[PATCH v13 12/12] landlock: Document Landlock's network support

[Mickaël Salaün]

On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 09:50:30AM +0800, Konstantin Meskhidze wrote:
> 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 at huawei.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230920092641.832134-13-konstantin.meskhidze@huawei.com
> Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic at digikod.net>
> ---
> 
> Changes since v12:
> * None.
> 
> Changes since v11:
> * Fixes documentaion as suggested in Günther's and Mickaёl's reviews:
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/3ad02c76-90d8-4723-e554-7f97ef115fc0@digikod.net/
> 
> Changes since v10:
> * Fixes documentaion as Mickaёl suggested:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-security-module/ec23be77-566e-c8fd-179e-f50e025ac2cf@digikod.net/
> 
> Changes since v9:
> * Minor refactoring.
> 
> Changes since v8:
> * Minor refactoring.
> 
> Changes since v7:
> * Fixes documentaion logic errors and typos as Mickaёl suggested:
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/9f354862-2bc3-39ea-92fd-53803d9bbc21@digikod.net/
> 
> Changes since v6:
> * Adds network support documentaion.
> 
> ---
>  Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst | 87 ++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
> index f6a7da21708a..affadd9ac662 100644
> --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
> @@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ Landlock: unprivileged access control
>  :Date: October 2022
> 
>  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 currently 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 of these kind of actions.  This is

two spelling issues:
"needs to handle both these kinds of actions."

> +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 +107,11 @@ version of the ABI.
>      case 2:
>          /* Removes LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_TRUNCATE for ABI < 3 */
>          ruleset_attr.handled_access_fs &= ~LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_TRUNCATE;

Like just before "case 2" this is missing:
__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 +163,23 @@ 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 +388,7 @@ Access rights
>  -------------
> 
>  .. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/landlock.h
> -    :identifiers: fs_access
> +    :identifiers: fs_access net_access
> 
>  Creating a new ruleset
>  ----------------------
> @@ -374,6 +407,7 @@ Extending a ruleset
> 
>  .. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/landlock.h
>      :identifiers: landlock_rule_type landlock_path_beneath_attr
> +                  landlock_net_service_attr

landlock_net_port_attr

> 
>  Enforcing a ruleset
>  -------------------
> @@ -451,6 +485,12 @@ 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.

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 +509,11 @@ 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_TCP_BIND``), the kernel must support TCP (``CONFIG_INET=y``).

LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_BIND_TCP

> +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
>  =====================
> 
> --
> 2.25.1
>