viyatb-oai 1288bb60a1 [codex] Support bubblewrap in secure Docker devcontainer (#17547)
## Summary

- leave the default contributor devcontainer on its lightweight
platform-only Docker runtime
- install bubblewrap in setuid mode only in the secure devcontainer
image for running Codex inside Docker
- add Docker run args to the secure profile for bubblewrap's required
capabilities
- use explicit `seccomp=unconfined` and `apparmor=unconfined` in the
secure profile instead of shipping a custom seccomp profile
- document that the relaxed Docker security options are scoped to the
secure profile

## Why

Docker's default seccomp profile blocks bubblewrap with `pivot_root:
Operation not permitted`, even when the container has `CAP_SYS_ADMIN`.
Docker's default AppArmor profile also blocks bubblewrap with `Failed to
make / slave: Permission denied`.

A custom seccomp profile works, but it is hard for customers to audit
and understand. Using Docker's standard `seccomp=unconfined` option is
clearer: the secure profile intentionally relaxes Docker's outer sandbox
just enough for Codex to construct its own bubblewrap/seccomp sandbox
inside the container. The default contributor profile does not get these
expanded runtime settings.

## Validation

- `sed '/\\/\\*/,/\\*\\//d' .devcontainer/devcontainer.json | jq empty`
- `jq empty .devcontainer/devcontainer.secure.json`
- `git diff --check`
- `docker build --platform=linux/arm64 -t
codex-devcontainer-bwrap-test-arm64 ./.devcontainer`
- `docker build --platform=linux/arm64 -f
.devcontainer/Dockerfile.secure -t
codex-devcontainer-secure-bwrap-test-arm64 .`
- interactive `docker run -it` smoke tests:
  - verified non-root users `ubuntu` and `vscode`
  - verified secure image `/usr/bin/bwrap` is setuid
- verified user/pid namespace, user/network namespace, and preserved-fd
`--ro-bind-data` bwrap commands
- reran secure-image smoke test with simplified `seccomp=unconfined`
setup:
  - `bwrap-basic-ok`
  - `bwrap-netns-ok`
  - `codex-ok`
- ran Codex inside the secure image:
  - `codex --version` -> `codex-cli 0.120.0`
- `codex sandbox linux --full-auto -- /bin/sh -lc '...'` -> exited 0 and
printed `codex-inner-ok`

Note: direct `bwrap --proc /proc` is still denied by this Docker
runtime, and Codex's existing proc-mount preflight fallback handles that
by retrying without `--proc`.

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Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
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