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Restrict sysctls

Sysctls can disable security mechanisms or affect all containers on a host, and should be disallowed except for an allowed "safe" subset. A sysctl is considered safe if it is namespaced in the container or the Pod, and it is isolated from other Pods or processes on the same Node. This policy ensures that only those "safe" subsets can be specified in a Pod.

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Policy Definition

apiVersion: kyverno.io/v1
kind: ClusterPolicy
metadata:
name: restrict-sysctls
annotations:
policies.kyverno.io/title: Restrict sysctls
policies.kyverno.io/category: Pod Security Standards (Baseline)
policies.kyverno.io/severity: medium
policies.kyverno.io/subject: Pod
kyverno.io/kyverno-version: 1.6.0
kyverno.io/kubernetes-version: 1.22-1.23
policies.kyverno.io/description: Sysctls can disable security mechanisms or affect all containers on a host, and should be disallowed except for an allowed "safe" subset. A sysctl is considered safe if it is namespaced in the container or the Pod, and it is isolated from other Pods or processes on the same Node. This policy ensures that only those "safe" subsets can be specified in a Pod.
spec:
validationFailureAction: Audit
background: true
rules:
- name: check-sysctls
match:
any:
- resources:
kinds:
- Pod
validate:
message: Setting additional sysctls above the allowed type is disallowed. The field spec.securityContext.sysctls must be unset or not use any other names than kernel.shm_rmid_forced, net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range, net.ipv4.ip_unprivileged_port_start, net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies and net.ipv4.ping_group_range.
pattern:
spec:
"=(securityContext)":
"=(sysctls)":
- "=(name)": kernel.shm_rmid_forced | net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range | net.ipv4.ip_unprivileged_port_start | net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies | net.ipv4.ping_group_range

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