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
next prev parent 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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