[v4,4/4] landlock_restrict_self.2: Document new syscall

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Mickaël Salaün Aug. 18, 2021, 3:59 p.m. UTC

From: Mickaël Salaün <[e-mail]>

This is an adaptation of
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.13/userspace-api/landlock.html

Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <[e-mail]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[e-mail]
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Changes since v2:
* Add an EXAMPLES section referring to landlock(7).
* Change list order in the SEE ALSO section.
* Fix .IR and .BR use as explained by Alejandro Colomar.

Changes since v1:
* Replace all ".I" with ".IR", except when used for titles.
* Append punctuation to ".IR" and ".BR" when it makes sense (requested
  by Alejandro Colomar).
* Cut lines according to the semantic newline rules (requested by
  Alejandro Colomar).
* Remove roman style from ".TP" section titles (requested by Alejandro
  Colomar).
* Add comma after "i.e." and "e.g.".
* Add a "CONFORMING TO" section.
* Replace "(2)" with "()" for the described syscall name.
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+.\" Copyright © 2017-2020 Mickaël Salaün <[e-mail]>
+.\" Copyright © 2019-2020 ANSSI
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+.TH LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF 2 2021-06-27 Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.SH NAME
+landlock_restrict_self \- enforce a Landlock ruleset
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.BR "#include <linux/landlock.h>" "  /* Definition of " LANDLOCK_* " constants */"
+.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h>" "     /* Definition of " SYS_* " constants */"
+.PP
+.BI "int syscall(SYS_landlock_restrict_self, int " ruleset_fd ,
+.BI "            __u32 " flags );
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Once a Landlock ruleset is populated with the desired rules, the
+.BR landlock_restrict_self ()
+system call enables enforcing this ruleset on the calling thread.
+See
+.BR landlock (7)
+for a global overview.
+.PP
+A thread can be restricted with multiple rulesets that are then composed
+together to form the thread's Landlock domain.
+This can be seen as a stack of rulesets but it is implemented in a more
+efficient way.
+A domain can only be updated in such a way that the constraints of each
+past and future composed rulesets will restrict the thread and its future
+children for their entire life.
+It is then possible to gradually enforce tailored access control policies
+with multiple independant rulesets coming from different sources
+(e.g., init system configuration, user session policy,
+built-in application policy).
+However, most applications should only need one call to
+.BR landlock_restrict_self ()
+and they should avoid arbitrary numbers of such calls because of the
+composed rulesets limit.
+Instead, developers are encouraged to build a tailored ruleset thanks to
+multiple calls to
+.BR landlock_add_rule (2).
+.PP
+In order to enforce a ruleset, either the caller must have the
+.B CAP_SYS_ADMIN
+capability in its user namespace, or the thread must already have the
+.I no_new_privs
+bit set.
+As for
+.BR seccomp (2),
+this avoids scenarios where unprivileged processes can affect the behavior
+of privileged children (e.g., because of set-user-ID binaries).
+If that bit was not already set by an ancestor of this thread,
+the thread must make the following call:
+.IP
+.EX
+prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+.EE
+.PP
+.I ruleset_fd
+is a Landlock ruleset file descriptor obtained with
+.BR landlock_create_ruleset (2)
+and fully populated with a set of calls to
+.BR landlock_add_rule (2).
+.PP
+.I flags
+must be 0.
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+On success,
+.BR landlock_restrict_self ()
+returns 0.
+.SH ERRORS
+.BR landlock_restrict_self ()
+can failed for the following reasons:
+.TP
+.B EOPNOTSUPP
+Landlock is supported by the kernel but disabled at boot time.
+.TP
+.B EINVAL
+.I flags
+is not 0.
+.TP
+.B EBADF
+.I ruleset_fd
+is not a file descriptor for the current thread.
+.TP
+.B EBADFD
+.I ruleset_fd
+is not a ruleset file descriptor.
+.TP
+.B EPERM
+.I ruleset_fd
+has no read access to the underlying ruleset,
+or the calling thread is not running with
+.IR no_new_privs ,
+or it doesn't have the
+.B CAP_SYS_ADMIN
+in its user namespace.
+.TP
+.B E2BIG
+The maximum number of composed rulesets is reached for the calling thread.
+This limit is currently 64.
+.SH VERSIONS
+Landlock was added in Linux 5.13.
+.SH CONFORMING TO
+This system call is Linux-specific.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+See
+.BR landlock (7).
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR landlock_create_ruleset (2),
+.BR landlock_add_rule (2),
+.BR landlock (7)