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memfd-bind: mention that overlayfs obviates the need for it
Signed-off-by: Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@cyphar.com>
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## memfd-bind ##
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`runc` normally has to make a binary copy of itself when constructing a
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> **NOTE**: Since runc 1.2.0, runc will now use a private overlayfs mount to
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> protect the runc binary. This protection is far more light-weight than
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> memfd-bind, and for most users this should obviate the need for `memfd-bind`
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> entirely. Rootless containers will still make a memfd copy (unless you are
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> using `runc` itself inside a user namespace -- a-la
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> [`rootlesskit`][rootlesskit]), but `memfd-bind` is not particularly useful
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> for rootless container users anyway (see [Caveats](#Caveats) for more
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> details).
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`runc` sometimes has to make a binary copy of itself when constructing a
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container process in order to defend against certain container runtime attacks
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such as CVE-2019-5736.
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@@ -38,6 +47,8 @@ much memory usage they can use:
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container process setup takes up about 10MB per process spawned inside the
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container by runc (both pid1 and `runc exec`).
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[rootlesskit]: https://github.com/rootless-containers/rootlesskit
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### Caveats ###
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There are several downsides with using `memfd-bind` on the `runc` binary:
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