KEP-5607: Allow hostNetwork pods to use user namespaces #5608
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- One-line PR description: Allow hostNetwork pods to use user namespaces
- Issue link: Allow HostNetwork Pods to Use User Namespaces #5607
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| When the `UserNamespacesHostNetworkSupport` feature gate is enabled, we will relax this validation check. | ||
| The kube-apiserver will accept such a Pod spec and pass it on to the kubelet. | ||
| At this point, the responsibility for successfully creating and running the Pod shifts to the container runtime. | ||
| If the low-level container runtime (e.g., containerd/runc) does not support this combination, the pod will remain stuck in the `ContainerCreating` state and report an exception event, which is the expected behavior. |
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If we go with this proposal, we should include making it work with containers/crio/runc.
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| ### User Stories (Optional) | ||
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| #### Story 1 | ||
| As a cluster administrator, I want to enable user namespaces for my control plane static Pods (e.g., kube-apiserver, kube-controller-manager) to follow the principle of least privilege and reduce the attack surface. These Pods need to use hostNetwork to interact correctly with the cluster network. By enabling the new feature gate, I can add a critical layer of security isolation to these vital components without changing their networking model. |
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