If user can push to docker then it can delete too

Extends the permission of $CI_REGISTRY_USER to allow them
to delete tags in addition to just pushing.

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/40096

app/services/auth/container_registry_authentication_service.rb

@@ -124,13 +124,21 @@ module Auth
         build_can_pull?(requested_project) || user_can_pull?(requested_project) || deploy_token_can_pull?(requested_project)
       when 'push'
         build_can_push?(requested_project) || user_can_push?(requested_project)
-      when '*', 'delete'
+      when 'delete'
+        build_can_delete?(requested_project) || user_can_admin?(requested_project)
+      when '*'
         user_can_admin?(requested_project)
       else
         false
       end
     end
+    def build_can_delete?(requested_project)
+      # Build can delete only from the project from which it originates
+      has_authentication_ability?(:build_destroy_container_image) &&
+        requested_project == project
+    end
+
     def registry
       Gitlab.config.registry
     end

changelogs/unreleased/40096-allow-ci-token-to-delete-from-registry.yml

+---
+title: Allow $CI_REGISTRY_USER to delete tags
+merge_request: 31796
+author:
+type: added

lib/gitlab/auth.rb

@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ module Gitlab
           :read_project,
           :build_download_code,
           :build_read_container_image,
-          :build_create_container_image
+          :build_create_container_image,
+          :build_destroy_container_image
         ]
       end

spec/lib/gitlab/auth_spec.rb

@@ -587,7 +587,8 @@ describe Gitlab::Auth do
       :read_project,
       :build_download_code,
       :build_read_container_image,
-      :build_create_container_image
+      :build_create_container_image,
+      :build_destroy_container_image
     ]
   end

spec/services/auth/container_registry_authentication_service_spec.rb

@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ describe Auth::ContainerRegistryAuthenticationService do
     let(:current_user) { create(:user) }
     let(:authentication_abilities) do
-      [:build_read_container_image, :build_create_container_image]
+      [:build_read_container_image, :build_create_container_image, :build_destroy_container_image]
     end
     before do
@@ -507,19 +507,19 @@ describe Auth::ContainerRegistryAuthenticationService do
       end
     end
-    context 'disallow to delete images' do
+    context 'allow to delete images since registry 2.7' do
       let(:current_params) do
-        { scopes: ["repository:#{current_project.full_path}:*"] }
+        { scopes: ["repository:#{current_project.full_path}:delete"] }
       end
-      it_behaves_like 'an inaccessible' do
+      it_behaves_like 'a deletable since registry 2.7' do
         let(:project) { current_project }
       end
     end
-    context 'disallow to delete images since registry 2.7' do
+    context 'disallow to delete images' do
       let(:current_params) do
-        { scopes: ["repository:#{current_project.full_path}:delete"] }
+        { scopes: ["repository:#{current_project.full_path}:*"] }
       end
       it_behaves_like 'an inaccessible' do