Re: [PATCH v22 01/12] landlock: Add object management

Hi!

A Landlock object enables to identify a kernel object (e.g. an inode).
A Landlock rule is a set of access rights allowed on an object.  Rules
are grouped in rulesets that may be tied to a set of processes (i.e.
subjects) to enforce a scoped access-control (i.e. a domain).

Because Landlock's goal is to empower any process (especially
unprivileged ones) to sandbox themselves, we cannot rely on a
system-wide object identification such as file extended attributes.

+config SECURITY_LANDLOCK
+	bool "Landlock support"
+	depends on SECURITY
+	select SECURITY_PATH
+	help
+	  Landlock is a safe sandboxing mechanism which enables processes to
+	  restrict themselves (and their future children) by gradually
+	  enforcing tailored access control policies.  A security policy is a
+	  set of access rights (e.g. open a file in read-only, make a
+	  directory, etc.) tied to a file hierarchy.  Such policy can be configured
+	  and enforced by any processes for themselves thanks to dedicated system
+	  calls: landlock_create_ruleset(), landlock_add_rule(), and
+	  landlock_enforce_ruleset_current().

How does it interact with setuid binaries? Being able to exec passwd
in a sandbox sounds like ... fun way to get root? :-).

Best regards,
								Pavel
								
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