WIP: MULTIARCH-5645: trim container image filesystem to reduce attack surface - #548
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Replace the ubi-minimal runtime stage with a scratch-based final image containing only the compiled binaries, their dynamically-linked shared libraries (libgpgme, libgpg-error, libassuan, libresolv, libc), the dynamic linker, CA certificates, timezone data, and a minimal passwd/group for the non-root user. This removes the shell, package manager, RPM database, and all unnecessary utilities from the shipped image, reducing image size by ~30% and significantly narrowing the attack surface — especially important for the enoexec-daemon which runs as a privileged container. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…urface Apply the same trimming approach as the community Dockerfile: add a trimmer stage that uses ldd to discover shared library dependencies, then assemble a scratch-based final image containing only the binaries, their dynamically-linked libraries, the dynamic linker, CA certificates, timezone data, LICENSE file, and a minimal passwd/group for the non-root user. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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WalkthroughBoth Dockerfiles now build scratch-based runtime images with staged dependencies. Manager and ENoExec container commands use binaries under ChangesRuntime image and entrypoint paths
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The trimmed image currently has deployment and startup correctness issues: the checked-in manifest points to a binary path that no longer exists, and architecture-specific dynamic loaders may be missing, preventing containers from starting on some platforms. The missing health check and license file also require follow-up, so this PR is not ready to merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 14 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@Dockerfile`:
- Around line 63-65: Update the final scratch-image stage around FROM scratch
and the trimmer COPY so the project LICENSE is explicitly copied into the image,
preserving the existing staged runtime contents and placing the license at the
expected root location.
- Line 89: Update the manager manifest’s command value from /manager to
/usr/local/bin/manager so it matches the Docker ENTRYPOINT and starts
successfully in the scratch image.
- Around line 64-65: Add a shell-free Docker HEALTHCHECK to the final scratch
image after the runtime contents are copied, using an executable already present
in /runtime and preserving the scratch image’s lack of a shell.
- Around line 46-60: Update the runtime dependency-copy logic to include the
architecture-specific dynamic loader reported as the standalone interpreter by
ldd, not only paths following “=>”. Apply this in Dockerfile lines 46-60 and
konflux.Dockerfile lines 37-51, ensuring loaders such as PPC64LE’s
/lib64/ld64.so.2 and S390X’s /lib/ld64.so.1 are copied into the runtime image
alongside existing loaders.
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| ldd "$bin" 2>/dev/null | grep -oP '(?<==> )\S+' | while read lib; do \ | ||
| dir="/runtime$(dirname "$lib")" && \ | ||
| mkdir -p "$dir" && \ | ||
| cp -L "$lib" "$dir/"; \ | ||
| done; \ | ||
| done && \ | ||
| cp -rL /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt /runtime/etc/pki/tls/certs/ && \ | ||
| if [ -d /usr/share/zoneinfo ]; then \ | ||
| mkdir -p /runtime/usr/share && \ | ||
| cp -rL /usr/share/zoneinfo /runtime/usr/share/zoneinfo; \ | ||
| fi && \ | ||
| echo "65532:x:65532:65532:nonroot:/:" > /runtime/etc/passwd && \ | ||
| echo "65532:x:65532:" > /runtime/etc/group && \ | ||
| cp -L /lib64/ld-linux-*.so.* /runtime/lib64/ 2>/dev/null; \ | ||
| cp -L /lib/ld-linux-*.so.* /runtime/lib/ 2>/dev/null; \ |
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On Linux systems using glibc, the dynamic linker (program interpreter) paths for ppc64le and s390x are well-defined by the ABI and glibc implementation [1][2]. The ldd tool will report these specific paths when inspecting dynamically linked binaries [3]. For ppc64le (PowerPC 64-bit little-endian), the standard dynamic linker is located at: /lib64/ld64.so.2 [1][3][2] For s390x (IBM Z 64-bit), the standard dynamic linker is located at: /lib/ld64.so.1 [1][3][2] Technical Notes: - Dynamic Linker Path: The dynamic linker is the file specified in the PT_INTERP section of an ELF binary, which the kernel uses to load the necessary shared libraries [4]. While some legacy or specific distribution setups might use symbolic links (e.g., /lib/ld64.so.1 pointing to /lib64/ld64.so.1 on s390x [5]), the paths listed above are the primary, expected locations for glibc on these architectures [2]. - ldd Output: The ldd command resolves the dependencies of a binary and displays the path of the dynamic linker being used [3]. If ldd cannot identify the interpreter (e.g., in specialized container environments or non-standard filesystem layouts like NixOS), it may flag it as an unsupported interpreter [3]. - Multiarch/Distributions: In some scenarios, such as creating minimal container images (e.g., distroless), it is necessary to explicitly copy the dynamic linker from the host to the correct path within the container image to ensure binaries can execute [6]. Always ensure the path matches the architecture-specific ABI requirement [1][2].
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- 1: https://public-inbox.org/libc-alpha/20180209150351.GD2428@aurel32.net/T/
- 2: https://lists.endsoftwarepatents.org/archive/html/guix-patches/2022-05/msg00251.html
- 3: GitHub issue 54503 in NixOS/nixpkgs (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 4: http://refspecs.linux-foundation.org/LSB_5.0.0/LSB-Core-PPC64/LSB-Core-PPC64.pdf
- 5: https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-ports/2012-April/002379.html
- 6: GitHub pull request 13550 in kata-containers/kata-containers (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
Copy the architecture-specific dynamic loader reported by ldd. The parser copies only paths after =>, so it skips the standalone interpreter entry. The explicit copies include only ld-linux-*; PPC64LE uses /lib64/ld64.so.2, and S390X uses /lib/ld64.so.1. The scratch image can therefore fail to start on these architectures. Apply the fix in both Dockerfile and konflux.Dockerfile.
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In `@Dockerfile` around lines 46 - 60, Update the runtime dependency-copy logic to
include the architecture-specific dynamic loader reported as the standalone
interpreter by ldd, not only paths following “=>”. Apply this in Dockerfile
lines 46-60 and konflux.Dockerfile lines 37-51, ensuring loaders such as
PPC64LE’s /lib64/ld64.so.2 and S390X’s /lib/ld64.so.1 are copied into the
runtime image alongside existing loaders.
| # Final minimal image with no shell, no package manager, no unnecessary files. | ||
| FROM scratch | ||
| COPY --from=trimmer /runtime/ / |
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Copy the license into the scratch filesystem.
/runtime contains only the explicitly staged files. Unlike konflux.Dockerfile, this image does not copy LICENSE before COPY --from=trimmer /runtime/ /. The final image therefore omits the licensing information required by this PR.
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In `@Dockerfile` around lines 63 - 65, Update the final scratch-image stage around
FROM scratch and the trimmer COPY so the project LICENSE is explicitly copied
into the image, preserving the existing staged runtime contents and placing the
license at the expected root location.
| FROM scratch | ||
| COPY --from=trimmer /runtime/ / |
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Add a shell-free HEALTHCHECK to the final image.
The scratch image has no Docker health check. The Kubernetes probes in internal/controller/operator/objects.go do not define an image-level HEALTHCHECK.
As per path instructions, "HEALTHCHECK defined".
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In `@Dockerfile` around lines 64 - 65, Add a shell-free Docker HEALTHCHECK to the
final scratch image after the runtime contents are copied, using an executable
already present in /runtime and preserving the scratch image’s lack of a shell.
Source: Path instructions
| LABEL io.openshift.tags="openshift,operator,multiarch,scheduling" | ||
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| ENTRYPOINT ["/manager"] | ||
| ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/manager"] |
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Update the checked-in manager manifest command.
config/manager/manager.yaml:66-67 still sets command: ["/manager"]. Kubernetes command overrides this ENTRYPOINT, and /manager no longer exists in the scratch image. Deployments from that manifest will fail to start. Change the manifest command to /usr/local/bin/manager.
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In `@Dockerfile` at line 89, Update the manager manifest’s command value from
/manager to /usr/local/bin/manager so it matches the Docker ENTRYPOINT and
starts successfully in the scratch image.
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utilities that are never used at runtime. These expand the attack surface unnecessarily — especially
for the enoexec-daemon, which runs as a privileged container (UID 0) with full kernel access via the
privileged SCC. A compromised container with a shell and utilities available is significantly more
exploitable than one containing only the required binary and its dependencies.
This change was requested by Product Security for MTO 1.3 (MULTIARCH-5645).
What's in the trimmed image
managerandenoexec-daemonbinarieslddld-linux-*.so.*)/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt)/usr/share/zoneinfo)/etc/passwdand/etc/groupfor UID 65532Image size
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