rebase: update kubernetes to 1.28.0 in main

updating kubernetes to 1.28.0
in the main repo.

Signed-off-by: Madhu Rajanna <madhupr007@gmail.com>

vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/admission.go

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/openapi/resolver"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/featuregate"
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ type celAdmissionPlugin struct {
 	dynamicClient   dynamic.Interface
 	stopCh          <-chan struct{}
 	authorizer      authorizer.Authorizer
-	schemaResolver  resolver.SchemaResolver
 }
 
 var _ initializer.WantsExternalKubeInformerFactory = &celAdmissionPlugin{}
@@ -83,7 +81,6 @@ var _ initializer.WantsRESTMapper = &celAdmissionPlugin{}
 var _ initializer.WantsDynamicClient = &celAdmissionPlugin{}
 var _ initializer.WantsDrainedNotification = &celAdmissionPlugin{}
 var _ initializer.WantsAuthorizer = &celAdmissionPlugin{}
-var _ initializer.WantsSchemaResolver = &celAdmissionPlugin{}
 var _ admission.InitializationValidator = &celAdmissionPlugin{}
 var _ admission.ValidationInterface = &celAdmissionPlugin{}
 
@@ -116,11 +113,6 @@ func (c *celAdmissionPlugin) SetDrainedNotification(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 func (c *celAdmissionPlugin) SetAuthorizer(authorizer authorizer.Authorizer) {
 	c.authorizer = authorizer
 }
-
-func (c *celAdmissionPlugin) SetSchemaResolver(resolver resolver.SchemaResolver) {
-	c.schemaResolver = resolver
-}
-
 func (c *celAdmissionPlugin) InspectFeatureGates(featureGates featuregate.FeatureGate) {
 	if featureGates.Enabled(features.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) {
 		c.enabled = true
@@ -154,7 +146,7 @@ func (c *celAdmissionPlugin) ValidateInitialization() error {
 	if c.authorizer == nil {
 		return errors.New("missing authorizer")
 	}
-	c.evaluator = NewAdmissionController(c.informerFactory, c.client, c.restMapper, c.schemaResolver /* (optional) */, c.dynamicClient, c.authorizer)
+	c.evaluator = NewAdmissionController(c.informerFactory, c.client, c.restMapper, c.dynamicClient, c.authorizer)
 	if err := c.evaluator.ValidateInitialization(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/caching_authorizer.go

@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package validatingadmissionpolicy
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
+)
+
+type authzResult struct {
+	authorized authorizer.Decision
+	reason     string
+	err        error
+}
+
+type cachingAuthorizer struct {
+	authorizer authorizer.Authorizer
+	decisions  map[string]authzResult
+}
+
+func newCachingAuthorizer(in authorizer.Authorizer) authorizer.Authorizer {
+	return &cachingAuthorizer{
+		authorizer: in,
+		decisions:  make(map[string]authzResult),
+	}
+}
+
+// The attribute accessors known to cache key construction. If this fails to compile, the cache
+// implementation may need to be updated.
+var _ authorizer.Attributes = (interface {
+	GetUser() user.Info
+	GetVerb() string
+	IsReadOnly() bool
+	GetNamespace() string
+	GetResource() string
+	GetSubresource() string
+	GetName() string
+	GetAPIGroup() string
+	GetAPIVersion() string
+	IsResourceRequest() bool
+	GetPath() string
+})(nil)
+
+// The user info accessors known to cache key construction. If this fails to compile, the cache
+// implementation may need to be updated.
+var _ user.Info = (interface {
+	GetName() string
+	GetUID() string
+	GetGroups() []string
+	GetExtra() map[string][]string
+})(nil)
+
+// Authorize returns an authorization decision by delegating to another Authorizer. If an equivalent
+// check has already been performed, a cached result is returned. Not safe for concurrent use.
+func (ca *cachingAuthorizer) Authorize(ctx context.Context, a authorizer.Attributes) (authorizer.Decision, string, error) {
+	serializableAttributes := authorizer.AttributesRecord{
+		Verb:            a.GetVerb(),
+		Namespace:       a.GetNamespace(),
+		APIGroup:        a.GetAPIGroup(),
+		APIVersion:      a.GetAPIVersion(),
+		Resource:        a.GetResource(),
+		Subresource:     a.GetSubresource(),
+		Name:            a.GetName(),
+		ResourceRequest: a.IsResourceRequest(),
+		Path:            a.GetPath(),
+	}
+
+	if u := a.GetUser(); u != nil {
+		di := &user.DefaultInfo{
+			Name: u.GetName(),
+			UID:  u.GetUID(),
+		}
+
+		// Differently-ordered groups or extras could cause otherwise-equivalent checks to
+		// have distinct cache keys.
+		if groups := u.GetGroups(); len(groups) > 0 {
+			di.Groups = make([]string, len(groups))
+			copy(di.Groups, groups)
+			sort.Strings(di.Groups)
+		}
+
+		if extra := u.GetExtra(); len(extra) > 0 {
+			di.Extra = make(map[string][]string, len(extra))
+			for k, vs := range extra {
+				vdupe := make([]string, len(vs))
+				copy(vdupe, vs)
+				sort.Strings(vdupe)
+				di.Extra[k] = vdupe
+			}
+		}
+
+		serializableAttributes.User = di
+	}
+
+	var b strings.Builder
+	if err := json.NewEncoder(&b).Encode(serializableAttributes); err != nil {
+		return authorizer.DecisionNoOpinion, "", err
+	}
+	key := b.String()
+
+	if cached, ok := ca.decisions[key]; ok {
+		return cached.authorized, cached.reason, cached.err
+	}
+
+	authorized, reason, err := ca.authorizer.Authorize(ctx, a)
+
+	ca.decisions[key] = authzResult{
+		authorized: authorized,
+		reason:     reason,
+		err:        err,
+	}
+
+	return authorized, reason, err
+}

vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/controller.go

@@ -25,30 +25,29 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-
-	"k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1alpha1"
+	"k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1beta1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	k8serrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	utiljson "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/json"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission"
 	celmetrics "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/cel"
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/cel"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/internal/generic"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/matching"
 	celconfig "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/cel"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/openapi/resolver"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/warning"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
 
 var _ CELPolicyEvaluator = &celAdmissionController{}
@@ -66,22 +65,24 @@ type celAdmissionController struct {
 	// A snapshot of the current policy configuration is synced with this field
 	// asynchronously
 	definitions atomic.Value
+
+	authz authorizer.Authorizer
 }
 
 // Everything someone might need to validate a single ValidatingPolicyDefinition
 // against all of its registered bindings.
 type policyData struct {
 	definitionInfo
-	paramController generic.Controller[runtime.Object]
-	bindings        []bindingInfo
+	paramInfo
+	bindings []bindingInfo
 }
 
 // contains the cel PolicyDecisions along with the ValidatingAdmissionPolicy and ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding
 // that determined the decision
 type policyDecisionWithMetadata struct {
 	PolicyDecision
-	Definition *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy
-	Binding    *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding
+	Definition *v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy
+	Binding    *v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding
 }
 
 // namespaceName is used as a key in definitionInfo and bindingInfos
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ type definitionInfo struct {
 
 	// Last value seen by this controller to be used in policy enforcement
 	// May not be nil
-	lastReconciledValue *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy
+	lastReconciledValue *v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy
 }
 
 type bindingInfo struct {
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ type bindingInfo struct {
 
 	// Last value seen by this controller to be used in policy enforcement
 	// May not be nil
-	lastReconciledValue *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding
+	lastReconciledValue *v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding
 }
 
 type paramInfo struct {
@@ -116,6 +117,9 @@ type paramInfo struct {
 	// Function to call to stop the informer and clean up the controller
 	stop func()
 
+	// Whether this param is cluster or namespace scoped
+	scope meta.RESTScope
+
 	// Policy Definitions which refer to this param CRD
 	dependentDefinitions sets.Set[namespacedName]
 }
@@ -125,29 +129,24 @@ func NewAdmissionController(
 	informerFactory informers.SharedInformerFactory,
 	client kubernetes.Interface,
 	restMapper meta.RESTMapper,
-	schemaResolver resolver.SchemaResolver,
 	dynamicClient dynamic.Interface,
 	authz authorizer.Authorizer,
 ) CELPolicyEvaluator {
-	var typeChecker *TypeChecker
-	if schemaResolver != nil {
-		typeChecker = &TypeChecker{schemaResolver: schemaResolver, restMapper: restMapper}
-	}
 	return &celAdmissionController{
 		definitions: atomic.Value{},
 		policyController: newPolicyController(
 			restMapper,
 			client,
 			dynamicClient,
-			typeChecker,
-			cel.NewFilterCompiler(),
+			informerFactory,
+			nil,
 			NewMatcher(matching.NewMatcher(informerFactory.Core().V1().Namespaces().Lister(), client)),
-			generic.NewInformer[*v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy](
-				informerFactory.Admissionregistration().V1alpha1().ValidatingAdmissionPolicies().Informer()),
-			generic.NewInformer[*v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding](
-				informerFactory.Admissionregistration().V1alpha1().ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBindings().Informer()),
-			authz,
+			generic.NewInformer[*v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy](
+				informerFactory.Admissionregistration().V1beta1().ValidatingAdmissionPolicies().Informer()),
+			generic.NewInformer[*v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding](
+				informerFactory.Admissionregistration().V1beta1().ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBindings().Informer()),
 		),
+		authz: authz,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -193,21 +192,21 @@ func (c *celAdmissionController) Validate(
 
 	var deniedDecisions []policyDecisionWithMetadata
 
-	addConfigError := func(err error, definition *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy, binding *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding) {
+	addConfigError := func(err error, definition *v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy, binding *v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding) {
 		// we always default the FailurePolicy if it is unset and validate it in API level
-		var policy v1alpha1.FailurePolicyType
+		var policy v1beta1.FailurePolicyType
 		if definition.Spec.FailurePolicy == nil {
-			policy = v1alpha1.Fail
+			policy = v1beta1.Fail
 		} else {
 			policy = *definition.Spec.FailurePolicy
 		}
 
 		// apply FailurePolicy specified in ValidatingAdmissionPolicy, the default would be Fail
 		switch policy {
-		case v1alpha1.Ignore:
+		case v1beta1.Ignore:
 			// TODO: add metrics for ignored error here
 			return
-		case v1alpha1.Fail:
+		case v1beta1.Fail:
 			var message string
 			if binding == nil {
 				message = fmt.Errorf("failed to configure policy: %w", err).Error()
@@ -235,9 +234,17 @@ func (c *celAdmissionController) Validate(
 	}
 	policyDatas := c.definitions.Load().([]policyData)
 
+	authz := newCachingAuthorizer(c.authz)
+
 	for _, definitionInfo := range policyDatas {
+		// versionedAttributes will be set to non-nil inside of the loop, but
+		// is scoped outside of the param loop so we only convert once. We defer
+		// conversion so that it is only performed when we know a policy matches,
+		// saving the cost of converting non-matching requests.
+		var versionedAttr *admission.VersionedAttributes
+
 		definition := definitionInfo.lastReconciledValue
-		matches, matchKind, err := c.policyController.matcher.DefinitionMatches(a, o, definition)
+		matches, matchResource, matchKind, err := c.policyController.matcher.DefinitionMatches(a, o, definition)
 		if err != nil {
 			// Configuration error.
 			addConfigError(err, definition, nil)
@@ -267,65 +274,13 @@ func (c *celAdmissionController) Validate(
 				continue
 			}
 
-			var param runtime.Object
-
-			// versionedAttributes will be set to non-nil inside of the loop, but
-			// is scoped outside of the param loop so we only convert once. We defer
-			// conversion so that it is only performed when we know a policy matches,
-			// saving the cost of converting non-matching requests.
-			var versionedAttr *admission.VersionedAttributes
-
-			// If definition has paramKind, paramRef is required in binding.
-			// If definition has no paramKind, paramRef set in binding will be ignored.
-			paramKind := definition.Spec.ParamKind
-			paramRef := binding.Spec.ParamRef
-			if paramKind != nil && paramRef != nil {
-				paramController := definitionInfo.paramController
-				if paramController == nil {
-					addConfigError(fmt.Errorf("paramKind kind `%v` not known",
-						paramKind.String()), definition, binding)
-					continue
-				}
-
-				// If the param informer for this admission policy has not yet
-				// had time to perform an initial listing, don't attempt to use
-				// it.
-				timeoutCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(c.policyController.context, 1*time.Second)
-				defer cancel()
-
-				if !cache.WaitForCacheSync(timeoutCtx.Done(), paramController.HasSynced) {
-					addConfigError(fmt.Errorf("paramKind kind `%v` not yet synced to use for admission",
-						paramKind.String()), definition, binding)
-					continue
-				}
-
-				if len(paramRef.Namespace) == 0 {
-					param, err = paramController.Informer().Get(paramRef.Name)
-				} else {
-					param, err = paramController.Informer().Namespaced(paramRef.Namespace).Get(paramRef.Name)
-				}
-
-				if err != nil {
-					// Apply failure policy
-					addConfigError(err, definition, binding)
-
-					if k8serrors.IsInvalid(err) {
-						// Param mis-configured
-						// require to set paramRef.namespace for namespaced resource and unset paramRef.namespace for cluster scoped resource
-						continue
-					} else if k8serrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-						// Param not yet available. User may need to wait a bit
-						// before being able to use it for validation.
-						continue
-					}
-
-					// There was a bad internal error
-					utilruntime.HandleError(err)
-					continue
-				}
-			}
-
-			if versionedAttr == nil {
+			params, err := c.collectParams(definition.Spec.ParamKind, definitionInfo.paramInfo, binding.Spec.ParamRef, a.GetNamespace())
+			if err != nil {
+				addConfigError(err, definition, binding)
+				continue
+			} else if versionedAttr == nil && len(params) > 0 {
+				// As optimization versionedAttr creation is deferred until
+				// first use. Since > 0 params, we will validate
 				va, err := admission.NewVersionedAttributes(a, matchKind, o)
 				if err != nil {
 					wrappedErr := fmt.Errorf("failed to convert object version: %w", err)
@@ -335,68 +290,98 @@ func (c *celAdmissionController) Validate(
 				versionedAttr = va
 			}
 
-			validationResult := bindingInfo.validator.Validate(ctx, versionedAttr, param, celconfig.RuntimeCELCostBudget)
-			if err != nil {
-				// runtime error. Apply failure policy
-				wrappedError := fmt.Errorf("failed to evaluate CEL expression: %w", err)
-				addConfigError(wrappedError, definition, binding)
-				continue
+			var validationResults []ValidateResult
+			var namespace *v1.Namespace
+			namespaceName := a.GetNamespace()
+
+			// Special case, the namespace object has the namespace of itself (maybe a bug).
+			// unset it if the incoming object is a namespace
+			if gvk := a.GetKind(); gvk.Kind == "Namespace" && gvk.Version == "v1" && gvk.Group == "" {
+				namespaceName = ""
 			}
 
-			for i, decision := range validationResult.Decisions {
-				switch decision.Action {
-				case ActionAdmit:
-					if decision.Evaluation == EvalError {
-						celmetrics.Metrics.ObserveAdmissionWithError(ctx, decision.Elapsed, definition.Name, binding.Name, "active")
-					}
-				case ActionDeny:
-					for _, action := range binding.Spec.ValidationActions {
-						switch action {
-						case v1alpha1.Deny:
-							deniedDecisions = append(deniedDecisions, policyDecisionWithMetadata{
-								Definition:     definition,
-								Binding:        binding,
-								PolicyDecision: decision,
-							})
-							celmetrics.Metrics.ObserveRejection(ctx, decision.Elapsed, definition.Name, binding.Name, "active")
-						case v1alpha1.Audit:
-							c.publishValidationFailureAnnotation(binding, i, decision, versionedAttr)
-							celmetrics.Metrics.ObserveAudit(ctx, decision.Elapsed, definition.Name, binding.Name, "active")
-						case v1alpha1.Warn:
-							warning.AddWarning(ctx, "", fmt.Sprintf("Validation failed for ValidatingAdmissionPolicy '%s' with binding '%s': %s", definition.Name, binding.Name, decision.Message))
-							celmetrics.Metrics.ObserveWarn(ctx, decision.Elapsed, definition.Name, binding.Name, "active")
-						}
-					}
-				default:
-					return fmt.Errorf("unrecognized evaluation decision '%s' for ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding '%s' with ValidatingAdmissionPolicy '%s'",
-						decision.Action, binding.Name, definition.Name)
+			// if it is cluster scoped, namespaceName will be empty
+			// Otherwise, get the Namespace resource.
+			if namespaceName != "" {
+				namespace, err = c.policyController.matcher.GetNamespace(namespaceName)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
 				}
 			}
 
-			for _, auditAnnotation := range validationResult.AuditAnnotations {
-				switch auditAnnotation.Action {
-				case AuditAnnotationActionPublish:
-					value := auditAnnotation.Value
-					if len(auditAnnotation.Value) > maxAuditAnnotationValueLength {
-						value = value[:maxAuditAnnotationValueLength]
-					}
-					auditAnnotationCollector.add(auditAnnotation.Key, value)
-				case AuditAnnotationActionError:
-					// When failurePolicy=fail, audit annotation errors result in deny
-					deniedDecisions = append(deniedDecisions, policyDecisionWithMetadata{
-						Definition: definition,
-						Binding:    binding,
-						PolicyDecision: PolicyDecision{
-							Action:     ActionDeny,
-							Evaluation: EvalError,
-							Message:    auditAnnotation.Error,
-							Elapsed:    auditAnnotation.Elapsed,
+			for _, param := range params {
+				var p runtime.Object = param
+				if p != nil && p.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind().Empty() {
+					// Make sure param has TypeMeta populated
+					// This is a simple hack to make sure typeMeta is
+					// available to CEL without making copies of objects, etc.
+					p = &wrappedParam{
+						TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+							APIVersion: definition.Spec.ParamKind.APIVersion,
+							Kind:       definition.Spec.ParamKind.Kind,
 						},
-					})
-					celmetrics.Metrics.ObserveRejection(ctx, auditAnnotation.Elapsed, definition.Name, binding.Name, "active")
-				case AuditAnnotationActionExclude: // skip it
-				default:
-					return fmt.Errorf("unsupported AuditAnnotation Action: %s", auditAnnotation.Action)
+						nested: param,
+					}
+				}
+				validationResults = append(validationResults, bindingInfo.validator.Validate(ctx, matchResource, versionedAttr, p, namespace, celconfig.RuntimeCELCostBudget, authz))
+			}
+
+			for _, validationResult := range validationResults {
+				for i, decision := range validationResult.Decisions {
+					switch decision.Action {
+					case ActionAdmit:
+						if decision.Evaluation == EvalError {
+							celmetrics.Metrics.ObserveAdmissionWithError(ctx, decision.Elapsed, definition.Name, binding.Name, "active")
+						}
+					case ActionDeny:
+						for _, action := range binding.Spec.ValidationActions {
+							switch action {
+							case v1beta1.Deny:
+								deniedDecisions = append(deniedDecisions, policyDecisionWithMetadata{
+									Definition:     definition,
+									Binding:        binding,
+									PolicyDecision: decision,
+								})
+								celmetrics.Metrics.ObserveRejection(ctx, decision.Elapsed, definition.Name, binding.Name, "active")
+							case v1beta1.Audit:
+								c.publishValidationFailureAnnotation(binding, i, decision, versionedAttr)
+								celmetrics.Metrics.ObserveAudit(ctx, decision.Elapsed, definition.Name, binding.Name, "active")
+							case v1beta1.Warn:
+								warning.AddWarning(ctx, "", fmt.Sprintf("Validation failed for ValidatingAdmissionPolicy '%s' with binding '%s': %s", definition.Name, binding.Name, decision.Message))
+								celmetrics.Metrics.ObserveWarn(ctx, decision.Elapsed, definition.Name, binding.Name, "active")
+							}
+						}
+					default:
+						return fmt.Errorf("unrecognized evaluation decision '%s' for ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding '%s' with ValidatingAdmissionPolicy '%s'",
+							decision.Action, binding.Name, definition.Name)
+					}
+				}
+
+				for _, auditAnnotation := range validationResult.AuditAnnotations {
+					switch auditAnnotation.Action {
+					case AuditAnnotationActionPublish:
+						value := auditAnnotation.Value
+						if len(auditAnnotation.Value) > maxAuditAnnotationValueLength {
+							value = value[:maxAuditAnnotationValueLength]
+						}
+						auditAnnotationCollector.add(auditAnnotation.Key, value)
+					case AuditAnnotationActionError:
+						// When failurePolicy=fail, audit annotation errors result in deny
+						deniedDecisions = append(deniedDecisions, policyDecisionWithMetadata{
+							Definition: definition,
+							Binding:    binding,
+							PolicyDecision: PolicyDecision{
+								Action:     ActionDeny,
+								Evaluation: EvalError,
+								Message:    auditAnnotation.Error,
+								Elapsed:    auditAnnotation.Elapsed,
+							},
+						})
+						celmetrics.Metrics.ObserveRejection(ctx, auditAnnotation.Elapsed, definition.Name, binding.Name, "active")
+					case AuditAnnotationActionExclude: // skip it
+					default:
+						return fmt.Errorf("unsupported AuditAnnotation Action: %s", auditAnnotation.Action)
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -425,7 +410,124 @@ func (c *celAdmissionController) Validate(
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *celAdmissionController) publishValidationFailureAnnotation(binding *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding, expressionIndex int, decision PolicyDecision, attributes admission.Attributes) {
+// Returns objects to use to evaluate the policy
+func (c *celAdmissionController) collectParams(
+	paramKind *v1beta1.ParamKind,
+	info paramInfo,
+	paramRef *v1beta1.ParamRef,
+	namespace string,
+) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
+	// If definition has paramKind, paramRef is required in binding.
+	// If definition has no paramKind, paramRef set in binding will be ignored.
+	var params []runtime.Object
+	var paramStore generic.NamespacedLister[runtime.Object]
+
+	// Make sure the param kind is ready to use
+	if paramKind != nil && paramRef != nil {
+		if info.controller == nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("paramKind kind `%v` not known",
+				paramKind.String())
+		}
+
+		// Set up cluster-scoped, or namespaced access to the params
+		// "default" if not provided, and paramKind is namespaced
+		paramStore = info.controller.Informer()
+		if info.scope.Name() == meta.RESTScopeNameNamespace {
+			paramsNamespace := namespace
+			if len(paramRef.Namespace) > 0 {
+				paramsNamespace = paramRef.Namespace
+			} else if len(paramsNamespace) == 0 {
+				// You must supply namespace if your matcher can possibly
+				// match a cluster-scoped resource
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot use namespaced paramRef in policy binding that matches cluster-scoped resources")
+			}
+
+			paramStore = info.controller.Informer().Namespaced(paramsNamespace)
+		}
+
+		// If the param informer for this admission policy has not yet
+		// had time to perform an initial listing, don't attempt to use
+		// it.
+		timeoutCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(c.policyController.context, 1*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		if !cache.WaitForCacheSync(timeoutCtx.Done(), info.controller.HasSynced) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("paramKind kind `%v` not yet synced to use for admission",
+				paramKind.String())
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Find params to use with policy
+	switch {
+	case paramKind == nil:
+		// ParamKind is unset. Ignore any globalParamRef or namespaceParamRef
+		// setting.
+		return []runtime.Object{nil}, nil
+	case paramRef == nil:
+		// Policy ParamKind is set, but binding does not use it.
+		// Validate with nil params
+		return []runtime.Object{nil}, nil
+	case len(paramRef.Namespace) > 0 && info.scope.Name() == meta.RESTScopeRoot.Name():
+		// Not allowed to set namespace for cluster-scoped param
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("paramRef.namespace must not be provided for a cluster-scoped `paramKind`")
+
+	case len(paramRef.Name) > 0:
+		if paramRef.Selector != nil {
+			// This should be validated, but just in case.
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("paramRef.name and paramRef.selector are mutually exclusive")
+		}
+
+		switch param, err := paramStore.Get(paramRef.Name); {
+		case err == nil:
+			params = []runtime.Object{param}
+		case k8serrors.IsNotFound(err):
+			// Param not yet available. User may need to wait a bit
+			// before being able to use it for validation.
+			//
+			// Set params to nil to prepare for not found action
+			params = nil
+		case k8serrors.IsInvalid(err):
+			// Param mis-configured
+			// require to set namespace for namespaced resource
+			// and unset namespace for cluster scoped resource
+			return nil, err
+		default:
+			// Internal error
+			utilruntime.HandleError(err)
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	case paramRef.Selector != nil:
+		// Select everything by default if empty name and selector
+		selector, err := metav1.LabelSelectorAsSelector(paramRef.Selector)
+		if err != nil {
+			// Cannot parse label selector: configuration error
+			return nil, err
+
+		}
+
+		paramList, err := paramStore.List(selector)
+		if err != nil {
+			// There was a bad internal error
+			utilruntime.HandleError(err)
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		// Successfully grabbed params
+		params = paramList
+	default:
+		// Should be unreachable due to validation
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("one of name or selector must be provided")
+	}
+
+	// Apply fail action for params not found case
+	if len(params) == 0 && paramRef.ParameterNotFoundAction != nil && *paramRef.ParameterNotFoundAction == v1beta1.DenyAction {
+		return nil, errors.New("no params found for policy binding with `Deny` parameterNotFoundAction")
+	}
+
+	return params, nil
+}
+
+func (c *celAdmissionController) publishValidationFailureAnnotation(binding *v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding, expressionIndex int, decision PolicyDecision, attributes admission.Attributes) {
 	key := "validation.policy.admission.k8s.io/validation_failure"
 	// Marshal to a list of failures since, in the future, we may need to support multiple failures
 	valueJson, err := utiljson.Marshal([]validationFailureValue{{
@@ -459,11 +561,11 @@ func (c *celAdmissionController) refreshPolicies() {
 // validationFailureValue defines the JSON format of a "validation.policy.admission.k8s.io/validation_failure" audit
 // annotation value.
 type validationFailureValue struct {
-	Message           string                      `json:"message"`
-	Policy            string                      `json:"policy"`
-	Binding           string                      `json:"binding"`
-	ExpressionIndex   int                         `json:"expressionIndex"`
-	ValidationActions []v1alpha1.ValidationAction `json:"validationActions"`
+	Message           string                     `json:"message"`
+	Policy            string                     `json:"policy"`
+	Binding           string                     `json:"binding"`
+	ExpressionIndex   int                        `json:"expressionIndex"`
+	ValidationActions []v1beta1.ValidationAction `json:"validationActions"`
 }
 
 type auditAnnotationCollector struct {
@@ -500,3 +602,48 @@ func (a auditAnnotationCollector) publish(policyName string, attributes admissio
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// A workaround to fact that native types do not have TypeMeta populated, which
+// is needed for CEL expressions to be able to access the value.
+type wrappedParam struct {
+	metav1.TypeMeta
+	nested runtime.Object
+}
+
+func (w *wrappedParam) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return nil, errors.New("MarshalJSON unimplemented for wrappedParam")
+}
+
+func (w *wrappedParam) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	return errors.New("UnmarshalJSON unimplemented for wrappedParam")
+}
+
+func (w *wrappedParam) ToUnstructured() interface{} {
+	res, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(w.nested)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	metaRes, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(&w.TypeMeta)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	for k, v := range metaRes {
+		res[k] = v
+	}
+
+	return res
+}
+
+func (w *wrappedParam) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
+	return &wrappedParam{
+		TypeMeta: w.TypeMeta,
+		nested:   w.nested.DeepCopyObject(),
+	}
+}
+
+func (w *wrappedParam) GetObjectKind() schema.ObjectKind {
+	return w
+}

vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/controller_reconcile.go

@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1"
-	"k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1alpha1"
+	"k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1beta1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apiequality "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
@@ -36,13 +35,11 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/cel"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/internal/generic"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/matchconditions"
-	celconfig "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/cel"
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/environment"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic/dynamicinformer"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	k8sscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 )
 
@@ -50,36 +47,30 @@ type policyController struct {
 	once                        sync.Once
 	context                     context.Context
 	dynamicClient               dynamic.Interface
+	informerFactory             informers.SharedInformerFactory
 	restMapper                  meta.RESTMapper
-	policyDefinitionsController generic.Controller[*v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy]
-	policyBindingController     generic.Controller[*v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding]
+	policyDefinitionsController generic.Controller[*v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy]
+	policyBindingController     generic.Controller[*v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding]
 
 	// Provided to the policy's Compile function as an injected dependency to
 	// assist with compiling its expressions to CEL
+	// pass nil to create filter compiler in demand
 	filterCompiler cel.FilterCompiler
 
 	matcher Matcher
 
 	newValidator
 
-	// The TypeCheck checks the policy's expressions for type errors.
-	// Type of params is defined in policy.Spec.ParamsKind
-	// Types of object are calculated from policy.Spec.MatchingConstraints
-	typeChecker *TypeChecker
-
-	// Lock which protects:
-	//  - cachedPolicies
-	//  - paramCRDControllers
-	//  - definitionInfo
-	//  - bindingInfos
-	//  - definitionsToBindings
-	// All other fields should be assumed constant
+	client kubernetes.Interface
+	// Lock which protects
+	// All Below fields
+	// All above fields should be assumed constant
 	mutex sync.RWMutex
 
 	cachedPolicies []policyData
 
 	// controller and metadata
-	paramsCRDControllers map[v1alpha1.ParamKind]*paramInfo
+	paramsCRDControllers map[v1beta1.ParamKind]*paramInfo
 
 	// Index for each definition namespace/name, contains all binding
 	// namespace/names known to exist for that definition
@@ -94,32 +85,26 @@ type policyController struct {
 	// All keys must have at least one dependent binding
 	// All binding names MUST exist as a key bindingInfos
 	definitionsToBindings map[namespacedName]sets.Set[namespacedName]
-
-	client kubernetes.Interface
-
-	authz authorizer.Authorizer
 }
 
-type newValidator func(validationFilter cel.Filter, celMatcher matchconditions.Matcher, auditAnnotationFilter, messageFilter cel.Filter, failurePolicy *v1.FailurePolicyType, authorizer authorizer.Authorizer) Validator
+type newValidator func(validationFilter cel.Filter, celMatcher matchconditions.Matcher, auditAnnotationFilter, messageFilter cel.Filter, failurePolicy *v1.FailurePolicyType) Validator
 
 func newPolicyController(
 	restMapper meta.RESTMapper,
 	client kubernetes.Interface,
 	dynamicClient dynamic.Interface,
-	typeChecker *TypeChecker,
+	informerFactory informers.SharedInformerFactory,
 	filterCompiler cel.FilterCompiler,
 	matcher Matcher,
-	policiesInformer generic.Informer[*v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy],
-	bindingsInformer generic.Informer[*v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding],
-	authz authorizer.Authorizer,
+	policiesInformer generic.Informer[*v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy],
+	bindingsInformer generic.Informer[*v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding],
 ) *policyController {
 	res := &policyController{}
 	*res = policyController{
 		filterCompiler:        filterCompiler,
-		typeChecker:           typeChecker,
 		definitionInfo:        make(map[namespacedName]*definitionInfo),
 		bindingInfos:          make(map[namespacedName]*bindingInfo),
-		paramsCRDControllers:  make(map[v1alpha1.ParamKind]*paramInfo),
+		paramsCRDControllers:  make(map[v1beta1.ParamKind]*paramInfo),
 		definitionsToBindings: make(map[namespacedName]sets.Set[namespacedName]),
 		matcher:               matcher,
 		newValidator:          NewValidator,
@@ -139,10 +124,10 @@ func newPolicyController(
 				Name:    "cel-policy-bindings",
 			},
 		),
-		restMapper:    restMapper,
-		dynamicClient: dynamicClient,
-		client:        client,
-		authz:         authz,
+		restMapper:      restMapper,
+		dynamicClient:   dynamicClient,
+		informerFactory: informerFactory,
+		client:          client,
 	}
 	return res
 }
@@ -175,20 +160,14 @@ func (c *policyController) HasSynced() bool {
 	return c.policyDefinitionsController.HasSynced() && c.policyBindingController.HasSynced()
 }
 
-func (c *policyController) reconcilePolicyDefinition(namespace, name string, definition *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) error {
+func (c *policyController) reconcilePolicyDefinition(namespace, name string, definition *v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) error {
 	c.mutex.Lock()
 	defer c.mutex.Unlock()
 	err := c.reconcilePolicyDefinitionSpec(namespace, name, definition)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if c.typeChecker != nil {
-		err = c.reconcilePolicyStatus(namespace, name, definition)
-	}
 	return err
 }
 
-func (c *policyController) reconcilePolicyDefinitionSpec(namespace, name string, definition *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) error {
+func (c *policyController) reconcilePolicyDefinitionSpec(namespace, name string, definition *v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) error {
 	c.cachedPolicies = nil // invalidate cachedPolicies
 
 	// Namespace for policydefinition is empty.
@@ -207,7 +186,7 @@ func (c *policyController) reconcilePolicyDefinitionSpec(namespace, name string,
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	var paramSource *v1alpha1.ParamKind
+	var paramSource *v1beta1.ParamKind
 	if definition != nil {
 		paramSource = definition.Spec.ParamKind
 	}
@@ -253,7 +232,6 @@ func (c *policyController) reconcilePolicyDefinitionSpec(namespace, name string,
 		// Skip setting up controller for empty param type
 		return nil
 	}
-
 	// find GVR for params
 	// Parse param source into a GVK
 
@@ -280,104 +258,78 @@ func (c *policyController) reconcilePolicyDefinitionSpec(namespace, name string,
 		return info.configurationError
 	}
 
-	if info, ok := c.paramsCRDControllers[*paramSource]; ok {
-		// If a param controller is already active for this paramsource, make
-		// sure it is tracking this policy's dependency upon it
-		info.dependentDefinitions.Insert(nn)
-
-	} else {
-		instanceContext, instanceCancel := context.WithCancel(c.context)
-
-		var informer cache.SharedIndexInformer
-
-		// Informer Factory is optional
-		if c.client != nil {
-			// Create temporary informer factory
-			// Cannot use the k8s shared informer factory for dynamic params informer.
-			// Would leak unnecessary informers when we are done since we would have to
-			// call informerFactory.Start() with a longer-lived stopCh than necessary.
-			// SharedInformerFactory does not support temporary usage.
-			dynamicFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(c.client, 10*time.Minute)
-
-			// Look for a typed informer. If it does not exist
-			genericInformer, err := dynamicFactory.ForResource(paramsGVR.Resource)
-
-			// Ignore error. We fallback to dynamic informer if there is no
-			// typed informer
-			if err != nil {
-				informer = nil
-			} else {
-				informer = genericInformer.Informer()
-
-				// Set transformer on the informer to workaround inconsistency
-				// where typed objects have TypeMeta wiped out but dynamic
-				// objects keep kind/apiVersion fields
-				informer.SetTransform(func(i interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
-					// Ensure param is populated with its GVK for consistency
-					// (CRD dynamic informer always returns objects with kind/apiversion,
-					// but native types do not include populated TypeMeta.
-					if param := i.(runtime.Object); param != nil {
-						if param.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind().Empty() {
-							// https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/issues/413#issue-324586398
-							gvks, _, _ := k8sscheme.Scheme.ObjectKinds(param)
-							for _, gvk := range gvks {
-								if len(gvk.Kind) == 0 {
-									continue
-								}
-								if len(gvk.Version) == 0 || gvk.Version == runtime.APIVersionInternal {
-									continue
-								}
-								param.GetObjectKind().SetGroupVersionKind(gvk)
-								break
-							}
-						}
-					}
-
-					return i, nil
-				})
-			}
-		}
-
-		if informer == nil {
-			// Dynamic JSON informer fallback.
-			// Cannot use shared dynamic informer since it would be impossible
-			// to clean CRD informers properly with multiple dependents
-			// (cannot start ahead of time, and cannot track dependencies via stopCh)
-			informer = dynamicinformer.NewFilteredDynamicInformer(
-				c.dynamicClient,
-				paramsGVR.Resource,
-				corev1.NamespaceAll,
-				// Use same interval as is used for k8s typed sharedInformerFactory
-				// https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/7e0923899fed622efbc8679cca6b000d43633e38/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go#L430
-				10*time.Minute,
-				cache.Indexers{cache.NamespaceIndex: cache.MetaNamespaceIndexFunc},
-				nil,
-			).Informer()
-		}
-
-		controller := generic.NewController(
-			generic.NewInformer[runtime.Object](informer),
-			c.reconcileParams,
-			generic.ControllerOptions{
-				Workers: 1,
-				Name:    paramSource.String() + "-controller",
-			},
-		)
-
-		c.paramsCRDControllers[*paramSource] = &paramInfo{
-			controller:           controller,
-			stop:                 instanceCancel,
-			dependentDefinitions: sets.New(nn),
-		}
-
-		go controller.Run(instanceContext)
-		go informer.Run(instanceContext.Done())
-	}
+	paramInfo := c.ensureParamInfo(paramSource, paramsGVR)
+	paramInfo.dependentDefinitions.Insert(nn)
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *policyController) reconcilePolicyBinding(namespace, name string, binding *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding) error {
+// Ensures that there is an informer started for the given GVK to be used as a
+// param
+func (c *policyController) ensureParamInfo(paramSource *v1beta1.ParamKind, mapping *meta.RESTMapping) *paramInfo {
+	if info, ok := c.paramsCRDControllers[*paramSource]; ok {
+		return info
+	}
+
+	// We are not watching this param. Start an informer for it.
+	instanceContext, instanceCancel := context.WithCancel(c.context)
+
+	var informer cache.SharedIndexInformer
+
+	// Try to see if our provided informer factory has an informer for this type.
+	// We assume the informer is already started, and starts all types associated
+	// with it.
+	if genericInformer, err := c.informerFactory.ForResource(mapping.Resource); err == nil {
+		informer = genericInformer.Informer()
+
+		// Ensure the informer is started
+		// Use policyController's context rather than the instance context.
+		// PolicyController context is expected to last until app shutdown
+		// This is due to behavior of informerFactory which would cause the
+		// informer to stop running once the context is cancelled, and
+		// never started again.
+		c.informerFactory.Start(c.context.Done())
+	} else {
+		// Dynamic JSON informer fallback.
+		// Cannot use shared dynamic informer since it would be impossible
+		// to clean CRD informers properly with multiple dependents
+		// (cannot start ahead of time, and cannot track dependencies via stopCh)
+		informer = dynamicinformer.NewFilteredDynamicInformer(
+			c.dynamicClient,
+			mapping.Resource,
+			corev1.NamespaceAll,
+			// Use same interval as is used for k8s typed sharedInformerFactory
+			// https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/7e0923899fed622efbc8679cca6b000d43633e38/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/server.go#L430
+			10*time.Minute,
+			cache.Indexers{cache.NamespaceIndex: cache.MetaNamespaceIndexFunc},
+			nil,
+		).Informer()
+		go informer.Run(instanceContext.Done())
+	}
+
+	controller := generic.NewController(
+		generic.NewInformer[runtime.Object](informer),
+		c.reconcileParams,
+		generic.ControllerOptions{
+			Workers: 1,
+			Name:    paramSource.String() + "-controller",
+		},
+	)
+
+	ret := &paramInfo{
+		controller:           controller,
+		stop:                 instanceCancel,
+		scope:                mapping.Scope,
+		dependentDefinitions: sets.New[namespacedName](),
+	}
+	c.paramsCRDControllers[*paramSource] = ret
+
+	go controller.Run(instanceContext)
+	return ret
+
+}
+
+func (c *policyController) reconcilePolicyBinding(namespace, name string, binding *v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding) error {
 	c.mutex.Lock()
 	defer c.mutex.Unlock()
 
@@ -443,30 +395,6 @@ func (c *policyController) reconcilePolicyBinding(namespace, name string, bindin
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *policyController) reconcilePolicyStatus(namespace, name string, definition *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) error {
-	if definition != nil && definition.Status.ObservedGeneration < definition.Generation {
-		st := c.calculatePolicyStatus(definition)
-		newDefinition := definition.DeepCopy()
-		newDefinition.Status = *st
-		_, err := c.client.AdmissionregistrationV1alpha1().ValidatingAdmissionPolicies().UpdateStatus(c.context, newDefinition, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
-		if err != nil {
-			// ignore error when the controller is not able to
-			// mutate the definition, and to avoid infinite requeue.
-			utilruntime.HandleError(err)
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (c *policyController) calculatePolicyStatus(definition *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyStatus {
-	expressionWarnings := c.typeChecker.Check(definition)
-	// modifying a deepcopy of the original status, preserving unrelated existing data
-	status := definition.Status.DeepCopy()
-	status.ObservedGeneration = definition.Generation
-	status.TypeChecking = &v1alpha1.TypeChecking{ExpressionWarnings: expressionWarnings}
-	return status
-}
-
 func (c *policyController) reconcileParams(namespace, name string, params runtime.Object) error {
 	// Do nothing.
 	// When we add informational type checking we will need to compile in the
@@ -504,39 +432,49 @@ func (c *policyController) latestPolicyData() []policyData {
 				}
 				optionalVars := cel.OptionalVariableDeclarations{HasParams: hasParam, HasAuthorizer: true}
 				expressionOptionalVars := cel.OptionalVariableDeclarations{HasParams: hasParam, HasAuthorizer: false}
-				failurePolicy := convertv1alpha1FailurePolicyTypeTov1FailurePolicyType(definitionInfo.lastReconciledValue.Spec.FailurePolicy)
+				failurePolicy := convertv1beta1FailurePolicyTypeTov1FailurePolicyType(definitionInfo.lastReconciledValue.Spec.FailurePolicy)
 				var matcher matchconditions.Matcher = nil
 				matchConditions := definitionInfo.lastReconciledValue.Spec.MatchConditions
+
+				filterCompiler := c.filterCompiler
+				if filterCompiler == nil {
+					compositedCompiler, err := cel.NewCompositedCompiler(environment.MustBaseEnvSet(environment.DefaultCompatibilityVersion()))
+					if err == nil {
+						filterCompiler = compositedCompiler
+						compositedCompiler.CompileAndStoreVariables(convertv1beta1Variables(definitionInfo.lastReconciledValue.Spec.Variables), optionalVars, environment.StoredExpressions)
+					} else {
+						utilruntime.HandleError(err)
+					}
+				}
 				if len(matchConditions) > 0 {
 					matchExpressionAccessors := make([]cel.ExpressionAccessor, len(matchConditions))
 					for i := range matchConditions {
 						matchExpressionAccessors[i] = (*matchconditions.MatchCondition)(&matchConditions[i])
 					}
-					matcher = matchconditions.NewMatcher(c.filterCompiler.Compile(matchExpressionAccessors, optionalVars, celconfig.PerCallLimit), c.authz, failurePolicy, "validatingadmissionpolicy", definitionInfo.lastReconciledValue.Name)
+					matcher = matchconditions.NewMatcher(filterCompiler.Compile(matchExpressionAccessors, optionalVars, environment.StoredExpressions), failurePolicy, "policy", "validate", definitionInfo.lastReconciledValue.Name)
 				}
 				bindingInfo.validator = c.newValidator(
-					c.filterCompiler.Compile(convertv1alpha1Validations(definitionInfo.lastReconciledValue.Spec.Validations), optionalVars, celconfig.PerCallLimit),
+					filterCompiler.Compile(convertv1beta1Validations(definitionInfo.lastReconciledValue.Spec.Validations), optionalVars, environment.StoredExpressions),
 					matcher,
-					c.filterCompiler.Compile(convertv1alpha1AuditAnnotations(definitionInfo.lastReconciledValue.Spec.AuditAnnotations), optionalVars, celconfig.PerCallLimit),
-					c.filterCompiler.Compile(convertV1Alpha1MessageExpressions(definitionInfo.lastReconciledValue.Spec.Validations), expressionOptionalVars, celconfig.PerCallLimit),
+					filterCompiler.Compile(convertv1beta1AuditAnnotations(definitionInfo.lastReconciledValue.Spec.AuditAnnotations), optionalVars, environment.StoredExpressions),
+					filterCompiler.Compile(convertv1beta1MessageExpressions(definitionInfo.lastReconciledValue.Spec.Validations), expressionOptionalVars, environment.StoredExpressions),
 					failurePolicy,
-					c.authz,
 				)
 			}
 			bindingInfos = append(bindingInfos, *bindingInfo)
 		}
 
-		var paramController generic.Controller[runtime.Object]
+		var pInfo paramInfo
 		if paramKind := definitionInfo.lastReconciledValue.Spec.ParamKind; paramKind != nil {
 			if info, ok := c.paramsCRDControllers[*paramKind]; ok {
-				paramController = info.controller
+				pInfo = *info
 			}
 		}
 
 		res = append(res, policyData{
-			definitionInfo:  *definitionInfo,
-			paramController: paramController,
-			bindings:        bindingInfos,
+			definitionInfo: *definitionInfo,
+			paramInfo:      pInfo,
+			bindings:       bindingInfos,
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -544,21 +482,21 @@ func (c *policyController) latestPolicyData() []policyData {
 	return res
 }
 
-func convertv1alpha1FailurePolicyTypeTov1FailurePolicyType(policyType *v1alpha1.FailurePolicyType) *v1.FailurePolicyType {
+func convertv1beta1FailurePolicyTypeTov1FailurePolicyType(policyType *v1beta1.FailurePolicyType) *v1.FailurePolicyType {
 	if policyType == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	var v1FailPolicy v1.FailurePolicyType
-	if *policyType == v1alpha1.Fail {
+	if *policyType == v1beta1.Fail {
 		v1FailPolicy = v1.Fail
-	} else if *policyType == v1alpha1.Ignore {
+	} else if *policyType == v1beta1.Ignore {
 		v1FailPolicy = v1.Ignore
 	}
 	return &v1FailPolicy
 }
 
-func convertv1alpha1Validations(inputValidations []v1alpha1.Validation) []cel.ExpressionAccessor {
+func convertv1beta1Validations(inputValidations []v1beta1.Validation) []cel.ExpressionAccessor {
 	celExpressionAccessor := make([]cel.ExpressionAccessor, len(inputValidations))
 	for i, validation := range inputValidations {
 		validation := ValidationCondition{
@@ -571,7 +509,7 @@ func convertv1alpha1Validations(inputValidations []v1alpha1.Validation) []cel.Ex
 	return celExpressionAccessor
 }
 
-func convertV1Alpha1MessageExpressions(inputValidations []v1alpha1.Validation) []cel.ExpressionAccessor {
+func convertv1beta1MessageExpressions(inputValidations []v1beta1.Validation) []cel.ExpressionAccessor {
 	celExpressionAccessor := make([]cel.ExpressionAccessor, len(inputValidations))
 	for i, validation := range inputValidations {
 		if validation.MessageExpression != "" {
@@ -584,7 +522,7 @@ func convertV1Alpha1MessageExpressions(inputValidations []v1alpha1.Validation) [
 	return celExpressionAccessor
 }
 
-func convertv1alpha1AuditAnnotations(inputValidations []v1alpha1.AuditAnnotation) []cel.ExpressionAccessor {
+func convertv1beta1AuditAnnotations(inputValidations []v1beta1.AuditAnnotation) []cel.ExpressionAccessor {
 	celExpressionAccessor := make([]cel.ExpressionAccessor, len(inputValidations))
 	for i, validation := range inputValidations {
 		validation := AuditAnnotationCondition{
@@ -596,6 +534,14 @@ func convertv1alpha1AuditAnnotations(inputValidations []v1alpha1.AuditAnnotation
 	return celExpressionAccessor
 }
 
+func convertv1beta1Variables(variables []v1beta1.Variable) []cel.NamedExpressionAccessor {
+	namedExpressions := make([]cel.NamedExpressionAccessor, len(variables))
+	for i, variable := range variables {
+		namedExpressions[i] = &Variable{Name: variable.Name, Expression: variable.Expression}
+	}
+	return namedExpressions
+}
+
 func getNamespaceName(namespace, name string) namespacedName {
 	return namespacedName{
 		namespace: namespace,

vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/interface.go

@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ import (
 
 	celgo "github.com/google/cel-go/cel"
 
-	"k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1alpha1"
+	"k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1beta1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/cel"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
 )
 
 var _ cel.ExpressionAccessor = &ValidationCondition{}
@@ -60,17 +62,39 @@ func (v *AuditAnnotationCondition) ReturnTypes() []*celgo.Type {
 	return []*celgo.Type{celgo.StringType, celgo.NullType}
 }
 
+// Variable is a named expression for composition.
+type Variable struct {
+	Name       string
+	Expression string
+}
+
+func (v *Variable) GetExpression() string {
+	return v.Expression
+}
+
+func (v *Variable) ReturnTypes() []*celgo.Type {
+	return []*celgo.Type{celgo.AnyType, celgo.DynType}
+}
+
+func (v *Variable) GetName() string {
+	return v.Name
+}
+
 // Matcher is used for matching ValidatingAdmissionPolicy and ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding to attributes
 type Matcher interface {
 	admission.InitializationValidator
 
 	// DefinitionMatches says whether this policy definition matches the provided admission
 	// resource request
-	DefinitionMatches(a admission.Attributes, o admission.ObjectInterfaces, definition *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) (bool, schema.GroupVersionKind, error)
+	DefinitionMatches(a admission.Attributes, o admission.ObjectInterfaces, definition *v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) (bool, schema.GroupVersionResource, schema.GroupVersionKind, error)
 
 	// BindingMatches says whether this policy definition matches the provided admission
 	// resource request
-	BindingMatches(a admission.Attributes, o admission.ObjectInterfaces, definition *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding) (bool, error)
+	BindingMatches(a admission.Attributes, o admission.ObjectInterfaces, definition *v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding) (bool, error)
+
+	// GetNamespace retrieves the Namespace resource by the given name. The name may be empty, in which case
+	// GetNamespace must return nil, nil
+	GetNamespace(name string) (*corev1.Namespace, error)
 }
 
 // ValidateResult defines the result of a Validator.Validate operation.
@@ -85,5 +109,5 @@ type ValidateResult struct {
 type Validator interface {
 	// Validate is used to take cel evaluations and convert into decisions
 	// runtimeCELCostBudget was added for testing purpose only. Callers should always use const RuntimeCELCostBudget from k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/cel/config.go as input.
-	Validate(ctx context.Context, versionedAttr *admission.VersionedAttributes, versionedParams runtime.Object, runtimeCELCostBudget int64) ValidateResult
+	Validate(ctx context.Context, matchedResource schema.GroupVersionResource, versionedAttr *admission.VersionedAttributes, versionedParams runtime.Object, namespace *corev1.Namespace, runtimeCELCostBudget int64, authz authorizer.Authorizer) ValidateResult
 }

vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/matcher.go

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package validatingadmissionpolicy
 
 import (
-	"k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1alpha1"
+	"k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1beta1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 var _ matching.MatchCriteria = &matchCriteria{}
 
 type matchCriteria struct {
-	constraints *v1alpha1.MatchResources
+	constraints *v1beta1.MatchResources
 }
 
 // GetParsedNamespaceSelector returns the converted LabelSelector which implements labels.Selector
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ func (m *matchCriteria) GetParsedObjectSelector() (labels.Selector, error) {
 }
 
 // GetMatchResources returns the matchConstraints
-func (m *matchCriteria) GetMatchResources() v1alpha1.MatchResources {
+func (m *matchCriteria) GetMatchResources() v1beta1.MatchResources {
 	return *m.constraints
 }
 
@@ -62,17 +63,21 @@ func (c *matcher) ValidateInitialization() error {
 }
 
 // DefinitionMatches returns whether this ValidatingAdmissionPolicy matches the provided admission resource request
-func (c *matcher) DefinitionMatches(a admission.Attributes, o admission.ObjectInterfaces, definition *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) (bool, schema.GroupVersionKind, error) {
+func (c *matcher) DefinitionMatches(a admission.Attributes, o admission.ObjectInterfaces, definition *v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) (bool, schema.GroupVersionResource, schema.GroupVersionKind, error) {
 	criteria := matchCriteria{constraints: definition.Spec.MatchConstraints}
 	return c.Matcher.Matches(a, o, &criteria)
 }
 
 // BindingMatches returns whether this ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding matches the provided admission resource request
-func (c *matcher) BindingMatches(a admission.Attributes, o admission.ObjectInterfaces, binding *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding) (bool, error) {
+func (c *matcher) BindingMatches(a admission.Attributes, o admission.ObjectInterfaces, binding *v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding) (bool, error) {
 	if binding.Spec.MatchResources == nil {
 		return true, nil
 	}
 	criteria := matchCriteria{constraints: binding.Spec.MatchResources}
-	isMatch, _, err := c.Matcher.Matches(a, o, &criteria)
+	isMatch, _, _, err := c.Matcher.Matches(a, o, &criteria)
 	return isMatch, err
 }
+
+func (c *matcher) GetNamespace(name string) (*corev1.Namespace, error) {
+	return c.Matcher.GetNamespace(name)
+}

vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/matching/matching.go

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1"
-	"k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1alpha1"
+	"k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1beta1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ type MatchCriteria interface {
 	namespace.NamespaceSelectorProvider
 	object.ObjectSelectorProvider
 
-	GetMatchResources() v1alpha1.MatchResources
+	GetMatchResources() v1beta1.MatchResources
 }
 
 // Matcher decides if a request matches against matchCriteria
@@ -44,6 +45,10 @@ type Matcher struct {
 	objectMatcher    *object.Matcher
 }
 
+func (m *Matcher) GetNamespace(name string) (*corev1.Namespace, error) {
+	return m.namespaceMatcher.GetNamespace(name)
+}
+
 // NewMatcher initialize the matcher with dependencies requires
 func NewMatcher(
 	namespaceLister listersv1.NamespaceLister,
@@ -66,56 +71,60 @@ func (m *Matcher) ValidateInitialization() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (m *Matcher) Matches(attr admission.Attributes, o admission.ObjectInterfaces, criteria MatchCriteria) (bool, schema.GroupVersionKind, error) {
+func (m *Matcher) Matches(attr admission.Attributes, o admission.ObjectInterfaces, criteria MatchCriteria) (bool, schema.GroupVersionResource, schema.GroupVersionKind, error) {
 	matches, matchNsErr := m.namespaceMatcher.MatchNamespaceSelector(criteria, attr)
 	// Should not return an error here for policy which do not apply to the request, even if err is an unexpected scenario.
 	if !matches && matchNsErr == nil {
-		return false, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, nil
+		return false, schema.GroupVersionResource{}, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, nil
 	}
 
 	matches, matchObjErr := m.objectMatcher.MatchObjectSelector(criteria, attr)
 	// Should not return an error here for policy which do not apply to the request, even if err is an unexpected scenario.
 	if !matches && matchObjErr == nil {
-		return false, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, nil
+		return false, schema.GroupVersionResource{}, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, nil
 	}
 
 	matchResources := criteria.GetMatchResources()
 	matchPolicy := matchResources.MatchPolicy
-	if isExcluded, _, err := matchesResourceRules(matchResources.ExcludeResourceRules, matchPolicy, attr, o); isExcluded || err != nil {
-		return false, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, err
+	if isExcluded, _, _, err := matchesResourceRules(matchResources.ExcludeResourceRules, matchPolicy, attr, o); isExcluded || err != nil {
+		return false, schema.GroupVersionResource{}, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, err
 	}
 
 	var (
-		isMatch   bool
-		matchKind schema.GroupVersionKind
-		matchErr  error
+		isMatch       bool
+		matchResource schema.GroupVersionResource
+		matchKind     schema.GroupVersionKind
+		matchErr      error
 	)
 	if len(matchResources.ResourceRules) == 0 {
 		isMatch = true
 		matchKind = attr.GetKind()
+		matchResource = attr.GetResource()
 	} else {
-		isMatch, matchKind, matchErr = matchesResourceRules(matchResources.ResourceRules, matchPolicy, attr, o)
+		isMatch, matchResource, matchKind, matchErr = matchesResourceRules(matchResources.ResourceRules, matchPolicy, attr, o)
 	}
 	if matchErr != nil {
-		return false, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, matchErr
+		return false, schema.GroupVersionResource{}, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, matchErr
 	}
 	if !isMatch {
-		return false, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, nil
+		return false, schema.GroupVersionResource{}, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, nil
 	}
 
 	// now that we know this applies to this request otherwise, if there were selector errors, return them
 	if matchNsErr != nil {
-		return false, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, matchNsErr
+		return false, schema.GroupVersionResource{}, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, matchNsErr
 	}
 	if matchObjErr != nil {
-		return false, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, matchObjErr
+		return false, schema.GroupVersionResource{}, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, matchObjErr
 	}
 
-	return true, matchKind, nil
+	return true, matchResource, matchKind, nil
 }
 
-func matchesResourceRules(namedRules []v1alpha1.NamedRuleWithOperations, matchPolicy *v1alpha1.MatchPolicyType, attr admission.Attributes, o admission.ObjectInterfaces) (bool, schema.GroupVersionKind, error) {
+func matchesResourceRules(namedRules []v1beta1.NamedRuleWithOperations, matchPolicy *v1beta1.MatchPolicyType, attr admission.Attributes, o admission.ObjectInterfaces) (bool, schema.GroupVersionResource, schema.GroupVersionKind, error) {
 	matchKind := attr.GetKind()
+	matchResource := attr.GetResource()
+
 	for _, namedRule := range namedRules {
 		rule := v1.RuleWithOperations(namedRule.RuleWithOperations)
 		ruleMatcher := rules.Matcher{
@@ -127,22 +136,22 @@ func matchesResourceRules(namedRules []v1alpha1.NamedRuleWithOperations, matchPo
 		}
 		// an empty name list always matches
 		if len(namedRule.ResourceNames) == 0 {
-			return true, matchKind, nil
+			return true, matchResource, matchKind, nil
 		}
 		// TODO: GetName() can return an empty string if the user is relying on
 		// the API server to generate the name... figure out what to do for this edge case
 		name := attr.GetName()
 		for _, matchedName := range namedRule.ResourceNames {
 			if name == matchedName {
-				return true, matchKind, nil
+				return true, matchResource, matchKind, nil
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	// if match policy is undefined or exact, don't perform fuzzy matching
 	// note that defaulting to fuzzy matching is set by the API
-	if matchPolicy == nil || *matchPolicy == v1alpha1.Exact {
-		return false, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, nil
+	if matchPolicy == nil || *matchPolicy == v1beta1.Exact {
+		return false, schema.GroupVersionResource{}, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, nil
 	}
 
 	attrWithOverride := &attrWithResourceOverride{Attributes: attr}
@@ -164,11 +173,11 @@ func matchesResourceRules(namedRules []v1alpha1.NamedRuleWithOperations, matchPo
 			}
 			matchKind = o.GetEquivalentResourceMapper().KindFor(equivalent, attr.GetSubresource())
 			if matchKind.Empty() {
-				return false, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, fmt.Errorf("unable to convert to %v: unknown kind", equivalent)
+				return false, schema.GroupVersionResource{}, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, fmt.Errorf("unable to convert to %v: unknown kind", equivalent)
 			}
 			// an empty name list always matches
 			if len(namedRule.ResourceNames) == 0 {
-				return true, matchKind, nil
+				return true, equivalent, matchKind, nil
 			}
 
 			// TODO: GetName() can return an empty string if the user is relying on
@@ -176,12 +185,12 @@ func matchesResourceRules(namedRules []v1alpha1.NamedRuleWithOperations, matchPo
 			name := attr.GetName()
 			for _, matchedName := range namedRule.ResourceNames {
 				if name == matchedName {
-					return true, matchKind, nil
+					return true, equivalent, matchKind, nil
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return false, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, nil
+	return false, schema.GroupVersionResource{}, schema.GroupVersionKind{}, nil
 }
 
 type attrWithResourceOverride struct {

vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/typechecking.go

@@ -21,19 +21,20 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/cel-go/cel"
-	"github.com/google/cel-go/common/types/ref"
 
-	"k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1alpha1"
+	"k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1beta1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	plugincel "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/cel"
 	apiservercel "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/common"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/environment"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/library"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/openapi"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/cel/openapi/resolver"
@@ -43,8 +44,17 @@ import (
 const maxTypesToCheck = 10
 
 type TypeChecker struct {
-	schemaResolver resolver.SchemaResolver
-	restMapper     meta.RESTMapper
+	SchemaResolver resolver.SchemaResolver
+	RestMapper     meta.RESTMapper
+}
+
+// TypeCheckingContext holds information about the policy being type-checked.
+// The struct is opaque to the caller.
+type TypeCheckingContext struct {
+	gvks          []schema.GroupVersionKind
+	declTypes     []*apiservercel.DeclType
+	paramGVK      schema.GroupVersionKind
+	paramDeclType *apiservercel.DeclType
 }
 
 type typeOverwrite struct {
@@ -52,127 +62,148 @@ type typeOverwrite struct {
 	params *apiservercel.DeclType
 }
 
-// typeCheckingResult holds the issues found during type checking, any returned
+// TypeCheckingResult holds the issues found during type checking, any returned
 // error, and the gvk that the type checking is performed against.
-type typeCheckingResult struct {
-	gvk schema.GroupVersionKind
+type TypeCheckingResult struct {
+	// GVK is the associated GVK
+	GVK schema.GroupVersionKind
+	// Issues contain machine-readable information about the typechecking result.
+	Issues *cel.Issues
+	// Err is the possible error that was encounter during type checking.
+	Err error
+}
 
-	issues *cel.Issues
-	err    error
+// TypeCheckingResults is a collection of TypeCheckingResult
+type TypeCheckingResults []*TypeCheckingResult
+
+func (rs TypeCheckingResults) String() string {
+	var messages []string
+	for _, r := range rs {
+		message := r.String()
+		if message != "" {
+			messages = append(messages, message)
+		}
+	}
+	return strings.Join(messages, "\n")
+}
+
+// String converts the result to human-readable form as a string.
+func (r *TypeCheckingResult) String() string {
+	if r.Issues == nil && r.Err == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	if r.Err != nil {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%v: type checking error: %v\n", r.GVK, r.Err)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v: %s\n", r.GVK, r.Issues)
 }
 
 // Check preforms the type check against the given policy, and format the result
 // as []ExpressionWarning that is ready to be set in policy.Status
 // The result is nil if type checking returns no warning.
 // The policy object is NOT mutated. The caller should update Status accordingly
-func (c *TypeChecker) Check(policy *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) []v1alpha1.ExpressionWarning {
-	exps := make([]string, 0, len(policy.Spec.Validations))
-	// check main validation expressions, located in spec.validations[*]
+func (c *TypeChecker) Check(policy *v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) []v1beta1.ExpressionWarning {
+	ctx := c.CreateContext(policy)
+
+	// warnings to return, note that the capacity is optimistically set to zero
+	var warnings []v1beta1.ExpressionWarning // intentionally not setting capacity
+
+	// check main validation expressions and their message expressions, located in spec.validations[*]
 	fieldRef := field.NewPath("spec", "validations")
-	for _, v := range policy.Spec.Validations {
-		exps = append(exps, v.Expression)
-	}
-	msgs := c.CheckExpressions(exps, policy.Spec.ParamKind != nil, policy)
-	var results []v1alpha1.ExpressionWarning // intentionally not setting capacity
-	for i, msg := range msgs {
-		if msg != "" {
-			results = append(results, v1alpha1.ExpressionWarning{
+	for i, v := range policy.Spec.Validations {
+		results := c.CheckExpression(ctx, v.Expression)
+		if len(results) != 0 {
+			warnings = append(warnings, v1beta1.ExpressionWarning{
 				FieldRef: fieldRef.Index(i).Child("expression").String(),
-				Warning:  msg,
+				Warning:  results.String(),
+			})
+		}
+		// Note that MessageExpression is optional
+		if v.MessageExpression == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		results = c.CheckExpression(ctx, v.MessageExpression)
+		if len(results) != 0 {
+			warnings = append(warnings, v1beta1.ExpressionWarning{
+				FieldRef: fieldRef.Index(i).Child("messageExpression").String(),
+				Warning:  results.String(),
 			})
 		}
 	}
-	return results
+
+	return warnings
 }
 
-// CheckExpressions checks a set of compiled CEL programs against the GVKs defined in
-// policy.Spec.MatchConstraints
-// The result is a human-readable form that describe which expressions
-// violate what types at what place. The indexes of the return []string
-// matches these of the input expressions.
-// TODO: It is much more useful to have machine-readable output and let the
-// client format it. That requires an update to the KEP, probably in coming
-// releases.
-func (c *TypeChecker) CheckExpressions(expressions []string, hasParams bool, policy *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) []string {
-	var allWarnings []string
+// CreateContext resolves all types and their schemas from a policy definition and creates the context.
+func (c *TypeChecker) CreateContext(policy *v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) *TypeCheckingContext {
+	ctx := new(TypeCheckingContext)
 	allGvks := c.typesToCheck(policy)
 	gvks := make([]schema.GroupVersionKind, 0, len(allGvks))
-	schemas := make([]common.Schema, 0, len(allGvks))
+	declTypes := make([]*apiservercel.DeclType, 0, len(allGvks))
 	for _, gvk := range allGvks {
-		s, err := c.schemaResolver.ResolveSchema(gvk)
+		declType, err := c.declType(gvk)
 		if err != nil {
 			// type checking errors MUST NOT alter the behavior of the policy
 			// even if an error occurs.
 			if !errors.Is(err, resolver.ErrSchemaNotFound) {
 				// Anything except ErrSchemaNotFound is an internal error
-				klog.ErrorS(err, "internal error: schema resolution failure", "gvk", gvk)
+				klog.V(2).ErrorS(err, "internal error: schema resolution failure", "gvk", gvk)
 			}
-			// skip if an unrecoverable error occurs.
+			// skip for not found or internal error
 			continue
 		}
 		gvks = append(gvks, gvk)
-		schemas = append(schemas, &openapi.Schema{Schema: s})
+		declTypes = append(declTypes, declType)
 	}
+	ctx.gvks = gvks
+	ctx.declTypes = declTypes
 
-	paramsType := c.paramsType(policy)
-	paramsDeclType, err := c.declType(paramsType)
+	paramsGVK := c.paramsGVK(policy) // maybe empty, correctly handled
+	paramsDeclType, err := c.declType(paramsGVK)
 	if err != nil {
 		if !errors.Is(err, resolver.ErrSchemaNotFound) {
-			klog.V(2).ErrorS(err, "cannot resolve schema for params", "gvk", paramsType)
+			klog.V(2).ErrorS(err, "internal error: cannot resolve schema for params", "gvk", paramsGVK)
 		}
 		paramsDeclType = nil
 	}
-
-	for _, exp := range expressions {
-		var results []typeCheckingResult
-		for i, gvk := range gvks {
-			s := schemas[i]
-			issues, err := c.checkExpression(exp, hasParams, typeOverwrite{
-				object: common.SchemaDeclType(s, true),
-				params: paramsDeclType,
-			})
-			// save even if no issues are found, for the sake of formatting.
-			results = append(results, typeCheckingResult{
-				gvk:    gvk,
-				issues: issues,
-				err:    err,
-			})
-		}
-		allWarnings = append(allWarnings, c.formatWarning(results))
-	}
-
-	return allWarnings
+	ctx.paramGVK = paramsGVK
+	ctx.paramDeclType = paramsDeclType
+	return ctx
 }
 
-// formatWarning converts the resulting issues and possible error during
-// type checking into a human-readable string
-func (c *TypeChecker) formatWarning(results []typeCheckingResult) string {
-	var sb strings.Builder
-	for _, result := range results {
-		if result.issues == nil && result.err == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		if result.err != nil {
-			sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%v: type checking error: %v\n", result.gvk, result.err))
-		} else {
-			sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%v: %s\n", result.gvk, result.issues))
+// CheckExpression type checks a single expression, given the context
+func (c *TypeChecker) CheckExpression(ctx *TypeCheckingContext, expression string) TypeCheckingResults {
+	var results TypeCheckingResults
+	for i, gvk := range ctx.gvks {
+		declType := ctx.declTypes[i]
+		// TODO(jiahuif) hasAuthorizer always true for now, will change after expending type checking to all fields.
+		issues, err := c.checkExpression(expression, ctx.paramDeclType != nil, true, typeOverwrite{
+			object: declType,
+			params: ctx.paramDeclType,
+		})
+		if issues != nil || err != nil {
+			results = append(results, &TypeCheckingResult{Issues: issues, Err: err, GVK: gvk})
 		}
 	}
-	return strings.TrimSuffix(sb.String(), "\n")
+	return results
+}
+
+func generateUniqueTypeName(kind string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%d", kind, time.Now().Nanosecond())
 }
 
 func (c *TypeChecker) declType(gvk schema.GroupVersionKind) (*apiservercel.DeclType, error) {
 	if gvk.Empty() {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
-	s, err := c.schemaResolver.ResolveSchema(gvk)
+	s, err := c.SchemaResolver.ResolveSchema(gvk)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return common.SchemaDeclType(&openapi.Schema{Schema: s}, true), nil
+	return common.SchemaDeclType(&openapi.Schema{Schema: s}, true).MaybeAssignTypeName(generateUniqueTypeName(gvk.Kind)), nil
 }
 
-func (c *TypeChecker) paramsType(policy *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) schema.GroupVersionKind {
+func (c *TypeChecker) paramsGVK(policy *v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) schema.GroupVersionKind {
 	if policy.Spec.ParamKind == nil {
 		return schema.GroupVersionKind{}
 	}
@@ -183,8 +214,8 @@ func (c *TypeChecker) paramsType(policy *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) sch
 	return gv.WithKind(policy.Spec.ParamKind.Kind)
 }
 
-func (c *TypeChecker) checkExpression(expression string, hasParams bool, types typeOverwrite) (*cel.Issues, error) {
-	env, err := buildEnv(hasParams, types)
+func (c *TypeChecker) checkExpression(expression string, hasParams, hasAuthorizer bool, types typeOverwrite) (*cel.Issues, error) {
+	env, err := buildEnv(hasParams, hasAuthorizer, types)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -202,7 +233,7 @@ func (c *TypeChecker) checkExpression(expression string, hasParams bool, types t
 
 // typesToCheck extracts a list of GVKs that needs type checking from the policy
 // the result is sorted in the order of Group, Version, and Kind
-func (c *TypeChecker) typesToCheck(p *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) []schema.GroupVersionKind {
+func (c *TypeChecker) typesToCheck(p *v1beta1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) []schema.GroupVersionKind {
 	gvks := sets.New[schema.GroupVersionKind]()
 	if p.Spec.MatchConstraints == nil || len(p.Spec.MatchConstraints.ResourceRules) == 0 {
 		return nil
@@ -235,7 +266,7 @@ func (c *TypeChecker) typesToCheck(p *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) []sche
 						Version:  version,
 						Resource: resource,
 					}
-					resolved, err := c.restMapper.KindsFor(gvr)
+					resolved, err := c.RestMapper.KindsFor(gvr)
 					if err != nil {
 						continue
 					}
@@ -263,7 +294,7 @@ func (c *TypeChecker) typesToCheck(p *v1alpha1.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy) []sche
 	return sortGVKList(gvks.UnsortedList())
 }
 
-func extractGroups(rule *v1alpha1.Rule) []string {
+func extractGroups(rule *v1beta1.Rule) []string {
 	groups := make([]string, 0, len(rule.APIGroups))
 	for _, group := range rule.APIGroups {
 		// give up if wildcard
@@ -275,7 +306,7 @@ func extractGroups(rule *v1alpha1.Rule) []string {
 	return groups
 }
 
-func extractVersions(rule *v1alpha1.Rule) []string {
+func extractVersions(rule *v1beta1.Rule) []string {
 	versions := make([]string, 0, len(rule.APIVersions))
 	for _, version := range rule.APIVersions {
 		if strings.ContainsAny(version, "*") {
@@ -286,7 +317,7 @@ func extractVersions(rule *v1alpha1.Rule) []string {
 	return versions
 }
 
-func extractResources(rule *v1alpha1.Rule) []string {
+func extractResources(rule *v1beta1.Rule) []string {
 	resources := make([]string, 0, len(rule.Resources))
 	for _, resource := range rule.Resources {
 		// skip wildcard and subresources
@@ -313,123 +344,64 @@ func sortGVKList(list []schema.GroupVersionKind) []schema.GroupVersionKind {
 	return list
 }
 
-func buildEnv(hasParams bool, types typeOverwrite) (*cel.Env, error) {
-	baseEnv, err := getBaseEnv()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	reg := apiservercel.NewRegistry(baseEnv)
+func buildEnv(hasParams bool, hasAuthorizer bool, types typeOverwrite) (*cel.Env, error) {
+	baseEnv := environment.MustBaseEnvSet(environment.DefaultCompatibilityVersion())
 	requestType := plugincel.BuildRequestType()
+	namespaceType := plugincel.BuildNamespaceType()
 
 	var varOpts []cel.EnvOption
-	var rts []*apiservercel.RuleTypes
+	var declTypes []*apiservercel.DeclType
+
+	// namespace, hand-crafted type
+	declTypes = append(declTypes, namespaceType)
+	varOpts = append(varOpts, createVariableOpts(namespaceType, plugincel.NamespaceVarName)...)
 
 	// request, hand-crafted type
-	rt, opts, err := createRuleTypesAndOptions(reg, requestType, plugincel.RequestVarName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	rts = append(rts, rt)
-	varOpts = append(varOpts, opts...)
+	declTypes = append(declTypes, requestType)
+	varOpts = append(varOpts, createVariableOpts(requestType, plugincel.RequestVarName)...)
 
 	// object and oldObject, same type, type(s) resolved from constraints
-	rt, opts, err = createRuleTypesAndOptions(reg, types.object, plugincel.ObjectVarName, plugincel.OldObjectVarName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	rts = append(rts, rt)
-	varOpts = append(varOpts, opts...)
+	declTypes = append(declTypes, types.object)
+	varOpts = append(varOpts, createVariableOpts(types.object, plugincel.ObjectVarName, plugincel.OldObjectVarName)...)
 
 	// params, defined by ParamKind
-	if hasParams {
-		rt, opts, err := createRuleTypesAndOptions(reg, types.params, plugincel.ParamsVarName)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		rts = append(rts, rt)
-		varOpts = append(varOpts, opts...)
+	if hasParams && types.params != nil {
+		declTypes = append(declTypes, types.params)
+		varOpts = append(varOpts, createVariableOpts(types.params, plugincel.ParamsVarName)...)
 	}
 
-	opts, err = ruleTypesOpts(rts, baseEnv.TypeProvider())
+	// authorizer, implicitly available to all expressions of a policy
+	if hasAuthorizer {
+		// we only need its structure but not the variable itself
+		varOpts = append(varOpts, cel.Variable("authorizer", library.AuthorizerType))
+	}
+
+	env, err := baseEnv.Extend(
+		environment.VersionedOptions{
+			// Feature epoch was actually 1.26, but we artificially set it to 1.0 because these
+			// options should always be present.
+			IntroducedVersion: version.MajorMinor(1, 0),
+			EnvOptions:        varOpts,
+			DeclTypes:         declTypes,
+		},
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	opts = append(opts, varOpts...) // add variables after ruleTypes.
-	env, err := baseEnv.Extend(opts...)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return env, nil
+	return env.Env(environment.StoredExpressions)
 }
 
-// createRuleTypeAndOptions creates the cel RuleTypes and a slice of EnvOption
+// createVariableOpts creates a slice of EnvOption
 // that can be used for creating a CEL env containing variables of declType.
 // declType can be nil, in which case the variables will be of DynType.
-func createRuleTypesAndOptions(registry *apiservercel.Registry, declType *apiservercel.DeclType, variables ...string) (*apiservercel.RuleTypes, []cel.EnvOption, error) {
+func createVariableOpts(declType *apiservercel.DeclType, variables ...string) []cel.EnvOption {
 	opts := make([]cel.EnvOption, 0, len(variables))
-	// untyped, use DynType
-	if declType == nil {
-		for _, v := range variables {
-			opts = append(opts, cel.Variable(v, cel.DynType))
-		}
-		return nil, opts, nil
-	}
-	// create a RuleType for the given type
-	rt, err := apiservercel.NewRuleTypes(declType.TypeName(), declType, registry)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
-	}
-	if rt == nil {
-		return nil, nil, nil
+	t := cel.DynType
+	if declType != nil {
+		t = declType.CelType()
 	}
 	for _, v := range variables {
-		opts = append(opts, cel.Variable(v, declType.CelType()))
+		opts = append(opts, cel.Variable(v, t))
 	}
-	return rt, opts, nil
+	return opts
 }
-
-func ruleTypesOpts(ruleTypes []*apiservercel.RuleTypes, underlyingTypeProvider ref.TypeProvider) ([]cel.EnvOption, error) {
-	var providers []ref.TypeProvider // may be unused, too small to matter
-	var adapters []ref.TypeAdapter
-	for _, rt := range ruleTypes {
-		if rt != nil {
-			withTP, err := rt.WithTypeProvider(underlyingTypeProvider)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			providers = append(providers, withTP)
-			adapters = append(adapters, withTP)
-		}
-	}
-	var tp ref.TypeProvider
-	var ta ref.TypeAdapter
-	switch len(providers) {
-	case 0:
-		return nil, nil
-	case 1:
-		tp = providers[0]
-		ta = adapters[0]
-	default:
-		tp = &apiservercel.CompositedTypeProvider{Providers: providers}
-		ta = &apiservercel.CompositedTypeAdapter{Adapters: adapters}
-	}
-	return []cel.EnvOption{cel.CustomTypeProvider(tp), cel.CustomTypeAdapter(ta)}, nil
-}
-
-func getBaseEnv() (*cel.Env, error) {
-	typeCheckingBaseEnvInit.Do(func() {
-		var opts []cel.EnvOption
-		opts = append(opts, cel.HomogeneousAggregateLiterals())
-		// Validate function declarations once during base env initialization,
-		// so they don't need to be evaluated each time a CEL rule is compiled.
-		// This is a relatively expensive operation.
-		opts = append(opts, cel.EagerlyValidateDeclarations(true), cel.DefaultUTCTimeZone(true))
-		opts = append(opts, library.ExtensionLibs...)
-		typeCheckingBaseEnv, typeCheckingBaseEnvError = cel.NewEnv(opts...)
-	})
-	return typeCheckingBaseEnv, typeCheckingBaseEnvError
-}
-
-var typeCheckingBaseEnv *cel.Env
-var typeCheckingBaseEnvError error
-var typeCheckingBaseEnvInit sync.Once

vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/validatingadmissionpolicy/validator.go

@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ import (
 	celtypes "github.com/google/cel-go/common/types"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/cel"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/matchconditions"
@@ -42,17 +44,15 @@ type validator struct {
 	auditAnnotationFilter cel.Filter
 	messageFilter         cel.Filter
 	failPolicy            *v1.FailurePolicyType
-	authorizer            authorizer.Authorizer
 }
 
-func NewValidator(validationFilter cel.Filter, celMatcher matchconditions.Matcher, auditAnnotationFilter, messageFilter cel.Filter, failPolicy *v1.FailurePolicyType, authorizer authorizer.Authorizer) Validator {
+func NewValidator(validationFilter cel.Filter, celMatcher matchconditions.Matcher, auditAnnotationFilter, messageFilter cel.Filter, failPolicy *v1.FailurePolicyType) Validator {
 	return &validator{
 		celMatcher:            celMatcher,
 		validationFilter:      validationFilter,
 		auditAnnotationFilter: auditAnnotationFilter,
 		messageFilter:         messageFilter,
 		failPolicy:            failPolicy,
-		authorizer:            authorizer,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ func auditAnnotationEvaluationForError(f v1.FailurePolicyType) PolicyAuditAnnota
 
 // Validate takes a list of Evaluation and a failure policy and converts them into actionable PolicyDecisions
 // runtimeCELCostBudget was added for testing purpose only. Callers should always use const RuntimeCELCostBudget from k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/cel/config.go as input.
-func (v *validator) Validate(ctx context.Context, versionedAttr *admission.VersionedAttributes, versionedParams runtime.Object, runtimeCELCostBudget int64) ValidateResult {
+
+func (v *validator) Validate(ctx context.Context, matchedResource schema.GroupVersionResource, versionedAttr *admission.VersionedAttributes, versionedParams runtime.Object, namespace *corev1.Namespace, runtimeCELCostBudget int64, authz authorizer.Authorizer) ValidateResult {
 	var f v1.FailurePolicyType
 	if v.failPolicy == nil {
 		f = v1.Fail
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ func (v *validator) Validate(ctx context.Context, versionedAttr *admission.Versi
 	}
 
 	if v.celMatcher != nil {
-		matchResults := v.celMatcher.Match(ctx, versionedAttr, versionedParams)
+		matchResults := v.celMatcher.Match(ctx, versionedAttr, versionedParams, authz)
 		if matchResults.Error != nil {
 			return ValidateResult{
 				Decisions: []PolicyDecision{
@@ -100,10 +101,12 @@ func (v *validator) Validate(ctx context.Context, versionedAttr *admission.Versi
 		}
 	}
 
-	optionalVars := cel.OptionalVariableBindings{VersionedParams: versionedParams, Authorizer: v.authorizer}
+	optionalVars := cel.OptionalVariableBindings{VersionedParams: versionedParams, Authorizer: authz}
 	expressionOptionalVars := cel.OptionalVariableBindings{VersionedParams: versionedParams}
-	admissionRequest := cel.CreateAdmissionRequest(versionedAttr.Attributes)
-	evalResults, remainingBudget, err := v.validationFilter.ForInput(ctx, versionedAttr, admissionRequest, optionalVars, runtimeCELCostBudget)
+	admissionRequest := cel.CreateAdmissionRequest(versionedAttr.Attributes, metav1.GroupVersionResource(matchedResource), metav1.GroupVersionKind(versionedAttr.VersionedKind))
+	// Decide which fields are exposed
+	ns := cel.CreateNamespaceObject(namespace)
+	evalResults, remainingBudget, err := v.validationFilter.ForInput(ctx, versionedAttr, admissionRequest, optionalVars, ns, runtimeCELCostBudget)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ValidateResult{
 			Decisions: []PolicyDecision{
@@ -116,7 +119,7 @@ func (v *validator) Validate(ctx context.Context, versionedAttr *admission.Versi
 		}
 	}
 	decisions := make([]PolicyDecision, len(evalResults))
-	messageResults, _, err := v.messageFilter.ForInput(ctx, versionedAttr, admissionRequest, expressionOptionalVars, remainingBudget)
+	messageResults, _, err := v.messageFilter.ForInput(ctx, versionedAttr, admissionRequest, expressionOptionalVars, ns, remainingBudget)
 	for i, evalResult := range evalResults {
 		var decision = &decisions[i]
 		// TODO: move this to generics
@@ -193,7 +196,7 @@ func (v *validator) Validate(ctx context.Context, versionedAttr *admission.Versi
 	}
 
 	options := cel.OptionalVariableBindings{VersionedParams: versionedParams}
-	auditAnnotationEvalResults, _, err := v.auditAnnotationFilter.ForInput(ctx, versionedAttr, cel.CreateAdmissionRequest(versionedAttr.Attributes), options, runtimeCELCostBudget)
+	auditAnnotationEvalResults, _, err := v.auditAnnotationFilter.ForInput(ctx, versionedAttr, admissionRequest, options, namespace, runtimeCELCostBudget)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ValidateResult{
 			Decisions: []PolicyDecision{