package userns import ( "bufio" "fmt" "os" "sync" ) var inUserNS = sync.OnceValue(runningInUserNS) // runningInUserNS detects whether we are currently running in a user namespace. // // This code was migrated from [libcontainer/runc] and based on an implementation // from [lcx/incus]. // // [libcontainer/runc]: https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/blob/3778ae603c706494fd1e2c2faf83b406e38d687d/libcontainer/userns/userns_linux.go#L12-L49 // [lcx/incus]: https://github.com/lxc/incus/blob/e45085dd42f826b3c8c3228e9733c0b6f998eafe/shared/util.go#L678-L700 func runningInUserNS() bool { file, err := os.Open("/proc/self/uid_map") if err != nil { // This kernel-provided file only exists if user namespaces are supported. return false } defer file.Close() buf := bufio.NewReader(file) l, _, err := buf.ReadLine() if err != nil { return false } return uidMapInUserNS(string(l)) } func uidMapInUserNS(uidMap string) bool { if uidMap == "" { // File exist but empty (the initial state when userns is created, // see user_namespaces(7)). return true } var a, b, c int64 if _, err := fmt.Sscanf(uidMap, "%d %d %d", &a, &b, &c); err != nil { // Assume we are in a regular, non user namespace. return false } // As per user_namespaces(7), /proc/self/uid_map of // the initial user namespace shows 0 0 4294967295. initNS := a == 0 && b == 0 && c == 4294967295 return !initNS }