[pkg-go] Bug#1042090: podman: fails to start container with userns mapping

[Hristo Venev]

Package: podman
Version: 4.3.1+ds1-8+b1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: hristo at venev.name

Dear Maintainer,

When trying to run a container using podman (as root) with a uid/gid
mapping specified via `--userns`, it fails to start:

> # podman run --rm --userns auto:uidmapping=1000:1001:1,gidmapping=1000:1001:1 debian:12
> ERRO[0000] Unmounting /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/INSERT_ID_HERE/merged: invalid argument
> Error: mounting storage for container INSERT_ANOTHER_ID_HERE: creating overlay mount to /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/INSERT_ID_HERE/merged, mount_data="lowerdir=/var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/INSERT_ID_HERE/mapped/0/l/INSERT_SHORT_ID_HERE:/var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/INSERT_ID_HERE/mapped/0/l/diff1:/var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/INSERT_ID_HERE/mapped/0/l/INSERT_ANOTHER_SHORT_ID_HERE,upperdir=/var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/INSERT_ID_HERE/diff,workdir=/var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/INSERT_ID_HERE/work,,volatile": permission denied

The following appears in the kernel log:
> [TIME] overlayfs: failed to resolve '/var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/INSERT_ID_HERE/mapped/0/l/INSERT_SHORT_ID_HERE': -13

The outcome is listed above. The expected outcome was that the container
would start, with most IDs mapped from those delegated to the
`containers` user, except uid/gid 1000 inside the container which
correspond to 1001 outside.

Running the container with just `--userns auto` works. However, then all
files passed to the container via bind mounts would be owned by
nobody:nogroup instead of 1000:1000.

This seems similar to https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/18435,
which was probably fixed in podman 4.5.0.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.3.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/24 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages podman depends on:
ii  conmon                           2.1.6+ds1-1
ii  crun                             1.8.5-1
ii  golang-github-containers-common  0.50.1+ds1-4
ii  libc6                            2.37-6
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1               2:1.02.185-2
ii  libgpgme11                       1.18.0-3+b1
ii  libseccomp2                      2.5.4-1+b3
ii  libsubid4                        1:4.13+dfsg1-1+b1

Versions of packages podman recommends:
pn  buildah                       <none>
pn  catatonit | tini | dumb-init  <none>
pn  dbus-user-session             <none>
pn  fuse-overlayfs                <none>
pn  slirp4netns                   <none>
pn  uidmap                        <none>

Versions of packages podman suggests:
pn  containers-storage  <none>
pn  docker-compose      <none>
ii  iptables            1.8.9-2

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