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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2023-11-03 09:28:53 -1000
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Merge tag 'landlock-6.7-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mic/linux
Pull landlock updates from Mickaël Salaün: "A Landlock ruleset can now handle two new access rights: LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_BIND_TCP and LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_CONNECT_TCP. When handled, the related actions are denied unless explicitly allowed by a Landlock network rule for a specific port. The related patch series has been reviewed for almost two years, it has evolved a lot and we now have reached a decent design, code and testing. The refactored kernel code and the new test helpers also bring the foundation to support more network protocols. Test coverage for security/landlock is 92.4% of 710 lines according to gcc/gcov-13, and it was 93.1% of 597 lines before this series. The decrease in coverage is due to code refactoring to make the ruleset management more generic (i.e. dealing with inodes and ports) that also added new WARN_ON_ONCE() checks not possible to test from user space. syzkaller has been updated accordingly [4], and such patched instance (tailored to Landlock) has been running for a month, covering all the new network-related code [5]" Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231026014751.414649-1-konstantin.meskhidze@huawei.com [1] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHC9VhS1wwgH6NNd+cJz4MYogPiRV8NyPDd1yj5SpaxeUB4UVg@mail.gmail.com [2] Link: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next-history.git/commit/?id=c8dc5ee69d3a [3] Link: https://github.com/google/syzkaller/pull/4266 [4] Link: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/82e8608dec36/ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root-ab577164.html#security%2flandlock%2fnet.c [5] * tag 'landlock-6.7-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mic/linux: selftests/landlock: Add tests for FS topology changes with network rules landlock: Document network support samples/landlock: Support TCP restrictions selftests/landlock: Add network tests selftests/landlock: Share enforce_ruleset() helper landlock: Support network rules with TCP bind and connect landlock: Refactor landlock_add_rule() syscall landlock: Refactor layer helpers landlock: Move and rename layer helpers landlock: Refactor merge/inherit_ruleset helpers landlock: Refactor landlock_find_rule/insert_rule helpers landlock: Allow FS topology changes for domains without such rule type landlock: Make ruleset's access masks more generic
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst99
1 files changed, 74 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
index d8cd8cd9ce25..2e3822677061 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ Landlock: unprivileged access control
=====================================
:Author: Mickaël Salaün
-:Date: October 2022
+:Date: October 2023
The goal of Landlock is to enable to restrict ambient rights (e.g. global
-filesystem access) for a set of processes. Because Landlock is a stackable
-LSM, it makes possible to create safe security sandboxes as new security layers
-in addition to the existing system-wide access-controls. This kind of sandbox
-is expected to help mitigate the security impact of bugs or
+filesystem or network access) for a set of processes. Because Landlock
+is a stackable LSM, it makes possible to create safe security sandboxes as new
+security layers in addition to the existing system-wide access-controls. This
+kind of sandbox is expected to help mitigate the security impact of bugs or
unexpected/malicious behaviors in user space applications. Landlock empowers
any process, including unprivileged ones, to securely restrict themselves.
@@ -28,20 +28,34 @@ appropriately <kernel_support>`.
Landlock rules
==============
-A Landlock rule describes an action on an object. An object is currently a
-file hierarchy, and the related filesystem actions are defined with `access
-rights`_. A set of rules is aggregated in a ruleset, which can then restrict
+A Landlock rule describes an action on an object which the process intends to
+perform. A set of rules is aggregated in a ruleset, which can then restrict
the thread enforcing it, and its future children.
+The two existing types of rules are:
+
+Filesystem rules
+ For these rules, the object is a file hierarchy,
+ and the related filesystem actions are defined with
+ `filesystem access rights`.
+
+Network rules (since ABI v4)
+ For these rules, the object is a TCP port,
+ and the related actions are defined with `network access rights`.
+
Defining and enforcing a security policy
----------------------------------------
-We first need to define the ruleset that will contain our rules. For this
-example, the ruleset will contain rules that only allow read actions, but write
-actions will be denied. The ruleset then needs to handle both of these kind of
-actions. This is required for backward and forward compatibility (i.e. the
-kernel and user space may not know each other's supported restrictions), hence
-the need to be explicit about the denied-by-default access rights.
+We first need to define the ruleset that will contain our rules.
+
+For this example, the ruleset will contain rules that only allow filesystem
+read actions and establish a specific TCP connection. Filesystem write
+actions and other TCP actions will be denied.
+
+The ruleset then needs to handle both these kinds of actions. This is
+required for backward and forward compatibility (i.e. the kernel and user
+space may not know each other's supported restrictions), hence the need
+to be explicit about the denied-by-default access rights.
.. code-block:: c
@@ -62,6 +76,9 @@ the need to be explicit about the denied-by-default access rights.
LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_SYM |
LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REFER |
LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_TRUNCATE,
+ .handled_access_net =
+ LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_BIND_TCP |
+ LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_CONNECT_TCP,
};
Because we may not know on which kernel version an application will be
@@ -70,9 +87,7 @@ should try to protect users as much as possible whatever the kernel they are
using. To avoid binary enforcement (i.e. either all security features or
none), we can leverage a dedicated Landlock command to get the current version
of the Landlock ABI and adapt the handled accesses. Let's check if we should
-remove the ``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REFER`` or ``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_TRUNCATE``
-access rights, which are only supported starting with the second and third
-version of the ABI.
+remove access rights which are only supported in higher versions of the ABI.
.. code-block:: c
@@ -92,6 +107,12 @@ version of the ABI.
case 2:
/* Removes LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_TRUNCATE for ABI < 3 */
ruleset_attr.handled_access_fs &= ~LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_TRUNCATE;
+ __attribute__((fallthrough));
+ case 3:
+ /* Removes network support for ABI < 4 */
+ ruleset_attr.handled_access_net &=
+ ~(LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_BIND_TCP |
+ LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_CONNECT_TCP);
}
This enables to create an inclusive ruleset that will contain our rules.
@@ -143,10 +164,23 @@ for the ruleset creation, by filtering access rights according to the Landlock
ABI version. In this example, this is not required because all of the requested
``allowed_access`` rights are already available in ABI 1.
-We now have a ruleset with one rule allowing read access to ``/usr`` while
-denying all other handled accesses for the filesystem. The next step is to
-restrict the current thread from gaining more privileges (e.g. thanks to a SUID
-binary).
+For network access-control, we can add a set of rules that allow to use a port
+number for a specific action: HTTPS connections.
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ struct landlock_net_port_attr net_port = {
+ .allowed_access = LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_CONNECT_TCP,
+ .port = 443,
+ };
+
+ err = landlock_add_rule(ruleset_fd, LANDLOCK_RULE_NET_PORT,
+ &net_port, 0);
+
+The next step is to restrict the current thread from gaining more privileges
+(e.g. through a SUID binary). We now have a ruleset with the first rule
+allowing read access to ``/usr`` while denying all other handled accesses for
+the filesystem, and a second rule allowing HTTPS connections.
.. code-block:: c
@@ -355,7 +389,7 @@ Access rights
-------------
.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/landlock.h
- :identifiers: fs_access
+ :identifiers: fs_access net_access
Creating a new ruleset
----------------------
@@ -374,6 +408,7 @@ Extending a ruleset
.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/landlock.h
:identifiers: landlock_rule_type landlock_path_beneath_attr
+ landlock_net_port_attr
Enforcing a ruleset
-------------------
@@ -387,9 +422,9 @@ Current limitations
Filesystem topology modification
--------------------------------
-As for file renaming and linking, a sandboxed thread cannot modify its
-filesystem topology, whether via :manpage:`mount(2)` or
-:manpage:`pivot_root(2)`. However, :manpage:`chroot(2)` calls are not denied.
+Threads sandboxed with filesystem restrictions cannot modify filesystem
+topology, whether via :manpage:`mount(2)` or :manpage:`pivot_root(2)`.
+However, :manpage:`chroot(2)` calls are not denied.
Special filesystems
-------------------
@@ -451,6 +486,14 @@ always allowed when using a kernel that only supports the first or second ABI.
Starting with the Landlock ABI version 3, it is now possible to securely control
truncation thanks to the new ``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_TRUNCATE`` access right.
+Network support (ABI < 4)
+-------------------------
+
+Starting with the Landlock ABI version 4, it is now possible to restrict TCP
+bind and connect actions to only a set of allowed ports thanks to the new
+``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_BIND_TCP`` and ``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_CONNECT_TCP``
+access rights.
+
.. _kernel_support:
Kernel support
@@ -469,6 +512,12 @@ still enable it by adding ``lsm=landlock,[...]`` to
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst thanks to the bootloader
configuration.
+To be able to explicitly allow TCP operations (e.g., adding a network rule with
+``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_BIND_TCP``), the kernel must support TCP
+(``CONFIG_INET=y``). Otherwise, sys_landlock_add_rule() returns an
+``EAFNOSUPPORT`` error, which can safely be ignored because this kind of TCP
+operation is already not possible.
+
Questions and answers
=====================