proc: allow access in init userns for map_files with CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE

Opening files in /proc/pid/map_files when the current user is
CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE capable in the root namespace is useful for
checkpointing and restoring to recover files that are unreachable via
the file system such as deleted files, or memfd files.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Reber <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Viennot <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <[email protected]>

Author: adrianreber

fs/proc/base.c

@@ -2189,16 +2189,16 @@ struct map_files_info {
 };
 
 /*
- * Only allow CAP_SYS_ADMIN to follow the links, due to concerns about how the
- * symlinks may be used to bypass permissions on ancestor directories in the
- * path to the file in question.
+ * Only allow CAP_SYS_ADMIN and CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE to follow the links, due
+ * to concerns about how the symlinks may be used to bypass permissions on
+ * ancestor directories in the path to the file in question.
  */
 static const char *
 proc_map_files_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 			struct inode *inode,
 		        struct delayed_call *done)
 {
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+	if (!checkpoint_restore_ns_capable(&init_user_ns))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 
 	return proc_pid_get_link(dentry, inode, done);