Merge pull request #126347 from vinayakankugoyal/kep2862impl

KEP-2862: Fine-grained Kubelet API Authorization

pkg/features/kube_features.go

@@ -293,6 +293,13 @@ const (
 	// fallback to using it's cgroupDriver option.
 	KubeletCgroupDriverFromCRI featuregate.Feature = "KubeletCgroupDriverFromCRI"
 
+	// owner: @vinayakankugoyal
+	// kep: http://kep.k8s.io/2862
+	//
+	// Enable fine-grained kubelet API authorization for webhook based
+	// authorization.
+	KubeletFineGrainedAuthz featuregate.Feature = "KubeletFineGrainedAuthz"
+
 	// owner: @AkihiroSuda
 	//
 	// Enables support for running kubelet in a user namespace.

pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go

@@ -412,6 +412,10 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.31"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	},
 
+	KubeletFineGrainedAuthz: {
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.32"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+	},
+
 	KubeletInUserNamespace: {
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.22"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	},

pkg/kubelet/server/auth.go

@@ -24,26 +24,30 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/authenticator"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/healthz"
+	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
+	"k8s.io/component-base/configz"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 )
 
 // KubeletAuth implements AuthInterface
 type KubeletAuth struct {
 	// authenticator identifies the user for requests to the Kubelet API
 	authenticator.Request
-	// authorizerAttributeGetter builds authorization.Attributes for a request to the Kubelet API
-	authorizer.RequestAttributesGetter
+	// KubeletRequestAttributesGetter builds authorization.Attributes for a request to the Kubelet API
+	NodeRequestAttributesGetter
 	// authorizer determines whether a given authorization.Attributes is allowed
 	authorizer.Authorizer
 }
 
 // NewKubeletAuth returns a kubelet.AuthInterface composed of the given authenticator, attribute getter, and authorizer
-func NewKubeletAuth(authenticator authenticator.Request, authorizerAttributeGetter authorizer.RequestAttributesGetter, authorizer authorizer.Authorizer) AuthInterface {
+func NewKubeletAuth(authenticator authenticator.Request, authorizerAttributeGetter NodeRequestAttributesGetter, authorizer authorizer.Authorizer) AuthInterface {
 	return &KubeletAuth{authenticator, authorizerAttributeGetter, authorizer}
 }
 
 // NewNodeAuthorizerAttributesGetter creates a new authorizer.RequestAttributesGetter for the node.
-func NewNodeAuthorizerAttributesGetter(nodeName types.NodeName) authorizer.RequestAttributesGetter {
+func NewNodeAuthorizerAttributesGetter(nodeName types.NodeName) NodeRequestAttributesGetter {
 	return nodeAuthorizerAttributesGetter{nodeName: nodeName}
 }
 
@@ -60,10 +64,15 @@ func isSubpath(subpath, path string) bool {
 // Default attributes are: {apiVersion=v1,verb=<http verb from request>,resource=nodes,name=<node name>,subresource=proxy}
 // More specific verb/resource is set for the following request patterns:
 //
-//	/stats/*   => verb=<api verb from request>, resource=nodes, name=<node name>, subresource=stats
-//	/metrics/* => verb=<api verb from request>, resource=nodes, name=<node name>, subresource=metrics
-//	/logs/*    => verb=<api verb from request>, resource=nodes, name=<node name>, subresource=log
-func (n nodeAuthorizerAttributesGetter) GetRequestAttributes(u user.Info, r *http.Request) authorizer.Attributes {
+//	/stats/*		=> verb=<api verb from request>, resource=nodes, name=<node name>, subresource(s)=stats
+//	/metrics/*		=> verb=<api verb from request>, resource=nodes, name=<node name>, subresource(s)=metrics
+//	/logs/*			=> verb=<api verb from request>, resource=nodes, name=<node name>, subresource(s)=log
+//	/checkpoint/*	=> verb=<api verb from request>, resource=nodes, name=<node name>, subresource(s)=checkpoint
+//	/pods/*			=> verb=<api verb from request>, resource=nodes, name=<node name>, subresource(s)=pods,proxy
+//	/runningPods/*	=> verb=<api verb from request>, resource=nodes, name=<node name>, subresource(s)=pods,proxy
+//	/healthz/* 		=> verb=<api verb from request>, resource=nodes, name=<node name>, subresource(s)=healthz,proxy
+//	/configz 		=> verb=<api verb from request>, resource=nodes, name=<node name>, subresource(s)=configz,proxy
+func (n nodeAuthorizerAttributesGetter) GetRequestAttributes(u user.Info, r *http.Request) []authorizer.Attributes {
 
 	apiVerb := ""
 	switch r.Method {
@@ -81,35 +90,54 @@ func (n nodeAuthorizerAttributesGetter) GetRequestAttributes(u user.Info, r *htt
 
 	requestPath := r.URL.Path
 
-	// Default attributes mirror the API attributes that would allow this access to the kubelet API
-	attrs := authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+	var subresources []string
+	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.KubeletFineGrainedAuthz) {
+		switch {
+		case isSubpath(requestPath, podsPath):
+			subresources = append(subresources, "pods")
+		case isSubpath(requestPath, healthz.DefaultHealthzPath):
+			subresources = append(subresources, "healthz")
+		case isSubpath(requestPath, configz.DefaultConfigzPath):
+			subresources = append(subresources, "configz")
+		// We put runningpods last since it will allocate a new string on every
+		// check since the handler path has a trailing slash.
+		case isSubpath(requestPath, runningPodsPath):
+			subresources = append(subresources, "pods")
+		}
+	}
+
+	switch {
+	case isSubpath(requestPath, statsPath):
+		subresources = append(subresources, "stats")
+	case isSubpath(requestPath, metricsPath):
+		subresources = append(subresources, "metrics")
+	case isSubpath(requestPath, logsPath):
+		// "log" to match other log subresources (pods/log, etc)
+		subresources = append(subresources, "log")
+	case isSubpath(requestPath, checkpointPath):
+		subresources = append(subresources, "checkpoint")
+	default:
+		subresources = append(subresources, "proxy")
+	}
+
+	var attrs []authorizer.Attributes
+	for _, subresource := range subresources {
+		attr := authorizer.AttributesRecord{
 			User:            u,
 			Verb:            apiVerb,
 			Namespace:       "",
 			APIGroup:        "",
 			APIVersion:      "v1",
 			Resource:        "nodes",
-		Subresource:     "proxy",
+			Subresource:     subresource,
 			Name:            string(n.nodeName),
 			ResourceRequest: true,
 			Path:            requestPath,
 		}
-
-	// Override subresource for specific paths
-	// This allows subdividing access to the kubelet API
-	switch {
-	case isSubpath(requestPath, statsPath):
-		attrs.Subresource = "stats"
-	case isSubpath(requestPath, metricsPath):
-		attrs.Subresource = "metrics"
-	case isSubpath(requestPath, logsPath):
-		// "log" to match other log subresources (pods/log, etc)
-		attrs.Subresource = "log"
-	case isSubpath(requestPath, checkpointPath):
-		attrs.Subresource = "checkpoint"
+		attrs = append(attrs, attr)
 	}
 
-	klog.V(5).InfoS("Node request attributes", "user", attrs.GetUser().GetName(), "verb", attrs.GetVerb(), "resource", attrs.GetResource(), "subresource", attrs.GetSubresource())
+	klog.V(5).InfoS("Node request attributes", "user", attrs[0].GetUser().GetName(), "verb", attrs[0].GetVerb(), "resource", attrs[0].GetResource(), "subresource(s)", subresources)
 
 	return attrs
 }

pkg/kubelet/server/auth_test.go

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
+	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
+	featuregatetesting "k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 )
 
 func TestIsSubPath(t *testing.T) {
@@ -61,7 +64,9 @@ func TestIsSubPath(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestGetRequestAttributes(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, test := range AuthzTestCases() {
+	for _, fineGrained := range []bool{false, true} {
+		featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.KubeletFineGrainedAuthz, fineGrained)
+		for _, test := range AuthzTestCases(fineGrained) {
 			t.Run(test.Method+":"+test.Path, func(t *testing.T) {
 				getter := NewNodeAuthorizerAttributesGetter(authzTestNodeName)
 
@@ -73,6 +78,7 @@ func TestGetRequestAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 		}
 	}
+}
 
 const (
 	authzTestNodeName = "test"
@@ -82,60 +88,78 @@ const (
 type AuthzTestCase struct {
 	Method, Path string
 
-	ExpectedVerb, ExpectedSubresource string
+	ExpectedVerb         string
+	ExpectedSubresources []string
 }
 
-func (a *AuthzTestCase) AssertAttributes(t *testing.T, attrs authorizer.Attributes) {
-	expectedAttributes := authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+func (a *AuthzTestCase) AssertAttributes(t *testing.T, attrs []authorizer.Attributes) {
+	var expectedAttributes []authorizer.AttributesRecord
+	for _, subresource := range a.ExpectedSubresources {
+		expectedAttributes = append(expectedAttributes, authorizer.AttributesRecord{
 			User:            AuthzTestUser(),
 			APIGroup:        "",
 			APIVersion:      "v1",
 			Verb:            a.ExpectedVerb,
 			Resource:        "nodes",
 			Name:            authzTestNodeName,
-		Subresource:     a.ExpectedSubresource,
+			Subresource:     subresource,
 			ResourceRequest: true,
 			Path:            a.Path,
+		})
 	}
 
-	assert.Equal(t, expectedAttributes, attrs)
+	assert.Equal(t, len(attrs), len(expectedAttributes))
+	for i := range attrs {
+		assert.Equal(t, attrs[i], expectedAttributes[i])
+	}
 }
 
 func AuthzTestUser() user.Info {
 	return &user.DefaultInfo{Name: authzTestUserName}
 }
 
-func AuthzTestCases() []AuthzTestCase {
+func AuthzTestCases(fineGrained bool) []AuthzTestCase {
 	// Path -> ExpectedSubresource
-	testPaths := map[string]string{
-		"/attach/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{containerName}":       "proxy",
-		"/attach/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{uid}/{containerName}": "proxy",
-		"/checkpoint/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{containerName}":   "checkpoint",
-		"/configz": "proxy",
-		"/containerLogs/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{containerName}": "proxy",
-		"/debug/flags/v":                                     "proxy",
-		"/debug/pprof/{subpath:*}":                           "proxy",
-		"/exec/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{containerName}":       "proxy",
-		"/exec/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{uid}/{containerName}": "proxy",
-		"/healthz":                            "proxy",
-		"/healthz/log":                        "proxy",
-		"/healthz/ping":                       "proxy",
-		"/healthz/syncloop":                   "proxy",
-		"/logs/":                              "log",
-		"/logs/{logpath:*}":                   "log",
-		"/metrics":                            "metrics",
-		"/metrics/cadvisor":                   "metrics",
-		"/metrics/probes":                     "metrics",
-		"/metrics/resource":                   "metrics",
-		"/pods/":                              "proxy",
-		"/portForward/{podNamespace}/{podID}": "proxy",
-		"/portForward/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{uid}":         "proxy",
-		"/run/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{containerName}":       "proxy",
-		"/run/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{uid}/{containerName}": "proxy",
-		"/runningpods/":  "proxy",
-		"/stats/":        "stats",
-		"/stats/summary": "stats",
+	testPaths := map[string][]string{
+		"/attach/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{containerName}":       {"proxy"},
+		"/attach/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{uid}/{containerName}": {"proxy"},
+		"/checkpoint/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{containerName}":   {"checkpoint"},
+		"/configz": {"proxy"},
+		"/containerLogs/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{containerName}": {"proxy"},
+		"/debug/flags/v":                                     {"proxy"},
+		"/debug/pprof/{subpath:*}":                           {"proxy"},
+		"/exec/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{containerName}":       {"proxy"},
+		"/exec/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{uid}/{containerName}": {"proxy"},
+		"/healthz":                            {"proxy"},
+		"/healthz/log":                        {"proxy"},
+		"/healthz/ping":                       {"proxy"},
+		"/healthz/syncloop":                   {"proxy"},
+		"/logs/":                              {"log"},
+		"/logs/{logpath:*}":                   {"log"},
+		"/metrics":                            {"metrics"},
+		"/metrics/cadvisor":                   {"metrics"},
+		"/metrics/probes":                     {"metrics"},
+		"/metrics/resource":                   {"metrics"},
+		"/pods/":                              {"proxy"},
+		"/portForward/{podNamespace}/{podID}": {"proxy"},
+		"/portForward/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{uid}":         {"proxy"},
+		"/run/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{containerName}":       {"proxy"},
+		"/run/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{uid}/{containerName}": {"proxy"},
+		"/runningpods/":  {"proxy"},
+		"/stats/":        {"stats"},
+		"/stats/summary": {"stats"},
 	}
+
+	if fineGrained {
+		testPaths["/healthz"] = append([]string{"healthz"}, testPaths["/healthz"]...)
+		testPaths["/healthz/log"] = append([]string{"healthz"}, testPaths["/healthz/log"]...)
+		testPaths["/healthz/ping"] = append([]string{"healthz"}, testPaths["/healthz/ping"]...)
+		testPaths["/healthz/syncloop"] = append([]string{"healthz"}, testPaths["/healthz/syncloop"]...)
+		testPaths["/pods/"] = append([]string{"pods"}, testPaths["/pods/"]...)
+		testPaths["/runningpods/"] = append([]string{"pods"}, testPaths["/runningpods/"]...)
+		testPaths["/configz"] = append([]string{"configz"}, testPaths["/configz"]...)
+	}
+
 	testCases := []AuthzTestCase{}
 	for path, subresource := range testPaths {
 		testCases = append(testCases,

pkg/kubelet/server/server.go

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import (
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/authenticator"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/healthz"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/httplog"
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ const (
 	checkpointPath      = "/checkpoint/"
 	pprofBasePath       = "/debug/pprof/"
 	debugFlagPath       = "/debug/flags/v"
+	podsPath            = "/pods"
+	runningPodsPath     = "/runningpods/"
 )
 
 // Server is a http.Handler which exposes kubelet functionality over HTTP.
@@ -240,10 +243,14 @@ func ListenAndServePodResources(endpoint string, providers podresources.PodResou
 	}
 }
 
+type NodeRequestAttributesGetter interface {
+	GetRequestAttributes(u user.Info, r *http.Request) []authorizer.Attributes
+}
+
 // AuthInterface contains all methods required by the auth filters
 type AuthInterface interface {
 	authenticator.Request
-	authorizer.RequestAttributesGetter
+	NodeRequestAttributesGetter
 	authorizer.Authorizer
 }
 
@@ -317,19 +324,35 @@ func (s *Server) InstallAuthFilter() {
 
 		// Get authorization attributes
 		attrs := s.auth.GetRequestAttributes(info.User, req.Request)
-
-		// Authorize
-		decision, _, err := s.auth.Authorize(req.Request.Context(), attrs)
+		var allowed bool
+		var msg string
+		var subresources []string
+		for _, attr := range attrs {
+			subresources = append(subresources, attr.GetSubresource())
+			decision, _, err := s.auth.Authorize(req.Request.Context(), attr)
 			if err != nil {
-			klog.ErrorS(err, "Authorization error", "user", attrs.GetUser().GetName(), "verb", attrs.GetVerb(), "resource", attrs.GetResource(), "subresource", attrs.GetSubresource())
-			msg := fmt.Sprintf("Authorization error (user=%s, verb=%s, resource=%s, subresource=%s)", attrs.GetUser().GetName(), attrs.GetVerb(), attrs.GetResource(), attrs.GetSubresource())
+				klog.ErrorS(err, "Authorization error", "user", attr.GetUser().GetName(), "verb", attr.GetVerb(), "resource", attr.GetResource(), "subresource", attr.GetSubresource())
+				msg = fmt.Sprintf("Authorization error (user=%s, verb=%s, resource=%s, subresource=%s)", attr.GetUser().GetName(), attr.GetVerb(), attr.GetResource(), attr.GetSubresource())
 				resp.WriteErrorString(http.StatusInternalServerError, msg)
 				return
+
 			}
-		if decision != authorizer.DecisionAllow {
-			klog.V(2).InfoS("Forbidden", "user", attrs.GetUser().GetName(), "verb", attrs.GetVerb(), "resource", attrs.GetResource(), "subresource", attrs.GetSubresource())
-			msg := fmt.Sprintf("Forbidden (user=%s, verb=%s, resource=%s, subresource=%s)", attrs.GetUser().GetName(), attrs.GetVerb(), attrs.GetResource(), attrs.GetSubresource())
-			resp.WriteErrorString(http.StatusForbidden, msg)
+
+			if decision == authorizer.DecisionAllow {
+				allowed = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		if !allowed {
+			if len(attrs) == 0 {
+				klog.ErrorS(fmt.Errorf("could not determine attributes for request"), "Authorization error")
+				resp.WriteErrorString(http.StatusForbidden, "Authorization error: could not determine attributes for request")
+				return
+			}
+			// The attributes only differ by subresource so we just use the first one.
+			klog.V(2).InfoS("Forbidden", "user", attrs[0].GetUser().GetName(), "verb", attrs[0].GetVerb(), "resource", attrs[0].GetResource(), "subresource(s)", subresources)
+			resp.WriteErrorString(http.StatusForbidden, fmt.Sprintf("Forbidden (user=%s, verb=%s, resource=%s, subresource(s)=%v)\n", attrs[0].GetUser().GetName(), attrs[0].GetVerb(), attrs[0].GetResource(), subresources))
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -381,7 +404,7 @@ func (s *Server) InstallDefaultHandlers() {
 	s.addMetricsBucketMatcher("pods")
 	ws := new(restful.WebService)
 	ws.
-		Path("/pods").
+		Path(podsPath).
 		Produces(restful.MIME_JSON)
 	ws.Route(ws.GET("").
 		To(s.getPods).
@@ -541,7 +564,7 @@ func (s *Server) InstallDebuggingHandlers() {
 	s.addMetricsBucketMatcher("runningpods")
 	ws = new(restful.WebService)
 	ws.
-		Path("/runningpods/").
+		Path(runningPodsPath).
 		Produces(restful.MIME_JSON)
 	ws.Route(ws.GET("").
 		To(s.getRunningPods).
@@ -565,7 +588,7 @@ func (s *Server) InstallDebuggingDisabledHandlers() {
 	s.addMetricsBucketMatcher("logs")
 	paths := []string{
 		"/run/", "/exec/", "/attach/", "/portForward/", "/containerLogs/",
-		"/runningpods/", pprofBasePath, logsPath}
+		runningPodsPath, pprofBasePath, logsPath}
 	for _, p := range paths {
 		s.restfulCont.Handle(p, h)
 	}

pkg/kubelet/server/server_test.go

@@ -291,14 +291,14 @@ func (*fakeKubelet) GetCgroupCPUAndMemoryStats(cgroupName string, updateStats bo
 
 type fakeAuth struct {
 	authenticateFunc func(*http.Request) (*authenticator.Response, bool, error)
-	attributesFunc   func(user.Info, *http.Request) authorizer.Attributes
+	attributesFunc   func(user.Info, *http.Request) []authorizer.Attributes
 	authorizeFunc    func(authorizer.Attributes) (authorized authorizer.Decision, reason string, err error)
 }
 
 func (f *fakeAuth) AuthenticateRequest(req *http.Request) (*authenticator.Response, bool, error) {
 	return f.authenticateFunc(req)
 }
-func (f *fakeAuth) GetRequestAttributes(u user.Info, req *http.Request) authorizer.Attributes {
+func (f *fakeAuth) GetRequestAttributes(u user.Info, req *http.Request) []authorizer.Attributes {
 	return f.attributesFunc(u, req)
 }
 func (f *fakeAuth) Authorize(ctx context.Context, a authorizer.Attributes) (authorized authorizer.Decision, reason string, err error) {
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@ func newServerTestWithDebuggingHandlers(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletCo
 		authenticateFunc: func(req *http.Request) (*authenticator.Response, bool, error) {
 			return &authenticator.Response{User: &user.DefaultInfo{Name: "test"}}, true, nil
 		},
-		attributesFunc: func(u user.Info, req *http.Request) authorizer.Attributes {
-			return &authorizer.AttributesRecord{User: u}
+		attributesFunc: func(u user.Info, req *http.Request) []authorizer.Attributes {
+			return []authorizer.Attributes{&authorizer.AttributesRecord{User: u}}
 		},
 		authorizeFunc: func(a authorizer.Attributes) (decision authorizer.Decision, reason string, err error) {
 			return authorizer.DecisionAllow, "", nil
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ func TestAuthzCoverage(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	for _, tc := range AuthzTestCases() {
+	for _, tc := range AuthzTestCases(false) {
 		expectedCases[tc.Method+":"+tc.Path] = true
 	}
 
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ func TestAuthFilters(t *testing.T) {
 
 	attributesGetter := NewNodeAuthorizerAttributesGetter(authzTestNodeName)
 
-	for _, tc := range AuthzTestCases() {
+	for _, tc := range AuthzTestCases(false) {
 		t.Run(tc.Method+":"+tc.Path, func(t *testing.T) {
 			var (
 				expectedUser = AuthzTestUser()
@@ -580,14 +580,14 @@ func TestAuthFilters(t *testing.T) {
 				calledAuthenticate = true
 				return &authenticator.Response{User: expectedUser}, true, nil
 			}
-			fw.fakeAuth.attributesFunc = func(u user.Info, req *http.Request) authorizer.Attributes {
+			fw.fakeAuth.attributesFunc = func(u user.Info, req *http.Request) []authorizer.Attributes {
 				calledAttributes = true
 				require.Equal(t, expectedUser, u)
 				return attributesGetter.GetRequestAttributes(u, req)
 			}
 			fw.fakeAuth.authorizeFunc = func(a authorizer.Attributes) (decision authorizer.Decision, reason string, err error) {
 				calledAuthorize = true
-				tc.AssertAttributes(t, a)
+				tc.AssertAttributes(t, []authorizer.Attributes{a})
 				return authorizer.DecisionNoOpinion, "", nil
 			}
 
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ func TestAuthFilters(t *testing.T) {
 func TestAuthenticationError(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
 		expectedUser       = &user.DefaultInfo{Name: "test"}
-		expectedAttributes = &authorizer.AttributesRecord{User: expectedUser}
+		expectedAttributes = []authorizer.Attributes{&authorizer.AttributesRecord{User: expectedUser}}
 
 		calledAuthenticate = false
 		calledAuthorize    = false
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ func TestAuthenticationError(t *testing.T) {
 		calledAuthenticate = true
 		return &authenticator.Response{User: expectedUser}, true, nil
 	}
-	fw.fakeAuth.attributesFunc = func(u user.Info, req *http.Request) authorizer.Attributes {
+	fw.fakeAuth.attributesFunc = func(u user.Info, req *http.Request) []authorizer.Attributes {
 		calledAttributes = true
 		return expectedAttributes
 	}
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ func TestAuthenticationError(t *testing.T) {
 func TestAuthenticationFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
 		expectedUser       = &user.DefaultInfo{Name: "test"}
-		expectedAttributes = &authorizer.AttributesRecord{User: expectedUser}
+		expectedAttributes = []authorizer.Attributes{&authorizer.AttributesRecord{User: expectedUser}}
 
 		calledAuthenticate = false
 		calledAuthorize    = false
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ func TestAuthenticationFailure(t *testing.T) {
 		calledAuthenticate = true
 		return nil, false, nil
 	}
-	fw.fakeAuth.attributesFunc = func(u user.Info, req *http.Request) authorizer.Attributes {
+	fw.fakeAuth.attributesFunc = func(u user.Info, req *http.Request) []authorizer.Attributes {
 		calledAttributes = true
 		return expectedAttributes
 	}
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ func TestAuthenticationFailure(t *testing.T) {
 func TestAuthorizationSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
 		expectedUser       = &user.DefaultInfo{Name: "test"}
-		expectedAttributes = &authorizer.AttributesRecord{User: expectedUser}
+		expectedAttributes = []authorizer.Attributes{&authorizer.AttributesRecord{User: expectedUser}}
 
 		calledAuthenticate = false
 		calledAuthorize    = false
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ func TestAuthorizationSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 		calledAuthenticate = true
 		return &authenticator.Response{User: expectedUser}, true, nil
 	}
-	fw.fakeAuth.attributesFunc = func(u user.Info, req *http.Request) authorizer.Attributes {
+	fw.fakeAuth.attributesFunc = func(u user.Info, req *http.Request) []authorizer.Attributes {
 		calledAttributes = true
 		return expectedAttributes
 	}
@@ -1528,3 +1528,107 @@ func TestTrimURLPath(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equalf(t, test.expected, getURLRootPath(test.path), "path is: %s", test.path)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFineGrainedAuthz(t *testing.T) {
+	// Enable features.ContainerCheckpoint during test
+	featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.KubeletFineGrainedAuthz, true)
+
+	fw := newServerTest()
+	defer fw.testHTTPServer.Close()
+
+	attributesGetter := NewNodeAuthorizerAttributesGetter(authzTestNodeName)
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name                     string
+		path                     string
+		expectedSubResources     []string
+		authorizer               func(authorizer.Attributes) (authorized authorizer.Decision, reason string, err error)
+		wantStatusCode           int
+		wantCalledAuthorizeCount int
+	}{
+		{
+			name:                 "both subresources rejected",
+			path:                 "/configz",
+			expectedSubResources: []string{"configz", "proxy"},
+			authorizer: func(authorizer.Attributes) (authorized authorizer.Decision, reason string, err error) {
+				return authorizer.DecisionNoOpinion, "", nil
+			},
+			wantStatusCode:           403,
+			wantCalledAuthorizeCount: 2,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                 "fine grained rejected, proxy accepted",
+			path:                 "/configz",
+			expectedSubResources: []string{"configz", "proxy"},
+			authorizer: func(a authorizer.Attributes) (authorized authorizer.Decision, reason string, err error) {
+				switch a.GetSubresource() {
+				case "configz":
+					return authorizer.DecisionNoOpinion, "", nil
+				case "proxy":
+					return authorizer.DecisionAllow, "", nil
+				default:
+					return authorizer.DecisionNoOpinion, "", fmt.Errorf("unexpected subresource %v", a.GetSubresource())
+				}
+			},
+			wantStatusCode:           200,
+			wantCalledAuthorizeCount: 2,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                 "fine grained accepted",
+			path:                 "/configz",
+			expectedSubResources: []string{"configz", "proxy"},
+			authorizer: func(a authorizer.Attributes) (authorized authorizer.Decision, reason string, err error) {
+				switch a.GetSubresource() {
+				case "configz":
+					return authorizer.DecisionAllow, "", nil
+				case "proxy":
+					return authorizer.DecisionNoOpinion, "", fmt.Errorf("did not expect code to reach here")
+				default:
+					return authorizer.DecisionNoOpinion, "", fmt.Errorf("unexpected subresource %v", a.GetSubresource())
+				}
+			},
+			wantStatusCode:           200,
+			wantCalledAuthorizeCount: 1,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+
+			calledAuthenticate := false
+			calledAuthorizeCount := 0
+			calledAttributes := false
+
+			fw.fakeAuth.authenticateFunc = func(req *http.Request) (*authenticator.Response, bool, error) {
+				calledAuthenticate = true
+				return &authenticator.Response{User: AuthzTestUser()}, true, nil
+			}
+			fw.fakeAuth.attributesFunc = func(u user.Info, req *http.Request) []authorizer.Attributes {
+				calledAttributes = true
+				attrs := attributesGetter.GetRequestAttributes(u, req)
+				var gotSubresources []string
+				for _, attr := range attrs {
+					gotSubresources = append(gotSubresources, attr.GetSubresource())
+				}
+				require.Equal(t, tc.expectedSubResources, gotSubresources)
+				return attrs
+			}
+			fw.fakeAuth.authorizeFunc = func(a authorizer.Attributes) (authorized authorizer.Decision, reason string, err error) {
+				calledAuthorizeCount += 1
+				return tc.authorizer(a)
+			}
+
+			req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", fw.testHTTPServer.URL+tc.path, nil)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.wantStatusCode, resp.StatusCode)
+			assert.True(t, calledAuthenticate, "Authenticate was not called")
+			assert.True(t, calledAttributes, "Attributes were not called")
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.wantCalledAuthorizeCount, calledAuthorizeCount)
+		})
+	}
+}

plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/policy.go

@@ -388,17 +388,6 @@ func ClusterRoles() []rbacv1.ClusterRole {
 				eventsRule(),
 			},
 		},
-		{
-			// a role to use for full access to the kubelet API
-			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "system:kubelet-api-admin"},
-			Rules: []rbacv1.PolicyRule{
-				// Allow read-only access to the Node API objects
-				rbacv1helpers.NewRule("get", "list", "watch").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("nodes").RuleOrDie(),
-				// Allow all API calls to the nodes
-				rbacv1helpers.NewRule("proxy").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("nodes").RuleOrDie(),
-				rbacv1helpers.NewRule("*").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("nodes/proxy", "nodes/metrics", "nodes/stats", "nodes/log").RuleOrDie(),
-			},
-		},
 		{
 			// a role to use for bootstrapping a node's client certificates
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "system:node-bootstrapper"},
@@ -530,6 +519,25 @@ func ClusterRoles() []rbacv1.ClusterRole {
 		},
 	})
 
+	// Add the cluster role system:kubelet-api-admin
+	kubeletAPIAdminRules := []rbacv1.PolicyRule{
+		// Allow read-only access to the Node API objects
+		rbacv1helpers.NewRule("get", "list", "watch").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("nodes").RuleOrDie(),
+		// Allow all API calls to the nodes
+		rbacv1helpers.NewRule("proxy").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("nodes").RuleOrDie(),
+		rbacv1helpers.NewRule("*").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("nodes/proxy", "nodes/metrics", "nodes/stats", "nodes/log").RuleOrDie(),
+	}
+
+	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.KubeletFineGrainedAuthz) {
+		kubeletAPIAdminRules = append(kubeletAPIAdminRules, rbacv1helpers.NewRule("*").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("nodes/pods", "nodes/healthz", "nodes/configz").RuleOrDie())
+	}
+
+	roles = append(roles, rbacv1.ClusterRole{
+		// a role to use for full access to the kubelet API
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "system:kubelet-api-admin"},
+		Rules:      kubeletAPIAdminRules,
+	})
+
 	// node-proxier role is used by kube-proxy.
 	nodeProxierRules := []rbacv1.PolicyRule{
 		rbacv1helpers.NewRule("list", "watch").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("services", "endpoints").RuleOrDie(),

staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/healthz/healthz.go

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
 
+const DefaultHealthzPath = "/healthz"
+
 // HealthChecker is a named healthz checker.
 type HealthChecker interface {
 	Name() string
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ func NamedCheck(name string, check func(r *http.Request) error) HealthChecker {
 // exactly one call to InstallHandler. Calling InstallHandler more
 // than once for the same mux will result in a panic.
 func InstallHandler(mux mux, checks ...HealthChecker) {
-	InstallPathHandler(mux, "/healthz", checks...)
+	InstallPathHandler(mux, DefaultHealthzPath, checks...)
 }
 
 // InstallReadyzHandler registers handlers for health checking on the path

staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/configz/configz.go

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 )
 
+const DefaultConfigzPath = "/configz"
+
 var (
 	configsGuard sync.RWMutex
 	configs      = map[string]*Config{}
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ type Config struct {
 // InstallHandler adds an HTTP handler on the given mux for the "/configz"
 // endpoint which serves all registered ComponentConfigs in JSON format.
 func InstallHandler(m mux) {
-	m.Handle("/configz", http.HandlerFunc(handle))
+	m.Handle(DefaultConfigzPath, http.HandlerFunc(handle))
 }
 
 type mux interface {

test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml

@@ -546,6 +546,12 @@
     lockToDefault: false
     preRelease: Beta
     version: "1.31"
+- name: KubeletFineGrainedAuthz
+  versionedSpecs:
+  - default: false
+    lockToDefault: false
+    preRelease: Alpha
+    version: "1.32"
 - name: KubeletInUserNamespace
   versionedSpecs:
   - default: false