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Diffstat (limited to 'security/landlock/errata')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/landlock/errata/abi-1.h | 47 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | security/landlock/errata/abi-4.h | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | security/landlock/errata/abi-6.h | 29 |
3 files changed, 98 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/security/landlock/errata/abi-1.h b/security/landlock/errata/abi-1.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000..315ea7e0f --- /dev/null +++ b/security/landlock/errata/abi-1.h @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */ + +/** + * DOC: erratum_3 + * + * Erratum 3: Disconnected directory handling + * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + * + * This fix addresses an issue with disconnected directories that occur when a + * directory is moved outside the scope of a bind mount. The change ensures + * that evaluated access rights include both those from the disconnected file + * hierarchy down to its filesystem root and those from the related mount point + * hierarchy. This prevents access right widening through rename or link + * actions. + * + * Impact: + * + * Without this fix, it was possible to widen access rights through rename or + * link actions involving disconnected directories, potentially bypassing + * ``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REFER`` restrictions. This could allow privilege + * escalation in complex mount scenarios where directories become disconnected + * from their original mount points. + */ +LANDLOCK_ERRATUM(3) + +/** + * DOC: erratum_4 + * + * Erratum 4: Creation of whiteout objects + * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + * + * This fix changes the access rights required for the creation of whiteout + * objects through :manpage:`mknod(2)`, :manpage:`renameat2(2)`, or + * :manpage:`link(2)`. Creating whiteout objects is now guarded by + * ``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG`` instead of ``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_CHAR``. + * + * Whiteout objects are used in OverlayFS to mark the absence of a file in an + * upper file system. Despite being created with ``S_IFCHR``, whiteout objects + * do not count as character devices. + * + * Impact: + * + * Sandboxed programs that create OverlayFS whiteouts (such as fuse-overlayfs) + * now require ``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG`` instead of + * ``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_CHAR``. + */ +LANDLOCK_ERRATUM(4) diff --git a/security/landlock/errata/abi-4.h b/security/landlock/errata/abi-4.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fe11ec7d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/landlock/errata/abi-4.h @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */ + +/** + * DOC: erratum_1 + * + * Erratum 1: TCP socket identification + * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + * + * This fix addresses an issue where IPv4 and IPv6 stream sockets (e.g., SMC, + * MPTCP, or SCTP) were incorrectly restricted by TCP access rights during + * :manpage:`bind(2)` and :manpage:`connect(2)` operations. This change ensures + * that only TCP sockets are subject to TCP access rights, allowing other + * protocols to operate without unnecessary restrictions. + * + * Impact: + * + * In kernels without this fix, using ``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_BIND_TCP`` or + * ``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_CONNECT_TCP`` would incorrectly restrict non-TCP + * stream protocols (SMC, MPTCP, SCTP), potentially breaking applications + * that rely on these protocols while using Landlock network restrictions. + */ +LANDLOCK_ERRATUM(1) diff --git a/security/landlock/errata/abi-6.h b/security/landlock/errata/abi-6.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5cb1475c7 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/landlock/errata/abi-6.h @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */ + +/** + * DOC: erratum_2 + * + * Erratum 2: Scoped signal handling + * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + * + * This fix addresses an issue where signal scoping was overly restrictive, + * preventing sandboxed threads from signaling other threads within the same + * process if they belonged to different domains. Because threads are not + * security boundaries, user space might assume that all threads within the same + * process can send signals between themselves (see :manpage:`nptl(7)` and + * :manpage:`libpsx(3)`). Consistent with :manpage:`ptrace(2)` behavior, direct + * interaction between threads of the same process should always be allowed. + * This change ensures that any thread is allowed to send signals to any other + * thread within the same process, regardless of their domain. + * + * Impact: + * + * This problem only manifests when the userspace process is itself using + * :manpage:`libpsx(3)` or an equivalent mechanism to enforce a Landlock policy + * on multiple already-running threads at once. Programs which enforce a + * Landlock policy at startup time and only then become multithreaded are not + * affected. Without this fix, signal scoping could break multi-threaded + * applications that expect threads within the same process to freely signal + * each other. + */ +LANDLOCK_ERRATUM(2) |
