From: "Mickaël Salaün" <mic@digikod.net>
To: "Casey Schaufler" <casey@schaufler-ca.com>,
"Georgia Garcia" <georgia.garcia@canonical.com>,
"Günther Noack" <gnoack@google.com>,
"James Morris" <jmorris@namei.org>,
"John Johansen" <john.johansen@canonical.com>,
"Ondrej Mosnáček" <omosnacek@gmail.com>,
"Paul Moore" <paul@paul-moore.com>,
"Serge Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>,
"Stephen Smalley" <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
Cc: "Mickaël Salaün" <mic@digikod.net>,
"Christian Brauner" <brauner@kernel.org>,
"KP Singh" <kpsingh@kernel.org>,
"Matt Bobrowski" <matt@bobrowski.net>,
apparmor@lists.ubuntu.com, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-team@cloudflare.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, selinux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] landlock: Restrict capabilities guarding other LSMs' policies
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:30:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261110203042.2410140-3-mic@digikod.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261110203042.2410140-1-mic@digikod.net>
A process in a domain that denies CAP_MAC_ADMIN or CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE
could still use them for AppArmor, Smack or SELinux policy, and
CAP_SYS_PTRACE for Smack's ptrace rule, because these LSMs check them
with cap_capable() instead of capable().
Implement the capable_lsm hook with the same check as the capable hook,
so that such capability uses are restricted like any other. The
following commits switch these LSMs to security_capable_lsm().
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Günther Noack <gnoack@google.com>
Cc: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
Fixes: 97c8386f1d74 ("landlock: Enforce capability restrictions")
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
---
security/landlock/cap.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
diff --git a/security/landlock/cap.c b/security/landlock/cap.c
index c9a900888f3b..162edf689f29 100644
--- a/security/landlock/cap.c
+++ b/security/landlock/cap.c
@@ -91,6 +91,28 @@ static int hook_capable(const struct cred *cred, struct user_namespace *ns,
return check_cap(cred, cap, opts);
}
+/**
+ * hook_capable_lsm - Deny capabilities guarding another LSM's policy
+ *
+ * @cred: Credentials being checked.
+ * @ns: Target user namespace (intentionally ignored, see hook_capable()).
+ * @cap: Capability number (CAP_*).
+ * @opts: Capability check options, see check_cap().
+ * @lsm_id: LSM_ID_* of the LSM whose policy @cap guards (unused: Landlock does
+ * not call security_capable_lsm()).
+ *
+ * Other LSMs check the capabilities that guard their own policy (e.g.
+ * CAP_MAC_ADMIN) with security_capable_lsm() instead of capable(). Restrict
+ * them like any other capability use.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 if allowed, -EPERM if capability use is denied.
+ */
+static int hook_capable_lsm(const struct cred *cred, struct user_namespace *ns,
+ int cap, unsigned int opts, u64 lsm_id)
+{
+ return check_cap(cred, cap, opts);
+}
+
/**
* hook_capset - Restrict inheritable capability changes
*
@@ -163,6 +185,7 @@ static int hook_vm_enough_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, long pages)
static struct security_hook_list landlock_hooks[] __ro_after_init = {
LSM_HOOK_INIT(capable, hook_capable),
+ LSM_HOOK_INIT(capable_lsm, hook_capable_lsm),
LSM_HOOK_INIT(capset, hook_capset),
LSM_HOOK_INIT(mmap_addr, hook_mmap_addr),
LSM_HOOK_INIT(vm_enough_memory, hook_vm_enough_memory),
--
2.56.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-10 20:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-10 20:30 [PATCH 0/6] Fix Landlock mediation of capabilities guarding LSM policies Mickaël Salaün
2026-11-10 20:30 ` [PATCH 1/6] lsm: Add a capable_lsm hook for capabilities guarding an LSM's policy Mickaël Salaün
2026-11-10 20:30 ` Mickaël Salaün [this message]
2026-11-10 20:30 ` [PATCH 3/6] apparmor: Use security_capable_lsm() for policy capabilities Mickaël Salaün
2026-11-10 20:30 ` [PATCH 4/6] smack: Use security_capable_lsm() for privilege checks Mickaël Salaün
2026-11-10 20:30 ` [PATCH 5/6] selinux: Use security_capable_lsm() for CAP_MAC_ADMIN checks Mickaël Salaün
2026-11-10 20:30 ` [PATCH 6/6] selftests/landlock: Test capabilities guarding other LSMs' policies Mickaël Salaün
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