMLOCK in KB, 'max' or 'hard' for the current hard limit, 'def' or 'soft' for the current soft limit, 'inf' for RLIM64_INFINITY (default: 'soft')
 --rlimit_rtprio VALUE
       RLIMIT_RTPRIO, 'max' or 'hard' for the current hard limit, 'def' or 'soft' for the current soft limit, 'inf' for RLIM64_INFINITY (default: 'soft')
 --rlimit_msgqueue VALUE
       RLIMIT_MSGQUEUE in bytes, 'max' or 'hard' for the current hard limit, 'def' or 'soft' for the current soft limit, 'inf' for RLIM64_INFINITY (default: 'soft')
 --disable_rlimits
       Disable all rlimits, default to limits set by parent
 --persona_addr_compat_layout 
       personality(ADDR_COMPAT_LAYOUT)
 --persona_mmap_page_zero 
       personality(MMAP_PAGE_ZERO)
 --persona_read_implies_exec 
       personality(READ_IMPLIES_EXEC)
 --persona_addr_limit_3gb 
       personality(ADDR_LIMIT_3GB)
 --persona_addr_no_randomize 
       personality(ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE)
 --disable_clone_newnet|-N 
       Don't use CLONE_NEWNET. Enable global networking inside the jail
 --disable_clone_newuser 
       Don't use CLONE_NEWUSER. Requires euid==0
 --disable_clone_newns 
       Don't use CLONE_NEWNS
 --disable_clone_newpid 
       Don't use CLONE_NEWPID
 --disable_clone_newipc 
       Don't use CLONE_NEWIPC
 --disable_clone_newuts 
       Don't use CLONE_NEWUTS
 --disable_clone_newcgroup 
       Don't use CLONE_NEWCGROUP. Might be required for kernel versions < 4.6
 --enable_clone_newtime
       Use CLONE_NEWTIME. Supported with kernel versions >= 5.3
 --uid_mapping|-U VALUE
       Add a custom uid mapping of the form inside_uid:outside_uid:count. Setting this requires newuidmap (set-uid) to be present
 --gid_mapping|-G VALUE
       Add a custom gid mapping of the form inside_gid:outside_gid:count. Setting this requires newgidmap (set-uid) to be present
 --bindmount_ro|-R VALUE
       List of mountpoints to be mounted --bind (ro) inside the container. Can be specified multiple times. Supports 'source' syntax, or 'source:dest'
 --bindmount|-B VALUE
       List of mountpoints to be mounted --bind (rw) inside the container. Can be specified multiple times. Supports 'source' syntax, or 'source:dest'
 --tmpfsmount|-T VALUE
       List of mountpoints to be mounted as tmpfs (R/W) inside the container. Can be specified multiple times. Supports 'dest' syntax. Alternatively, use '-m none:dest:tmpfs:size=8388608'
 --mount|-m VALUE
       Arbitrary mount, format src:dst:fs_type:options
 --symlink|-s VALUE
       Symlink, format src:dst
 --disable_proc 
       Disable mounting procfs in the jail
 --proc_path VALUE
       Path used to mount procfs (default: '/proc')
 --proc_rw 
       Is procfs mounted as R/W (default: R/O)
 --seccomp_policy|-P VALUE
       Path to file containing seccomp-bpf policy (see kafel/)
 --seccomp_string VALUE
       String with kafel seccomp-bpf policy (see kafel/)
 --seccomp_log 
       Use SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_LOG. Log all actions except SECCOMP_RET_ALLOW). Supported since kernel version 4.14
 --nice_level VALUE
       Set jailed process niceness (-20 is highest -priority, 19 is lowest). By default, set to 19
 --cgroup_mem_max VALUE
       Maximum number of bytes to use in the group (default: '0' - disabled)
 --cgroup_mem_memsw_max VALUE
       Maximum number of memory+swap bytes to use (default: '0' - disabled)
 --cgroup_mem_swap_max VALUE
       Maximum number of swap bytes to use (default: '-1' - disabled)
 --cgroup_mem_mount VALUE
       Location of memory cgroup FS (default: '/sys/fs/cgroup/memory')
 --cgroup_mem_parent VALUE
       Which pre-existing memory cgroup to use as a parent (default: 'NSJAIL')
 --cgroup_pids_max VALUE
       Maximum number of pids in a cgroup (default: '0' - disabled)
 --cgroup_pids_mount VALUE
       Location of pids cgroup FS (default: '/sys/fs/cgroup/pids')
 --cgroup_pids_parent VALUE
       Which pre-existing pids cgroup to use as a parent (default: 'NSJAIL')
 --cgroup_net_cls_classid VALUE
       Class identifier of network packets in the group (default: '0' - disabled)
 --cgroup_net_cls_mount VALUE
       Location of net_cls cgroup FS (default: '/sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls')
 --cgroup_net_cls_parent VALUE
       Which pre-existing net_cls cgroup to use as a parent (default: 'NSJAIL')
 --cgroup_cpu_ms_per_sec VALUE
       Number of milliseconds of CPU time per second that the process group can use (default: '0' - no limit)
 --cgroup_cpu_mount VALUE
       Location of cpu cgroup FS (default: '/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu')
 --cgroup_cpu_parent VALUE
       Which pre-existing cpu cgroup to use as a parent (default: 'NSJAIL')
 --cgroupv2_mount VALUE
       Location of cgroupv2 directory (default: '/sys/fs/cgroup')
 --use_cgroupv2
       Use cgroup v2
 --iface_no_lo 
       Don't bring the 'lo' interface up
 --iface_own VALUE
       Move this existing network interface into the new NET namespace. Can be specified multiple times
 --macvlan_iface|-I VALUE
       Interface which will be cloned (MACVLAN) and put inside the subprocess' namespace as 'vs'
 --macvlan_vs_ip VALUE
       IP of the 'vs' interface (e.g. "192.168.0.1")
 --macvlan_vs_nm VALUE
       Netmask of the 'vs' interface (e.g. "255.255.255.0")
 --macvlan_vs_gw VALUE
       Default GW for the 'vs' interface (e.g. "192.168.0.1")
 --macvlan_vs_ma VALUE
       MAC-address of the 'vs' interface (e.g. "ba:ad:ba:be:45:00")
 --macvlan_vs_mo VALUE
       Mode of the 'vs' interface. Can be either 'private', 'vepa', 'bridge' or 'passthru' (default: 'private')
 --disable_tsc
       Disable rdtsc and rdtscp instructions. WARNING: To make it effective, you also need to forbid `prctl(PR_SET_TSC, PR_TSC_ENABLE, ...)` in seccomp rules! (x86 and x86_64 only). Dynamic binaries produced by GCC seem to rely on RDTSC, but static ones should work.

Examples:
 Wait on a port 31337 for connections, and run /bin/sh
  nsjail -Ml --port 31337 --chroot / -- /bin/sh -i
 Re-run echo command as a sub-process
  nsjail -Mr --chroot / -- /bin/echo "ABC"
 Run echo command once only, as a sub-process
  nsjail -Mo --chroot / -- /bin/echo "ABC"
 Execute echo command directly, without a supervising process
  nsjail -Me --chroot / --disable_proc -- /bin/echo "ABC"

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Launching in Docker

To launch nsjail in a docker container clone the repository and build the docker image:

docker build -t nsjailcontainer .

This will build up an image containing njsail and kafel.

From now you can either use it in another Dockerfile (FROM nsjailcontainer) or directly:

docker run --privileged --rm -it nsjailcontainer nsjail --user 99999 --group 99999 --disable_proc --chroot / --time_limit 30 /bin/bash

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Contact

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