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From: Matthieu Buffet <matthieu@buffet.re>
To: "Alejandro Colomar" <alx@kernel.org>, "Mickaël Salaün" <mic@digikod.net>
Cc: "Günther Noack" <gnoack3000@gmail.com>,
	linux-man@vger.kernel.org, "Matthieu Buffet" <matthieu@buffet.re>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] man/man2/landlock_add_rule.2: Clarify ephemeral port range
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:58:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260917075853.10231-2-matthieu@buffet.re> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260917075853.10231-1-matthieu@buffet.re>

Clarify that ephemeral port range can differ from system to system, and
that a compromised application can choose (without any randomness)
exactly which ephemeral port will be chosen next (as long as it is
within the kernel-wide ip_local_port_range)

Signed-off-by: Matthieu Buffet <matthieu@buffet.re>
---
 man/man2/landlock_add_rule.2 | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/man2/landlock_add_rule.2 b/man/man2/landlock_add_rule.2
index fe01a98d99ea..633d89824373 100644
--- a/man/man2/landlock_add_rule.2
+++ b/man/man2/landlock_add_rule.2
@@ -109,9 +109,13 @@ is the network port in host endianness.
 It should be noted that port 0 passed to
 .BR bind (2)
 will bind to an available port from the ephemeral port range.
-This can be configured in the
+The range is configured globally in the
 .I /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
-sysctl (also used for IPv6).
+sysctl (also used for IPv6),
+and can be further restricted per-socket using
+.BR setsockopt (2)
+with
+.BR IP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE (2const).
 .IP
 A Landlock rule with port 0
 and the
-- 
2.47.3


  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-17  8:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-17  7:58 [PATCH 0/3] Add Landlock UDP support documentation Matthieu Buffet
2026-09-17  7:58 ` Matthieu Buffet [this message]
2026-09-26 10:00   ` [PATCH 1/3] man/man2/landlock_add_rule.2: Clarify ephemeral port range Günther Noack
2026-09-29 19:02   ` Mickaël Salaün
2026-09-17  7:58 ` [PATCH 2/3] man/man7/landlock.7: Document AF_UNSPEC behaviour and error codes Matthieu Buffet
2026-09-26 10:13   ` Günther Noack
2026-09-17  7:58 ` [PATCH 3/3] man/man7/landlock.7, man/man2/landlock_add_rule.2: Document UDP support Matthieu Buffet
2026-09-26 14:01   ` Günther Noack
2026-09-29 19:03     ` Mickaël Salaün
2026-09-29 19:02 ` [PATCH 0/3] Add Landlock UDP support documentation Mickaël Salaün

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