From: Matthieu Buffet <matthieu@buffet.re>
To: "Alejandro Colomar" <alx@kernel.org>,
"Günther Noack" <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
Cc: "Mickaël Salaün" <mic@digikod.net>,
linux-man@vger.kernel.org, "Matthieu Buffet" <matthieu@buffet.re>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] man/man2/landlock_add_rule.2: Clarify ephemeral port range
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 00:39:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261102233932.29912-1-matthieu@buffet.re> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e354fb0d-2173-4015-b945-c413bb1b1c44@buffet.re>
Clarify that ephemeral port range can differ from system to system, and
that an application can choose 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 94bc63068935..253498bfa2cf 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
base-commit: c189a6b2e4dd2e74f3b360b24e489e27f4e45bad
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-02 23:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ 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 ` [PATCH 1/3] man/man2/landlock_add_rule.2: Clarify ephemeral port range Matthieu Buffet
2026-09-26 10:00 ` 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
2026-10-30 19:24 ` Günther Noack
2026-11-02 23:37 ` Matthieu Buffet
2026-11-02 23:39 ` Matthieu Buffet [this message]
2026-11-02 23:39 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] man/man?/landlock*.?: Document UDP support Matthieu Buffet
2026-11-06 22:02 ` Günther Noack
2026-11-07 11:15 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-06 21:24 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] man/man2/landlock_add_rule.2: Clarify ephemeral port range Günther Noack
2026-11-07 11:10 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-03 0:24 ` [PATCH 0/3] Add Landlock UDP support documentation Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-03 9:04 ` Matthieu Buffet
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