--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h	2020-06-12 19:27:22.382363840 +0200
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h	2020-06-12 19:27:04.715697333 +0200
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ extern int unaligned_enabled;
 extern int unaligned_dump_stack;
 extern int no_unaligned_warning;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
+extern int unprivileged_userns_clone;
+#endif
+
 extern struct ctl_table sysctl_mount_point[];
 extern struct ctl_table random_table[];
 extern struct ctl_table firmware_config_table[];

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index bd7d650d4a99..658f9c052151 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1091,6 +1091,22 @@ config USER_NS
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config USER_NS_UNPRIVILEGED
+	bool "Allow unprivileged users to create namespaces"
+	default y
+	depends on USER_NS
+	help
+	  When disabled, unprivileged users will not be able to create
+	  new namespaces. Allowing users to create their own namespaces
+	  has been part of several recent local privilege escalation
+	  exploits, so if you need user namespaces but are
+	  paranoid^Wsecurity-conscious you want to disable this.
+
+	  This setting can be overridden at runtime via the
+	  kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone sysctl.
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
 config PID_NS
 	bool "PID Namespaces"
 	default y
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 541fd805fb88..ffd57c812153 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@
 
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/task.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
+extern int unprivileged_userns_clone;
+#else
+#define unprivileged_userns_clone 0
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Minimum number of threads to boot the kernel
@@ -1788,6 +1793,10 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 	if ((clone_flags & (CLONE_NEWUSER|CLONE_FS)) == (CLONE_NEWUSER|CLONE_FS))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
+	if ((clone_flags & CLONE_NEWUSER) && !unprivileged_userns_clone)
+		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+			return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
+
 	/*
 	 * Thread groups must share signals as well, and detached threads
 	 * can only be started up within the thread group.
@@ -2819,6 +2828,12 @@ int ksys_unshare(unsigned long unshare_flags)
 	if (unshare_flags & CLONE_NEWNS)
 		unshare_flags |= CLONE_FS;
 
+	if ((unshare_flags & CLONE_NEWUSER) && !unprivileged_userns_clone) {
+		err = -EPERM;
+		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+			goto bad_unshare_out;
+	}
+
 	err = check_unshare_flags(unshare_flags);
 	if (err)
 		goto bad_unshare_out;
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 078950d9605b..baead3605bbe 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -545,6 +548,15 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
+	{
+		.procname	= "unprivileged_userns_clone",
+		.data		= &unprivileged_userns_clone,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+	},
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
 	{
 		.procname	= "tainted",
diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
index 8eadadc478f9..c36ecd19562c 100644
--- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@
 #include <linux/bsearch.h>
 #include <linux/sort.h>
 
+/* sysctl */
+#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS_UNPRIVILEGED
+int unprivileged_userns_clone = 1;
+#else
+int unprivileged_userns_clone;
+#endif
+
 static struct kmem_cache *user_ns_cachep __read_mostly;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(userns_state_mutex);
 
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