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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 22:26:09 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
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Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ux.microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v22 01/12] landlock: Add object management
Hi!
> A Landlock object enables to identify a kernel object (e.g. an inode).
> A Landlock rule is a set of access rights allowed on an object. Rules
> are grouped in rulesets that may be tied to a set of processes (i.e.
> subjects) to enforce a scoped access-control (i.e. a domain).
>
> Because Landlock's goal is to empower any process (especially
> unprivileged ones) to sandbox themselves, we cannot rely on a
> system-wide object identification such as file extended attributes.
> +config SECURITY_LANDLOCK
> + bool "Landlock support"
> + depends on SECURITY
> + select SECURITY_PATH
> + help
> + Landlock is a safe sandboxing mechanism which enables processes to
> + restrict themselves (and their future children) by gradually
> + enforcing tailored access control policies. A security policy is a
> + set of access rights (e.g. open a file in read-only, make a
> + directory, etc.) tied to a file hierarchy. Such policy can be configured
> + and enforced by any processes for themselves thanks to dedicated system
> + calls: landlock_create_ruleset(), landlock_add_rule(), and
> + landlock_enforce_ruleset_current().
How does it interact with setuid binaries? Being able to exec passwd
in a sandbox sounds like ... fun way to get root? :-).
Best regards,
Pavel
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