landlock: Document network support

Describe network access rules for TCP sockets. Add network access
example in the tutorial. Add kernel configuration support for network.

Signed-off-by: Konstantin Meskhidze <konstantin.meskhidze@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231026014751.414649-13-konstantin.meskhidze@huawei.com
[mic: Update date, and do light cosmetic changes]
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
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@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ Landlock: unprivileged access control
=====================================
:Author: Mickaël Salaün
:Date: October 2022
:Date: October 2023
The goal of Landlock is to enable to restrict ambient rights (e.g. global
filesystem access) for a set of processes. Because Landlock is a stackable
LSM, it makes possible to create safe security sandboxes as new security layers
in addition to the existing system-wide access-controls. This kind of sandbox
is expected to help mitigate the security impact of bugs or
filesystem or network access) for a set of processes. Because Landlock
is a stackable LSM, it makes possible to create safe security sandboxes as new
security layers in addition to the existing system-wide access-controls. This
kind of sandbox is expected to help mitigate the security impact of bugs or
unexpected/malicious behaviors in user space applications. Landlock empowers
any process, including unprivileged ones, to securely restrict themselves.
@ -28,20 +28,34 @@ appropriately <kernel_support>`.
Landlock rules
==============
A Landlock rule describes an action on an object. An object is currently a
file hierarchy, and the related filesystem actions are defined with `access
rights`_. A set of rules is aggregated in a ruleset, which can then restrict
A Landlock rule describes an action on an object which the process intends to
perform. A set of rules is aggregated in a ruleset, which can then restrict
the thread enforcing it, and its future children.
The two existing types of rules are:
Filesystem rules
For these rules, the object is a file hierarchy,
and the related filesystem actions are defined with
`filesystem access rights`.
Network rules (since ABI v4)
For these rules, the object is a TCP port,
and the related actions are defined with `network access rights`.
Defining and enforcing a security policy
----------------------------------------
We first need to define the ruleset that will contain our rules. For this
example, the ruleset will contain rules that only allow read actions, but write
actions will be denied. The ruleset then needs to handle both of these kind of
actions. This is required for backward and forward compatibility (i.e. the
kernel and user space may not know each other's supported restrictions), hence
the need to be explicit about the denied-by-default access rights.
We first need to define the ruleset that will contain our rules.
For this example, the ruleset will contain rules that only allow filesystem
read actions and establish a specific TCP connection. Filesystem write
actions and other TCP actions will be denied.
The ruleset then needs to handle both these kinds of actions. This is
required for backward and forward compatibility (i.e. the kernel and user
space may not know each other's supported restrictions), hence the need
to be explicit about the denied-by-default access rights.
.. code-block:: c
@ -62,6 +76,9 @@ the need to be explicit about the denied-by-default access rights.
LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_SYM |
LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REFER |
LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_TRUNCATE,
.handled_access_net =
LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_BIND_TCP |
LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_CONNECT_TCP,
};
Because we may not know on which kernel version an application will be
@ -70,9 +87,7 @@ should try to protect users as much as possible whatever the kernel they are
using. To avoid binary enforcement (i.e. either all security features or
none), we can leverage a dedicated Landlock command to get the current version
of the Landlock ABI and adapt the handled accesses. Let's check if we should
remove the ``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REFER`` or ``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_TRUNCATE``
access rights, which are only supported starting with the second and third
version of the ABI.
remove access rights which are only supported in higher versions of the ABI.
.. code-block:: c
@ -92,6 +107,12 @@ version of the ABI.
case 2:
/* Removes LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_TRUNCATE for ABI < 3 */
ruleset_attr.handled_access_fs &= ~LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_TRUNCATE;
__attribute__((fallthrough));
case 3:
/* Removes network support for ABI < 4 */
ruleset_attr.handled_access_net &=
~(LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_BIND_TCP |
LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_CONNECT_TCP);
}
This enables to create an inclusive ruleset that will contain our rules.
@ -143,10 +164,23 @@ for the ruleset creation, by filtering access rights according to the Landlock
ABI version. In this example, this is not required because all of the requested
``allowed_access`` rights are already available in ABI 1.
We now have a ruleset with one rule allowing read access to ``/usr`` while
denying all other handled accesses for the filesystem. The next step is to
restrict the current thread from gaining more privileges (e.g. thanks to a SUID
binary).
For network access-control, we can add a set of rules that allow to use a port
number for a specific action: HTTPS connections.
.. code-block:: c
struct landlock_net_port_attr net_port = {
.allowed_access = LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_CONNECT_TCP,
.port = 443,
};
err = landlock_add_rule(ruleset_fd, LANDLOCK_RULE_NET_PORT,
&net_port, 0);
The next step is to restrict the current thread from gaining more privileges
(e.g. through a SUID binary). We now have a ruleset with the first rule
allowing read access to ``/usr`` while denying all other handled accesses for
the filesystem, and a second rule allowing HTTPS connections.
.. code-block:: c
@ -355,7 +389,7 @@ Access rights
-------------
.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/landlock.h
:identifiers: fs_access
:identifiers: fs_access net_access
Creating a new ruleset
----------------------
@ -374,6 +408,7 @@ Extending a ruleset
.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/landlock.h
:identifiers: landlock_rule_type landlock_path_beneath_attr
landlock_net_port_attr
Enforcing a ruleset
-------------------
@ -451,6 +486,14 @@ always allowed when using a kernel that only supports the first or second ABI.
Starting with the Landlock ABI version 3, it is now possible to securely control
truncation thanks to the new ``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_TRUNCATE`` access right.
Network support (ABI < 4)
-------------------------
Starting with the Landlock ABI version 4, it is now possible to restrict TCP
bind and connect actions to only a set of allowed ports thanks to the new
``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_BIND_TCP`` and ``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_CONNECT_TCP``
access rights.
.. _kernel_support:
Kernel support
@ -469,6 +512,12 @@ still enable it by adding ``lsm=landlock,[...]`` to
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst thanks to the bootloader
configuration.
To be able to explicitly allow TCP operations (e.g., adding a network rule with
``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_BIND_TCP``), the kernel must support TCP
(``CONFIG_INET=y``). Otherwise, sys_landlock_add_rule() returns an
``EAFNOSUPPORT`` error, which can safely be ignored because this kind of TCP
operation is already not possible.
Questions and answers
=====================