Invalid CapAdd perfmon capability
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Description
Description
Altough the perfmon capability is available on my system:
> capsh --print | grep cap_perfmon | wc -l
1
When I try to add the capability trough :
> docker run --cap-add CAP_PERFMON -P -it alpine:latest /bin.bash
The command errors:
docker: Error response from daemon: invalid CapAdd: unknown capability: "CAP_PERFMON".
See 'docker run --help'.
Reproduce
docker run --cap-add CAP_PERFMON -P -it alpine:latest /bin/bash
Expected behavior
Should prompt a shell in a container with PERFMON capabilities enabled.
docker version
Client: Docker Engine - Community
Version: 20.10.22
API version: 1.41
Go version: go1.18.9
Git commit: 3a2c30b
Built: Thu Dec 15 22:28:04 2022
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Context: default
Experimental: true
Server: Docker Engine - Community
Engine:
Version: 20.10.22
API version: 1.41 (minimum version 1.12)
Go version: go1.18.9
Git commit: 42c8b31
Built: Thu Dec 15 22:25:49 2022
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Experimental: false
containerd:
Version: 1.6.15
GitCommit: 5b842e528e99d4d4c1686467debf2bd4b88ecd86
runc:
Version: 1.1.4
GitCommit: v1.1.4-0-g5fd4c4d
docker-init:
Version: 0.19.0
GitCommit: de40ad0
docker info
Client:
Context: default
Debug Mode: false
Plugins:
app: Docker App (Docker Inc., v0.9.1-beta3)
buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc., v0.9.1-docker)
compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc., v2.14.1)
scan: Docker Scan (Docker Inc., v0.23.0)
Server:
Containers: 58
Running: 0
Paused: 0
Stopped: 58
Images: 157
Server Version: 20.10.22
Storage Driver: overlay2
Backing Filesystem: extfs
Supports d_type: true
Native Overlay Diff: true
userxattr: false
Logging Driver: json-file
Cgroup Driver: systemd
Cgroup Version: 2
Plugins:
Volume: local
Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local logentries splunk syslog
Swarm: inactive
Runtimes: runc io.containerd.runc.v2 io.containerd.runtime.v1.linux
Default Runtime: runc
Init Binary: docker-init
containerd version: 5b842e528e99d4d4c1686467debf2bd4b88ecd86
runc version: v1.1.4-0-g5fd4c4d
init version: de40ad0
Security Options:
apparmor
seccomp
Profile: default
cgroupns
Kernel Version: 5.15.0-57-generic
Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
OSType: linux
Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 12
Total Memory: 31.19GiB
Name: guillem-lap
ID: Z5AD:GQZL:3MXV:DDPD:JNLZ:7ZGF:THZM:S5WV:27XF:G2R6:BBWV:PCVI
Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
Debug Mode: false
Registry: https://index.docker.io/v1/
Labels:
Experimental: false
Insecure Registries:
127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false
Additional Info
I have tested the following wordings for the capability in the command docker run --cap add :
- CAP_PERFMON
- cap_perfmon
- perfmon
- PERFMON
All of them seem to be getting the CAP_PERFMON prefix on the error output.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing docker run --cap-add CAP_PERFMON -P -it alpine:latest /bin/bash with the reported Docker CLI and compare the accepted capability names with the documented command behavior. Trace the CLI's capability validation and add coverage showing that PERFMON is accepted and passed through; done means the command starts a shell with the capability enabled.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100