Bug 258287 - [jail] Easily exhaust host kernel's numvnodes or dp_dirty_total in a jail which may cause Dos attack
Summary: [jail] Easily exhaust host kernel's numvnodes or dp_dirty_total in a jail wh...
Status: Closed Feedback Timeout
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: kern (show other bugs)
Version: Unspecified
Hardware: Any Any
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Assignee: freebsd-jail (Nobody)
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Reported: 2021-09-05 12:29 UTC by 1203405394
Modified: 2021-12-17 21:52 UTC (History)
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Description 1203405394 2021-09-05 12:29:35 UTC
Hello,we find two underlying jails security issues to exhaust host's kernel's resources which may cause Dos attack.

The first one is we can easily exhaust the host's `numvnodes` and reach the `maxvnodes` limit in a jail.

Thecsecond one is we can keep produce dirty data in a jail and make the `dp_dirty_total` reachs `zfs_dirty_data_max` limit. As a result, other writing request may delay.

Reproduction steps:
1. We set up jails following the FreeBSD's handbook.

2. Use `ezjail-admin create` commands to create a normal malicious jail.

3. For numvnodes, we just keep creating directories using `Mkdir` command in the malicious jail. Host's numvnodes will keep rising until it reach the maxvnodes limit.

4. For `dp_dirty_total`, we observed that the `zfs_dirty_data_max` limit is 800Mi, we keep writing data to a file at high speed. As a result, the host's `dp_dirty_total` will reach the `zfs_dirty_data_max` limit and cause other writing request being delayed.

Although it seems that there is no serious performance and functional impact on host, I wonder if there should be some ways to limit the per-jail `vnodes` or `dp_dirty_total` like `rctl` which can avoid malicious jails to launch Dos attack.