From: Justin Suess <utilityemal77@gmail.com>
To: "Mickaël Salaün" <mic@digikod.net>
Cc: "Tingmao Wang" <m@maowtm.org>,
"Günther Noack" <gnoack@google.com>,
"Justin Suess" <utilityemal77@gmail.com>,
"Jan Kara" <jack@suse.cz>, "Abhinav Saxena" <xandfury@gmail.com>,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v7 07/10] landlock: Add documentation for LANDLOCK_ADD_RULE_NO_INHERIT
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:31:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260412193214.87072-8-utilityemal77@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260412193214.87072-1-utilityemal77@gmail.com>
Adds documentation of the flag to the userspace api, describing
the functionality of the flag and parent directory protections.
Signed-off-by: Justin Suess <utilityemal77@gmail.com>
---
Notes:
v6..v7 changes:
* Bump the documented ABI for LANDLOCK_ADD_RULE_NO_INHERIT to 10.
v5..v6 changes:
* None
v1..v5 changes:
* Initial addition
Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
index fd8b78c31f2f..f49e30a1599a 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
@@ -716,6 +716,23 @@ Starting with the Landlock ABI version 9, it is possible to restrict
connections to pathname UNIX domain sockets (:manpage:`unix(7)`) using
the new ``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_RESOLVE_UNIX`` right.
+Filesystem inheritance suppression (ABI < 10)
+---------------------------------------------
+
+Starting with the Landlock ABI version 10, it is possible to prevent a directory
+or file from inheriting it's parent's access grants by using the
+``LANDLOCK_ADD_RULE_NO_INHERIT`` flag passed to sys_landlock_add_rule(). This
+can be useful for policies where a parent directory needs broader access than its
+children.
+
+To mitigate sandbox-restart attacks, the inode itself, and ancestors of inodes
+tagged with ``LANDLOCK_ADD_RULE_NO_INHERIT`` cannot be removed, renamed,
+reparented, or linked into/from other directories.
+
+These parent directory protections propagate up to the root. Further inheritance
+for grants originating beneath a ``LANDLOCK_ADD_RULE_NO_INHERIT`` tagged inode
+are not affected unless also tagged with this flag.
+
.. _kernel_support:
Kernel support
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-12 19:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-12 19:31 [PATCH v7 00/10] Implement LANDLOCK_ADD_RULE_NO_INHERIT Justin Suess
2026-04-12 19:31 ` [PATCH v7 01/10] landlock: Add path walk helper Justin Suess
2026-04-12 19:31 ` [PATCH v7 02/10] landlock: Use landlock_walk_path_up for is_access_to_paths_allowed Justin Suess
2026-04-12 19:31 ` [PATCH v7 03/10] landlock: Use landlock_walk_path_up for collect_domain_accesses Justin Suess
2026-04-12 19:31 ` [PATCH v7 04/10] landlock: Implement LANDLOCK_ADD_RULE_NO_INHERIT userspace api Justin Suess
2026-04-12 19:31 ` [PATCH v7 05/10] landlock: Move find_rule definition above landlock_append_fs_rule Justin Suess
2026-04-12 19:31 ` [PATCH v7 06/10] landlock: Implement LANDLOCK_ADD_RULE_NO_INHERIT Justin Suess
2026-04-12 19:31 ` Justin Suess [this message]
2026-04-12 19:31 ` [PATCH v7 08/10] samples/landlock: Add LANDLOCK_ADD_RULE_NO_INHERIT to landlock-sandboxer Justin Suess
2026-04-12 19:32 ` [PATCH v7 09/10] selftests/landlock: Implement selftests for LANDLOCK_ADD_RULE_NO_INHERIT Justin Suess
2026-04-12 19:32 ` [PATCH v7 10/10] landlock: Implement KUnit test " Justin Suess
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