CONTAINER_XATTR_ALLOWLIST

Constant CONTAINER_XATTR_ALLOWLIST 

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pub const CONTAINER_XATTR_ALLOWLIST: &[&str];
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Default xattr allowlist for container filesystems.

When reading from a mounted container filesystem, host xattrs can leak into the image (e.g., SELinux labels like container_t from overlayfs). This allowlist specifies which xattrs are safe to preserve.

Currently only security.capability is allowed, as it represents actual file capabilities that should be preserved. SELinux labels (security.selinux) are excluded because they come from the build host and will be regenerated by transform_for_boot() based on the target system’s policy.

See: https://github.com/containers/storage/pull/1608#issuecomment-1600915185