From: "Mickaël Salaün" <mic@digikod.net>
To: "Günther Noack" <gnoack@google.com>
Cc: "Mickaël Salaün" <mic@digikod.net>,
"Ada Smith" <adasmithgt@gmail.com>,
"Hungyu Lin" <dennylin0707@gmail.com>,
"James Morris" <jmorris@namei.org>,
"Josef Bacik" <josef@toxicpanda.com>,
"Paul Moore" <paul@paul-moore.com>,
"Serge Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>,
kernel-team@cloudflare.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] landlock: Mediate CAP_SETPCAP for inheritable capabilities
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:24:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261110202436.2408244-4-mic@digikod.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261110202436.2408244-1-mic@digikod.net>
A process in a domain that denies CAP_SETPCAP could still add
capabilities outside of its permitted set to its inheritable set with
capset(2), if it held CAP_SETPCAP. cap_capset() checks CAP_SETPCAP with
cap_capable() in cap_inh_is_capped(), so the check never reaches
hook_capable(). Through file inheritable capabilities, such a set can
grant new permitted capabilities on execve() when no_new_privs is not
set, which is possible for a domain enforced by a task holding
CAP_SYS_ADMIN.
Add a Landlock capset hook that checks CAP_SETPCAP against the domain
under the same condition as cap_capset(). As with the mmap_addr hook,
LSMs implement their own policy in this hook: SELinux checks capset with
its own permission.
Cc: Günther Noack <gnoack@google.com>
Cc: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
Reported-by: Ada Smith <adasmithgt@gmail.com>
Fixes: 97c8386f1d74 ("landlock: Enforce capability restrictions")
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
---
security/landlock/cap.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
diff --git a/security/landlock/cap.c b/security/landlock/cap.c
index 10e1ca772b9c..c89e8d76db8c 100644
--- a/security/landlock/cap.c
+++ b/security/landlock/cap.c
@@ -91,6 +91,35 @@ static int hook_capable(const struct cred *cred, struct user_namespace *ns,
return check_cap(cred, cap, opts);
}
+/**
+ * hook_capset - Restrict inheritable capability changes
+ *
+ * @new: New credentials (unused).
+ * @old: Current credentials.
+ * @effective: New effective set (unused).
+ * @inheritable: New inheritable set.
+ * @permitted: New permitted set (unused).
+ *
+ * cap_capset() requires CAP_SETPCAP to add inheritable capabilities that are
+ * not in the old permitted set, but calls cap_capable() directly, which skips
+ * hook_capable(). Check the same condition against the domain. commoncap runs
+ * first, so this only sees requests that commoncap allowed. capset(2) discards
+ * @new if this hook fails, so nothing is committed.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 if allowed, -EPERM if CAP_SETPCAP use is denied.
+ */
+static int hook_capset(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old,
+ const kernel_cap_t *effective,
+ const kernel_cap_t *inheritable,
+ const kernel_cap_t *permitted)
+{
+ if (cap_issubset(*inheritable,
+ cap_combine(old->cap_inheritable, old->cap_permitted)))
+ return 0;
+
+ return check_cap(old, CAP_SETPCAP, CAP_OPT_NONE);
+}
+
/**
* hook_mmap_addr - Restrict mappings below dac_mmap_min_addr
*
@@ -113,6 +142,7 @@ static int hook_mmap_addr(unsigned long addr)
static struct security_hook_list landlock_hooks[] __ro_after_init = {
LSM_HOOK_INIT(capable, hook_capable),
+ LSM_HOOK_INIT(capset, hook_capset),
LSM_HOOK_INIT(mmap_addr, hook_mmap_addr),
};
--
2.56.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-10 20:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-10 20:24 [PATCH 0/6] Fix Landlock mediation of commoncap's capability checks Mickaël Salaün
2026-11-10 20:24 ` [PATCH 1/6] landlock: Factor out capability denial checks Mickaël Salaün
2026-11-10 20:24 ` [PATCH 2/6] landlock: Mediate CAP_SYS_RAWIO for mappings below mmap_min_addr Mickaël Salaün
2026-11-10 20:24 ` Mickaël Salaün [this message]
2026-11-10 20:24 ` [PATCH 4/6] landlock: Mediate CAP_SYS_ADMIN for the admin memory reserve Mickaël Salaün
2026-11-10 20:24 ` [PATCH 5/6] selftests/landlock: Test capability checks outside the capable hook Mickaël Salaün
2026-11-10 20:24 ` [PATCH 6/6] landlock: Fix capability restriction documentation Mickaël Salaün
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