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From d262fb5809de27d51e9d6b97c6b114804c2b95c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 20:25:19 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] core: add new RestrictNamespaces= unit file setting

This new setting permits restricting whether namespaces may be created and
managed by processes started by a unit. It installs a seccomp filter blocking
certain invocations of unshare(), clone() and setns().

RestrictNamespaces=no is the default, and does not restrict namespaces in any
way. RestrictNamespaces=yes takes away the ability to create or manage any kind
of namspace. "RestrictNamespaces=mnt ipc" restricts the creation of namespaces
so that only mount and IPC namespaces may be created/managed, but no other
kind of namespaces.

This setting should be improve security quite a bit as in particular user
namespacing was a major source of CVEs in the kernel in the past, and is
accessible to unprivileged processes. With this setting the entire attack
surface may be removed for system services that do not make use of namespaces.

(cherry picked from commit add005357d535681c7075ced8eec2b6e61b43728)
---
 Makefile.am                           |   4 +-
 TODO                                  |   6 --
 man/systemd.exec.xml                  |  50 +++++++++-----
 src/core/dbus-execute.c               |  21 ++++++
 src/core/execute.c                    |  30 ++++++++
 src/core/execute.h                    |   9 +++
 src/core/load-fragment-gperf.gperf.m4 |   2 +
 src/core/load-fragment.c              |  49 +++++++++++++
 src/core/load-fragment.h              |   1 +
 src/shared/bus-unit-util.c            |  25 +++++++
 src/shared/nsflags.c                  | 126 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/shared/nsflags.h                  |  49 +++++++++++++
 src/shared/seccomp-util.c             |  89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/shared/seccomp-util.h             |   2 +
 src/test/test-seccomp.c               |  94 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 15 files changed, 534 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/shared/nsflags.c
 create mode 100644 src/shared/nsflags.h

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f2d8bf57f7..1031e797b3 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1046,7 +1046,9 @@ libshared_la_SOURCES = \
 	src/shared/tests.h \
 	src/shared/tests.c \
 	src/shared/fdset.c \
-	src/shared/fdset.h
+	src/shared/fdset.h \
+	src/shared/nsflags.h \
+	src/shared/nsflags.c
 
 if HAVE_UTMP
 libshared_la_SOURCES += \
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index c8266a549d..164e33708e 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -59,14 +59,10 @@ Features:
 
 * define gpt header bits to select volatility mode
 
-* nspawn: mount loopback filesystems with "discard"
-
 * ProtectKernelLogs= (drops CAP_SYSLOG, add seccomp for syslog() syscall, and DeviceAllow to /dev/kmsg) in service files
 
 * ProtectClock= (drops CAP_SYS_TIMES, adds seecomp filters for settimeofday, adjtimex), sets DeviceAllow o /dev/rtc
 
-* ProtectKernelModules= (drops CAP_SYS_MODULE and filters the kmod syscalls)
-
 * ProtectTracing= (drops CAP_SYS_PTRACE, blocks ptrace syscall, makes /sys/kernel/tracing go away)
 
 * ProtectMount= (drop mount/umount/pivot_root from seccomp, disallow fuse via DeviceAllow, imply Mountflags=slave)
@@ -88,8 +84,6 @@ Features:
 
 * Add RootImage= for mounting a disk image or file as root directory
 
-* RestrictNamespaces= or so in services (taking away the ability to create namespaces, with setns, unshare, clone)
-
 * make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
 
 * journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index 3c350df11f..33bca1bfb0 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -1234,22 +1234,16 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>NoNewPrivileges=</varname></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If true, ensures that the service
-        process and all its children can never gain new privileges. This option is more
-        powerful than the respective secure bits flags (see above), as it also prohibits
-        UID changes of any kind. This is the simplest and most effective way to ensure that
-        a process and its children can never elevate privileges again. Defaults to false,
-        but in the user manager instance certain settings force
-        <varname>NoNewPrivileges=yes</varname>, ignoring the value of this setting.
-        Those is the case when <varname>SystemCallFilter=</varname>,
-        <varname>SystemCallArchitectures=</varname>,
-        <varname>RestrictAddressFamilies=</varname>,
-        <varname>PrivateDevices=</varname>,
-        <varname>ProtectKernelTunables=</varname>,
-        <varname>ProtectKernelModules=</varname>,
-        <varname>MemoryDenyWriteExecute=</varname>, or
-        <varname>RestrictRealtime=</varname> are specified.
-        </para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If true, ensures that the service process and all its children can
+        never gain new privileges through <function>execve()</function> (e.g. via setuid or setgid bits, or filesystem
+        capabilities). This is the simplest and most effective way to ensure that a process and its children can never
+        elevate privileges again. Defaults to false, but in the user manager instance certain settings force
+        <varname>NoNewPrivileges=yes</varname>, ignoring the value of this setting.  This is the case when
+        <varname>SystemCallFilter=</varname>, <varname>SystemCallArchitectures=</varname>,
+        <varname>RestrictAddressFamilies=</varname>, <varname>RestrictNamespaces=</varname>,
+        <varname>PrivateDevices=</varname>, <varname>ProtectKernelTunables=</varname>,
+        <varname>ProtectKernelModules=</varname>, <varname>MemoryDenyWriteExecute=</varname>, or
+        <varname>RestrictRealtime=</varname> are specified.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
@@ -1462,6 +1456,30 @@
         logging. This does not affect commands prefixed with <literal>+</literal>.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>RestrictNamespaces=</varname></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Restricts access to Linux namespace functionality for the processes of this unit. For details
+        about Linux namespaces, see
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>namespaces</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Either takes a
+        boolean argument, or a space-separated list of namespace type identifiers. If false (the default), no
+        restrictions on namespace creation and switching are made. If true, access to any kind of namespacing is
+        prohibited. Otherwise, a space-separated list of namespace type identifiers must be specified, consisting of
+        any combination of: <constant>cgroup</constant>, <constant>ipc</constant>, <constant>net</constant>,
+        <constant>mnt</constant>, <constant>pid</constant>, <constant>user</constant> and <constant>uts</constant>. Any
+        namespace type listed is made accessible to the unit's processes, access to namespace types not listed is
+        prohibited (whitelisting). By prepending the list with a single tilda character (<literal>~</literal>) the
+        effect may be inverted: only the listed namespace types will be made inaccessible, all unlisted ones are
+        permitted (blacklisting). If the empty string is assigned, the default namespace restrictions are applied,
+        which is equivalent to false. Internally, this setting limits access to the
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>unshare</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>clone</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> and
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>setns</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> system calls, taking
+        the specified flags parameters into account. Note that — if this option is used — in addition to restricting
+        creation and switching of the specified types of namespaces (or all of them, if true) access to the
+        <function>setns()</function> system call with a zero flags parameter is prohibited.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>ProtectKernelModules=</varname></term>
 
diff --git a/src/core/dbus-execute.c b/src/core/dbus-execute.c
index 03f23780c1..d7bb0496a0 100644
--- a/src/core/dbus-execute.c
+++ b/src/core/dbus-execute.c
@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ const sd_bus_vtable bus_exec_vtable[] = {
         SD_BUS_PROPERTY("RuntimeDirectory", "as", NULL, offsetof(ExecContext, runtime_directory), SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_CONST),
         SD_BUS_PROPERTY("MemoryDenyWriteExecute", "b", bus_property_get_bool, offsetof(ExecContext, memory_deny_write_execute), SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_CONST),
         SD_BUS_PROPERTY("RestrictRealtime", "b", bus_property_get_bool, offsetof(ExecContext, restrict_realtime), SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_CONST),
+        SD_BUS_PROPERTY("RestrictNamespace", "t", bus_property_get_ulong, offsetof(ExecContext, restrict_namespaces), SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_CONST),
         SD_BUS_VTABLE_END
 };
 
@@ -1591,7 +1592,27 @@ int bus_exec_context_set_transient_property(
                 }
 
                 return 1;
+        } else if (streq(name, "RestrictNamespaces")) {
+                uint64_t flags;
 
+                r = sd_bus_message_read(message, "t", &flags);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return r;
+                if ((flags & NAMESPACE_FLAGS_ALL) != flags)
+                        return sd_bus_error_setf(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "Unknown namespace types");
+
+                if (mode != UNIT_CHECK) {
+                        _cleanup_free_ char *s = NULL;
+
+                        r = namespace_flag_to_string_many(flags, &s);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                return r;
+
+                        c->restrict_namespaces = flags;
+                        unit_write_drop_in_private_format(u, mode, name, "%s=%s", name, s);
+                }
+
+                return 1;
         }
 
         ri = rlimit_from_string(name);
diff --git a/src/core/execute.c b/src/core/execute.c
index 224382b581..59ce0774c4 100644
--- a/src/core/execute.c
+++ b/src/core/execute.c
@@ -1534,6 +1534,18 @@ static int apply_private_devices(const Unit *u, const ExecContext *c) {
         return seccomp_load_filter_set(SCMP_ACT_ALLOW, syscall_filter_sets + SYSCALL_FILTER_SET_RAW_IO, SCMP_ACT_ERRNO(EPERM));
 }
 
+static int apply_restrict_namespaces(Unit *u, const ExecContext *c) {
+        assert(c);
+
+        if (!exec_context_restrict_namespaces_set(c))
+                return 0;
+
+        if (skip_seccomp_unavailable(u, "RestrictNamespaces="))
+                return 0;
+
+        return seccomp_restrict_namespaces(c->restrict_namespaces);
+}
+
 #endif
 
 static void do_idle_pipe_dance(int idle_pipe[4]) {
@@ -2183,6 +2195,7 @@ static bool context_has_no_new_privileges(const ExecContext *c) {
         return context_has_address_families(c) || /* we need NNP if we have any form of seccomp and are unprivileged */
                 c->memory_deny_write_execute ||
                 c->restrict_realtime ||
+                exec_context_restrict_namespaces_set(c) ||
                 c->protect_kernel_tunables ||
                 c->protect_kernel_modules ||
                 c->private_devices ||
@@ -2764,6 +2777,12 @@ static int exec_child(
                         }
                 }
 
+                r = apply_restrict_namespaces(unit, context);
+                if (r < 0) {
+                        *exit_status = EXIT_SECCOMP;
+                        return r;
+                }
+
                 if (context->protect_kernel_tunables) {
                         r = apply_protect_sysctl(unit, context);
                         if (r < 0) {
@@ -2947,6 +2966,7 @@ void exec_context_init(ExecContext *c) {
         c->personality = PERSONALITY_INVALID;
         c->runtime_directory_mode = 0755;
         c->capability_bounding_set = CAP_ALL;
+        c->restrict_namespaces = NAMESPACE_FLAGS_ALL;
 }
 
 void exec_context_done(ExecContext *c) {
@@ -3244,6 +3264,7 @@ static void strv_fprintf(FILE *f, char **l) {
 void exec_context_dump(ExecContext *c, FILE* f, const char *prefix) {
         char **e, **d;
         unsigned i;
+        int r;
 
         assert(c);
         assert(f);
@@ -3524,6 +3545,15 @@ void exec_context_dump(ExecContext *c, FILE* f, const char *prefix) {
                 fputc('\n', f);
         }
 
+        if (exec_context_restrict_namespaces_set(c)) {
+                _cleanup_free_ char *s = NULL;
+
+                r = namespace_flag_to_string_many(c->restrict_namespaces, &s);
+                if (r >= 0)
+                        fprintf(f, "%sRestrictNamespaces: %s\n",
+                                prefix, s);
+        }
+
         if (c->syscall_errno > 0)
                 fprintf(f,
                         "%sSystemCallErrorNumber: %s\n",
diff --git a/src/core/execute.h b/src/core/execute.h
index c7d0f7761e..56f880cffe 100644
--- a/src/core/execute.h
+++ b/src/core/execute.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ typedef struct ExecParameters ExecParameters;
 #include "list.h"
 #include "missing.h"
 #include "namespace.h"
+#include "nsflags.h"
 
 typedef enum ExecUtmpMode {
         EXEC_UTMP_INIT,
@@ -195,6 +196,8 @@ struct ExecContext {
 
         unsigned long personality;
 
+        unsigned long restrict_namespaces; /* The CLONE_NEWxyz flags permitted to the unit's processes */
+
         Set *syscall_filter;
         Set *syscall_archs;
         int syscall_errno;
@@ -216,6 +219,12 @@ struct ExecContext {
         bool no_new_privileges_set:1;
 };
 
+static inline bool exec_context_restrict_namespaces_set(const ExecContext *c) {
+        assert(c);
+
+        return (c->restrict_namespaces & NAMESPACE_FLAGS_ALL) != NAMESPACE_FLAGS_ALL;
+}
+
 typedef enum ExecFlags {
         EXEC_CONFIRM_SPAWN     = 1U << 0,
         EXEC_APPLY_PERMISSIONS = 1U << 1,
diff --git a/src/core/load-fragment-gperf.gperf.m4 b/src/core/load-fragment-gperf.gperf.m4
index af2f9d960b..cb2f384f47 100644
--- a/src/core/load-fragment-gperf.gperf.m4
+++ b/src/core/load-fragment-gperf.gperf.m4
@@ -57,12 +57,14 @@ m4_ifdef(`HAVE_SECCOMP',
 $1.SystemCallArchitectures,      config_parse_syscall_archs,         0,                             offsetof($1, exec_context.syscall_archs)
 $1.SystemCallErrorNumber,        config_parse_syscall_errno,         0,                             offsetof($1, exec_context)
 $1.MemoryDenyWriteExecute,       config_parse_bool,                  0,                             offsetof($1, exec_context.memory_deny_write_execute)
+$1.RestrictNamespaces,           config_parse_restrict_namespaces,   0,                             offsetof($1, exec_context.restrict_namespaces)
 $1.RestrictRealtime,             config_parse_bool,                  0,                             offsetof($1, exec_context.restrict_realtime)
 $1.RestrictAddressFamilies,      config_parse_address_families,      0,                             offsetof($1, exec_context)',
 `$1.SystemCallFilter,            config_parse_warn_compat,           DISABLED_CONFIGURATION,        0
 $1.SystemCallArchitectures,      config_parse_warn_compat,           DISABLED_CONFIGURATION,        0
 $1.SystemCallErrorNumber,        config_parse_warn_compat,           DISABLED_CONFIGURATION,        0
 $1.MemoryDenyWriteExecute,       config_parse_warn_compat,           DISABLED_CONFIGURATION,        0
+$1.RestrictNamespaces,           config_parse_warn_compat,           DISABLED_CONFIGURATION,        0
 $1.RestrictRealtime,             config_parse_warn_compat,           DISABLED_CONFIGURATION,        0
 $1.RestrictAddressFamilies,      config_parse_warn_compat,           DISABLED_CONFIGURATION,        0')
 $1.LimitCPU,                     config_parse_limit,                 RLIMIT_CPU,                    offsetof($1, exec_context.rlimit)
diff --git a/src/core/load-fragment.c b/src/core/load-fragment.c
index cbc826809e..e0fa484c1e 100644
--- a/src/core/load-fragment.c
+++ b/src/core/load-fragment.c
@@ -2905,6 +2905,54 @@ int config_parse_address_families(
         if (!isempty(state))
                 log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, 0, "Trailing garbage, ignoring.");
 
+        return 0;
+}
+
+int config_parse_restrict_namespaces(
+                const char *unit,
+                const char *filename,
+                unsigned line,
+                const char *section,
+                unsigned section_line,
+                const char *lvalue,
+                int ltype,
+                const char *rvalue,
+                void *data,
+                void *userdata) {
+
+        ExecContext *c = data;
+        bool invert = false;
+        int r;
+
+        if (isempty(rvalue)) {
+                /* Reset to the default. */
+                c->restrict_namespaces = NAMESPACE_FLAGS_ALL;
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        if (rvalue[0] == '~') {
+                invert = true;
+                rvalue++;
+        }
+
+        r = parse_boolean(rvalue);
+        if (r > 0)
+                c->restrict_namespaces = 0;
+        else if (r == 0)
+                c->restrict_namespaces = NAMESPACE_FLAGS_ALL;
+        else {
+                /* Not a boolean argument, in this case it's a list of namespace types. */
+
+                r = namespace_flag_from_string_many(rvalue, &c->restrict_namespaces);
+                if (r < 0) {
+                        log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, r, "Failed to parse namespace type string, ignoring: %s", rvalue);
+                        return 0;
+                }
+        }
+
+        if (invert)
+                c->restrict_namespaces = (~c->restrict_namespaces) & NAMESPACE_FLAGS_ALL;
+
         return 0;
 }
 #endif
@@ -4327,6 +4375,7 @@ void unit_dump_config_items(FILE *f) {
                 { config_parse_syscall_archs,         "ARCHS" },
                 { config_parse_syscall_errno,         "ERRNO" },
                 { config_parse_address_families,      "FAMILIES" },
+                { config_parse_restrict_namespaces,   "NAMESPACES"  },
 #endif
                 { config_parse_cpu_shares,            "SHARES" },
                 { config_parse_cpu_weight,            "WEIGHT" },
diff --git a/src/core/load-fragment.h b/src/core/load-fragment.h
index c05f205c37..1cff815a50 100644
--- a/src/core/load-fragment.h
+++ b/src/core/load-fragment.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ int config_parse_fdname(const char *unit, const char *filename, unsigned line, c
 int config_parse_sec_fix_0(const char *unit, const char *filename, unsigned line, const char *section, unsigned section_line, const char *lvalue, int ltype, const char *rvalue, void *data, void *userdata);
 int config_parse_user_group(const char *unit, const char *filename, unsigned line, const char *section, unsigned section_line, const char *lvalue, int ltype, const char *rvalue, void *data, void *userdata);
 int config_parse_user_group_strv(const char *unit, const char *filename, unsigned line, const char *section, unsigned section_line, const char *lvalue, int ltype, const char *rvalue, void *data, void *userdata);
+int config_parse_restrict_namespaces(const char *unit, const char *filename, unsigned line, const char *section, unsigned section_line, const char *lvalue, int ltype, const char *rvalue, void *data, void *userdata);
 
 /* gperf prototypes */
 const struct ConfigPerfItem* load_fragment_gperf_lookup(const char *key, unsigned length);
diff --git a/src/shared/bus-unit-util.c b/src/shared/bus-unit-util.c
index f639e0e832..35e2c8f18e 100644
--- a/src/shared/bus-unit-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/bus-unit-util.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "hashmap.h"
 #include "list.h"
 #include "locale-util.h"
+#include "nsflags.h"
 #include "parse-util.h"
 #include "path-util.h"
 #include "process-util.h"
@@ -553,6 +554,30 @@ int bus_append_unit_property_assignment(sd_bus_message *m, const char *assignmen
 
                 r = sd_bus_message_close_container(m);
 
+        } else if (streq(field, "RestrictNamespaces")) {
+                bool invert = false;
+                uint64_t flags = 0;
+
+                if (eq[0] == '~') {
+                        invert = true;
+                        eq++;
+                }
+
+                r = parse_boolean(eq);
+                if (r > 0)
+                        flags = 0;
+                else if (r == 0)
+                        flags = NAMESPACE_FLAGS_ALL;
+                else {
+                        r = namespace_flag_from_string_many(eq, &flags);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to parse %s value %s.", field, eq);
+                }
+
+                if (invert)
+                        flags = (~flags) & NAMESPACE_FLAGS_ALL;
+
+                r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "v", "t", flags);
         } else {
                 log_error("Unknown assignment %s.", assignment);
                 return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/src/shared/nsflags.c b/src/shared/nsflags.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fcbe97ba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/nsflags.c
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/***
+  This file is part of systemd.
+
+  Copyright 2016 Lennart Poettering
+
+  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+  along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+***/
+
+#include <sched.h>
+
+#include "alloc-util.h"
+#include "extract-word.h"
+#include "nsflags.h"
+#include "seccomp-util.h"
+#include "string-util.h"
+
+const struct namespace_flag_map namespace_flag_map[] = {
+        { CLONE_NEWCGROUP, "cgroup" },
+        { CLONE_NEWIPC,    "ipc"    },
+        { CLONE_NEWNET,    "net"    },
+        /* So, the mount namespace flag is called CLONE_NEWNS for historical reasons. Let's expose it here under a more
+         * explanatory name: "mnt". This is in-line with how the kernel exposes namespaces in /proc/$PID/ns. */
+        { CLONE_NEWNS,     "mnt"    },
+        { CLONE_NEWPID,    "pid"    },
+        { CLONE_NEWUSER,   "user"   },
+        { CLONE_NEWUTS,    "uts"    },
+        {}
+};
+
+const char* namespace_flag_to_string(unsigned long flag) {
+        unsigned i;
+
+        flag &= NAMESPACE_FLAGS_ALL;
+
+        for (i = 0; namespace_flag_map[i].name; i++)
+                if (flag == namespace_flag_map[i].flag)
+                        return namespace_flag_map[i].name;
+
+        return NULL; /* either unknown namespace flag, or a combination of many. This call supports neither. */
+}
+
+unsigned long namespace_flag_from_string(const char *name) {
+        unsigned i;
+
+        if (isempty(name))
+                return 0;
+
+        for (i = 0; namespace_flag_map[i].name; i++)
+                if (streq(name, namespace_flag_map[i].name))
+                        return namespace_flag_map[i].flag;
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+int namespace_flag_from_string_many(const char *name, unsigned long *ret) {
+        unsigned long flags = 0;
+        int r;
+
+        assert_se(ret);
+
+        if (!name) {
+                *ret = 0;
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        for (;;) {
+                _cleanup_free_ char *word = NULL;
+                unsigned long f;
+
+                r = extract_first_word(&name, &word, NULL, 0);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return r;
+                if (r == 0)
+                        break;
+
+                f = namespace_flag_from_string(word);
+                if (f == 0)
+                        return -EINVAL;
+
+                flags |= f;
+        }
+
+        *ret = flags;
+        return 0;
+}
+
+int namespace_flag_to_string_many(unsigned long flags, char **ret) {
+        _cleanup_free_ char *s = NULL;
+        unsigned i;
+
+        for (i = 0; namespace_flag_map[i].name; i++) {
+                if ((flags & namespace_flag_map[i].flag) != namespace_flag_map[i].flag)
+                        continue;
+
+                if (!s) {
+                        s = strdup(namespace_flag_map[i].name);
+                        if (!s)
+                                return -ENOMEM;
+                } else {
+                        if (!strextend(&s, " ", namespace_flag_map[i].name, NULL))
+                                return -ENOMEM;
+                }
+        }
+
+        if (!s) {
+                s = strdup("");
+                if (!s)
+                        return -ENOMEM;
+        }
+
+        *ret = s;
+        s = NULL;
+
+        return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/nsflags.h b/src/shared/nsflags.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..152ab8b936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/nsflags.h
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#pragma once
+
+/***
+  This file is part of systemd.
+
+  Copyright 2016 Lennart Poettering
+
+  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+  along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+***/
+
+#include <sched.h>
+
+#include "missing.h"
+
+/* The combination of all namespace flags defined by the kernel. The right type for this isn't clear. setns() and
+ * unshare() expect these flags to be passed as (signed) "int", while clone() wants them as "unsigned long". The latter
+ * is definitely more appropriate for a flags parameter, and also the larger type of the two, hence let's stick to that
+ * here. */
+#define NAMESPACE_FLAGS_ALL                                             \
+        ((unsigned long) (CLONE_NEWCGROUP|                              \
+                          CLONE_NEWIPC|                                 \
+                          CLONE_NEWNET|                                 \
+                          CLONE_NEWNS|                                  \
+                          CLONE_NEWPID|                                 \
+                          CLONE_NEWUSER|                                \
+                          CLONE_NEWUTS))
+
+const char* namespace_flag_to_string(unsigned long flag);
+unsigned long namespace_flag_from_string(const char *name);
+int namespace_flag_from_string_many(const char *name, unsigned long *ret);
+int namespace_flag_to_string_many(unsigned long flags, char **ret);
+
+struct namespace_flag_map {
+        unsigned long flag;
+        const char *name;
+};
+
+extern const struct namespace_flag_map namespace_flag_map[];
diff --git a/src/shared/seccomp-util.c b/src/shared/seccomp-util.c
index c9b24f1065..55b97e1efb 100644
--- a/src/shared/seccomp-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/seccomp-util.c
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
 #include <linux/seccomp.h>
 
+#include "alloc-util.h"
 #include "macro.h"
+#include "nsflags.h"
 #include "seccomp-util.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
@@ -574,5 +576,92 @@ int seccomp_load_filter_set(uint32_t default_action, const SyscallFilterSet *set
 finish:
         seccomp_release(seccomp);
         return r;
+}
+
+int seccomp_restrict_namespaces(unsigned long retain) {
+        scmp_filter_ctx seccomp;
+        unsigned i;
+        int r;
+
+        if (log_get_max_level() >= LOG_DEBUG) {
+                _cleanup_free_ char *s = NULL;
+
+                (void) namespace_flag_to_string_many(retain, &s);
+                log_debug("Restricting namespace to: %s.", strna(s));
+        }
+
+        /* NOOP? */
+        if ((retain & NAMESPACE_FLAGS_ALL) == NAMESPACE_FLAGS_ALL)
+                return 0;
+
+        r = seccomp_init_conservative(&seccomp, SCMP_ACT_ALLOW);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        if ((retain & NAMESPACE_FLAGS_ALL) == 0)
+                /* If every single kind of namespace shall be prohibited, then let's block the whole setns() syscall
+                 * altogether. */
+                r = seccomp_rule_add(
+                                seccomp,
+                                SCMP_ACT_ERRNO(EPERM),
+                                SCMP_SYS(setns),
+                                0);
+        else
+                /* Otherwise, block only the invocations with the appropriate flags in the loop below, but also the
+                 * special invocation with a zero flags argument, right here. */
+                r = seccomp_rule_add(
+                                seccomp,
+                                SCMP_ACT_ERRNO(EPERM),
+                                SCMP_SYS(setns),
+                                1,
+                                SCMP_A1(SCMP_CMP_EQ, 0));
+        if (r < 0)
+                goto finish;
+
+        for (i = 0; namespace_flag_map[i].name; i++) {
+                unsigned long f;
+
+                f = namespace_flag_map[i].flag;
+                if ((retain & f) == f) {
+                        log_debug("Permitting %s.", namespace_flag_map[i].name);
+                        continue;
+                }
+
+                log_debug("Blocking %s.", namespace_flag_map[i].name);
+
+                r = seccomp_rule_add(
+                                seccomp,
+                                SCMP_ACT_ERRNO(EPERM),
+                                SCMP_SYS(unshare),
+                                1,
+                                SCMP_A0(SCMP_CMP_MASKED_EQ, f, f));
+                if (r < 0)
+                        goto finish;
+
+                r = seccomp_rule_add(
+                                seccomp,
+                                SCMP_ACT_ERRNO(EPERM),
+                                SCMP_SYS(clone),
+                                1,
+                                SCMP_A0(SCMP_CMP_MASKED_EQ, f, f));
+                if (r < 0)
+                        goto finish;
+
+                if ((retain & NAMESPACE_FLAGS_ALL) != 0) {
+                        r = seccomp_rule_add(
+                                        seccomp,
+                                        SCMP_ACT_ERRNO(EPERM),
+                                        SCMP_SYS(setns),
+                                        1,
+                                        SCMP_A1(SCMP_CMP_MASKED_EQ, f, f));
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                goto finish;
+                }
+        }
+
+        r = seccomp_load(seccomp);
 
+finish:
+        seccomp_release(seccomp);
+        return r;
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/seccomp-util.h b/src/shared/seccomp-util.h
index 8e209efef2..e325dab628 100644
--- a/src/shared/seccomp-util.h
+++ b/src/shared/seccomp-util.h
@@ -64,3 +64,5 @@ const SyscallFilterSet *syscall_filter_set_find(const char *name);
 int seccomp_add_syscall_filter_set(scmp_filter_ctx seccomp, const SyscallFilterSet *set, uint32_t action);
 
 int seccomp_load_filter_set(uint32_t default_action, const SyscallFilterSet *set, uint32_t action);
+
+int seccomp_restrict_namespaces(unsigned long retain);
diff --git a/src/test/test-seccomp.c b/src/test/test-seccomp.c
index 43d1567288..beb6a7f422 100644
--- a/src/test/test-seccomp.c
+++ b/src/test/test-seccomp.c
@@ -20,10 +20,15 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/eventfd.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <sched.h>
 
+#include "alloc-util.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
 #include "macro.h"
+#include "missing.h"
+#include "nsflags.h"
 #include "process-util.h"
+#include "raw-clone.h"
 #include "seccomp-util.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "util.h"
@@ -125,12 +130,101 @@ static void test_filter_sets(void) {
         }
 }
 
+static void test_restrict_namespace(void) {
+        _cleanup_free_ char *s = NULL;
+        pid_t pid;
+        unsigned long ul;
+
+        assert_se(namespace_flag_to_string(0) == NULL);
+        assert_se(streq(namespace_flag_to_string(CLONE_NEWNS), "mnt"));
+        assert_se(namespace_flag_to_string(CLONE_NEWNS|CLONE_NEWIPC) == NULL);
+        assert_se(streq(namespace_flag_to_string(CLONE_NEWCGROUP), "cgroup"));
+
+        assert_se(namespace_flag_from_string("mnt") == CLONE_NEWNS);
+        assert_se(namespace_flag_from_string(NULL) == 0);
+        assert_se(namespace_flag_from_string("") == 0);
+        assert_se(namespace_flag_from_string("uts") == CLONE_NEWUTS);
+        assert_se(namespace_flag_from_string(namespace_flag_to_string(CLONE_NEWUTS)) == CLONE_NEWUTS);
+        assert_se(streq(namespace_flag_to_string(namespace_flag_from_string("ipc")), "ipc"));
+
+        assert_se(namespace_flag_from_string_many(NULL, &ul) == 0 && ul == 0);
+        assert_se(namespace_flag_from_string_many("", &ul) == 0 && ul == 0);
+        assert_se(namespace_flag_from_string_many("mnt uts ipc", &ul) == 0 && ul == (CLONE_NEWNS|CLONE_NEWUTS|CLONE_NEWIPC));
+
+        assert_se(namespace_flag_to_string_many(NAMESPACE_FLAGS_ALL, &s) == 0);
+        assert_se(streq(s, "cgroup ipc net mnt pid user uts"));
+        assert_se(namespace_flag_from_string_many(s, &ul) == 0 && ul == NAMESPACE_FLAGS_ALL);
+
+        if (!is_seccomp_available())
+                return;
+
+        if (geteuid() != 0)
+                return;
+
+        pid = fork();
+        assert_se(pid >= 0);
+
+        if (pid == 0) {
+
+                assert_se(seccomp_restrict_namespaces(CLONE_NEWNS|CLONE_NEWNET) >= 0);
+
+                assert_se(unshare(CLONE_NEWNS) == 0);
+                assert_se(unshare(CLONE_NEWNET) == 0);
+                assert_se(unshare(CLONE_NEWUTS) == -1);
+                assert_se(errno == EPERM);
+                assert_se(unshare(CLONE_NEWIPC) == -1);
+                assert_se(errno == EPERM);
+                assert_se(unshare(CLONE_NEWNET|CLONE_NEWUTS) == -1);
+                assert_se(errno == EPERM);
+
+                /* We use fd 0 (stdin) here, which of course will fail with EINVAL on setns(). Except of course our
+                 * seccomp filter worked, and hits first and makes it return EPERM */
+                assert_se(setns(0, CLONE_NEWNS) == -1);
+                assert_se(errno == EINVAL);
+                assert_se(setns(0, CLONE_NEWNET) == -1);
+                assert_se(errno == EINVAL);
+                assert_se(setns(0, CLONE_NEWUTS) == -1);
+                assert_se(errno == EPERM);
+                assert_se(setns(0, CLONE_NEWIPC) == -1);
+                assert_se(errno == EPERM);
+                assert_se(setns(0, CLONE_NEWNET|CLONE_NEWUTS) == -1);
+                assert_se(errno == EPERM);
+                assert_se(setns(0, 0) == -1);
+                assert_se(errno == EPERM);
+
+                pid = raw_clone(CLONE_NEWNS);
+                assert_se(pid >= 0);
+                if (pid == 0)
+                        _exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+                pid = raw_clone(CLONE_NEWNET);
+                assert_se(pid >= 0);
+                if (pid == 0)
+                        _exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+                pid = raw_clone(CLONE_NEWUTS);
+                assert_se(pid < 0);
+                assert_se(errno == EPERM);
+                pid = raw_clone(CLONE_NEWIPC);
+                assert_se(pid < 0);
+                assert_se(errno == EPERM);
+                pid = raw_clone(CLONE_NEWNET|CLONE_NEWUTS);
+                assert_se(pid < 0);
+                assert_se(errno == EPERM);
+
+                _exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+        }
+
+        assert_se(wait_for_terminate_and_warn("nsseccomp", pid, true) == EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
+        log_set_max_level(LOG_DEBUG);
+
         test_seccomp_arch_to_string();
         test_architecture_table();
         test_syscall_filter_set_find();
         test_filter_sets();
+        test_restrict_namespace();
 
         return 0;
 }