Fix daemon.json and daemon --seccomp-profile not accepting "unconfined"

Commit b237189e6c implemented an option to
set the default seccomp profile in the daemon configuration. When that PR
was reviewed, it was discussed to have the option accept the path to a custom
profile JSON file; https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/26276#issuecomment-253546966

However, in the implementation, the special "unconfined" value was not taken into
account. The "unconfined" value is meant to disable seccomp (more factually:
run with an empty profile).

While it's likely possible to achieve this by creating a file with an an empty
(`{}`) profile, and passing the path to that file, it's inconsistent with the
`--security-opt seccomp=unconfined` option on `docker run` and `docker create`,
which is both confusing, and makes it harder to use (especially on Docker Desktop,
where there's no direct access to the VM's filesystem).

This patch adds the missing check for the special "unconfined" value.

Co-authored-by: Tianon Gravi <admwiggin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sebastiaan van Stijn <github@gone.nl>

cmd/dockerd/config_unix.go

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func installConfigFlags(conf *config.Config, flags *pflag.FlagSet) error {
 	flags.StringVar(&conf.InitPath, "init-path", "", "Path to the docker-init binary")
 	flags.Int64Var(&conf.CPURealtimePeriod, "cpu-rt-period", 0, "Limit the CPU real-time period in microseconds for the parent cgroup for all containers")
 	flags.Int64Var(&conf.CPURealtimeRuntime, "cpu-rt-runtime", 0, "Limit the CPU real-time runtime in microseconds for the parent cgroup for all containers")
-	flags.StringVar(&conf.SeccompProfile, "seccomp-profile", "", "Path to seccomp profile")
+	flags.StringVar(&conf.SeccompProfile, "seccomp-profile", config.SeccompProfileDefault, `Path to seccomp profile. Use "unconfined" to disable the default seccomp profile`)
 	flags.Var(&conf.ShmSize, "default-shm-size", "Default shm size for containers")
 	flags.BoolVar(&conf.NoNewPrivileges, "no-new-privileges", false, "Set no-new-privileges by default for new containers")
 	flags.StringVar(&conf.IpcMode, "default-ipc-mode", config.DefaultIpcMode, `Default mode for containers ipc ("shareable" | "private")`)

daemon/daemon_unix.go

@@ -1708,11 +1708,13 @@ func maybeCreateCPURealTimeFile(configValue int64, file string, path string) err
 func (daemon *Daemon) setupSeccompProfile() error {
 	if daemon.configStore.SeccompProfile != "" {
 		daemon.seccompProfilePath = daemon.configStore.SeccompProfile
-		b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(daemon.configStore.SeccompProfile)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("opening seccomp profile (%s) failed: %v", daemon.configStore.SeccompProfile, err)
+		if daemon.configStore.SeccompProfile != config.SeccompProfileUnconfined {
+			b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(daemon.configStore.SeccompProfile)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("opening seccomp profile (%s) failed: %v", daemon.configStore.SeccompProfile, err)
+			}
+			daemon.seccompProfile = b
 		}
-		daemon.seccompProfile = b
 	}
 	return nil
 }

daemon/seccomp_linux.go

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ func WithSeccomp(daemon *Daemon, c *container.Container) coci.SpecOpts {
 			s.Linux.Seccomp, err = seccomp.LoadProfile(c.SeccompProfile, s)
 		case daemon.seccompProfile != nil:
 			s.Linux.Seccomp, err = seccomp.LoadProfile(string(daemon.seccompProfile), s)
+		case daemon.seccompProfilePath == dconfig.SeccompProfileUnconfined:
+			c.SeccompProfile = dconfig.SeccompProfileUnconfined
 		default:
 			s.Linux.Seccomp, err = seccomp.GetDefaultProfile(s)
 		}

integration/daemon/daemon_test.go

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/config"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/testutil/daemon"
 	"gotest.tools/v3/assert"
-	"gotest.tools/v3/skip"
-
 	is "gotest.tools/v3/assert/cmp"
+	"gotest.tools/v3/skip"
 )
 
 func TestConfigDaemonLibtrustID(t *testing.T) {
@@ -99,3 +99,46 @@ func TestDaemonConfigValidation(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestConfigDaemonSeccompProfiles(t *testing.T) {
+	skip.If(t, runtime.GOOS != "linux")
+
+	d := daemon.New(t)
+	defer d.Stop(t)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		doc             string
+		profile         string
+		expectedProfile string
+	}{
+		{
+			doc:             "empty profile set",
+			profile:         "",
+			expectedProfile: config.SeccompProfileDefault,
+		},
+		{
+			doc:             "unconfined profile",
+			profile:         config.SeccompProfileUnconfined,
+			expectedProfile: config.SeccompProfileUnconfined,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		tc := tc
+		t.Run(tc.doc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			d.Start(t, "--seccomp-profile="+tc.profile)
+			info := d.Info(t)
+			assert.Assert(t, is.Contains(info.SecurityOptions, "name=seccomp,profile="+tc.expectedProfile))
+			d.Stop(t)
+
+			cfg := filepath.Join(d.RootDir(), "daemon.json")
+			err := ioutil.WriteFile(cfg, []byte(`{"seccomp-profile": "`+tc.profile+`"}`), 0644)
+			assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+			d.Start(t, "--config-file", cfg)
+			info = d.Info(t)
+			assert.Assert(t, is.Contains(info.SecurityOptions, "name=seccomp,profile="+tc.expectedProfile))
+			d.Stop(t)
+		})
+	}
+}