From: Justin Suess <utilityemal77@gmail.com>
To: gnoack3000@gmail.com, mic@digikod.net
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
Justin Suess <utilityemal77@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] landlock: Document LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_NO_NEW_PRIVS
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:03:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260717220320.1030123-4-utilityemal77@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260717220320.1030123-1-utilityemal77@gmail.com>
Document atomically setting no_new_privs with ruleset enforcement,
following the same compatibility section style as previous ABI
additions.
Signed-off-by: Justin Suess <utilityemal77@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
index 5a63d4476c1c..ec87d35f4715 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Landlock: unprivileged access control
=====================================
:Author: Mickaël Salaün
-:Date: June 2026
+:Date: July 2026
The goal of Landlock is to enable restriction of ambient rights (e.g. global
filesystem or network access) for a set of processes. Because Landlock
@@ -789,6 +789,18 @@ when at least one sys_landlock_add_rule() call is made for it with the
``LANDLOCK_ADD_RULE_QUIET`` flag, additional add-rule calls for the same
object without this flag do not clear it.
+Atomic no_new_privs (ABI < 11)
+------------------------------
+
+Starting with the Landlock ABI version 11, sys_landlock_restrict_self()
+accepts the ``LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_NO_NEW_PRIVS`` flag, which sets the
+no_new_privs attribute of the calling thread atomically with the enforcement
+of the ruleset: no_new_privs is set if and only if the call succeeds. This
+removes the need for a prior :manpage:`prctl(2)` ``PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS``
+call, and with it the ``CAP_SYS_ADMIN`` requirement. When combined with
+``LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_TSYNC``, no_new_privs is set on all threads of the
+process.
+
.. _kernel_support:
Kernel support
--
2.54.0
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-17 22:03 [PATCH v2 0/3] Implement LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_NO_NEW_PRIVS Justin Suess
2026-07-17 22:03 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] landlock: Add LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_NO_NEW_PRIVS Justin Suess
2026-07-17 22:03 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] selftests/landlock: Test LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_NO_NEW_PRIVS Justin Suess
2026-07-17 22:03 ` Justin Suess [this message]
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