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From: Justin Suess <utilityemal77@gmail.com>
To: mic@digikod.net, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Cc: gnoack@google.com, Justin Suess <utilityemal77@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] landlock: Document LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_NNP_ON_EXEC
Date: Wed,  8 Jul 2026 09:39:27 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260708133928.852999-4-utilityemal77@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260708133928.852999-1-utilityemal77@gmail.com>

Document staged no_new_privs on exec, following the same compatibility
section style as previous ABI additions.

Signed-off-by: Justin Suess <utilityemal77@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
index 5a63d4476c1c..1d779dd7bb5f 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Landlock: unprivileged access control
 =====================================
 
 :Author: Mickaël Salaün
-:Date: June 2026
+:Date: July 2026
 
 The goal of Landlock is to enable restriction of ambient rights (e.g. global
 filesystem or network access) for a set of processes.  Because Landlock
@@ -789,6 +789,25 @@ when at least one sys_landlock_add_rule() call is made for it with the
 ``LANDLOCK_ADD_RULE_QUIET`` flag, additional add-rule calls for the same
 object without this flag do not clear it.
 
+Staged no_new_privs on exec (ABI < 11)
+--------------------------------------
+
+Starting with the Landlock ABI version 11, it is possible to stage
+no_new_privs so that it is only set at the next :manpage:`execve(2)` of the
+calling thread, past its point of no return, using the
+``LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_NNP_ON_EXEC`` flag passed to
+sys_landlock_restrict_self().  This flag may be used with a ``ruleset_fd``
+value of -1 to stage no_new_privs without enforcing a ruleset, and does not
+relax the no_new_privs / ``CAP_SYS_ADMIN`` requirement of the system call.
+This flag does not change how the next :manpage:`execve(2)` itself computes
+credentials: set-user-ID, set-group-ID and file capabilities are still
+honored for that execution.  The executed program then runs with
+no_new_privs set, with its usual effect on subsequent :manpage:`execve(2)`
+calls.  Staging is per-thread by default: when combined with
+``LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_TSYNC``, the staged no_new_privs is propagated to
+the sibling threads along with the rest of the Landlock configuration, and
+each thread then sets no_new_privs at its own next :manpage:`execve(2)`.
+
 .. _kernel_support:
 
 Kernel support
-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-08 13:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-08 13:39 [PATCH 0/3] Implement LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_NNP_ON_EXEC Justin Suess
2026-07-08 13:39 ` [PATCH 1/3] landlock: Add LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_NNP_ON_EXEC Justin Suess
2026-07-08 13:39 ` [PATCH 2/3] selftests/landlock: Test LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_NNP_ON_EXEC Justin Suess
2026-07-08 13:39 ` Justin Suess [this message]
2026-07-09 10:09 ` [PATCH 0/3] Implement LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_NNP_ON_EXEC Mickaël Salaün
2026-07-09 11:22   ` Simon McVittie
2026-07-11 17:00     ` Justin Suess
2026-07-10 13:56   ` Justin Suess

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