[RFC PATCH v3 1/8] landlock: Minor reword of docs for TCP access rights
Matthieu Buffet
matthieu at buffet.re
Fri Dec 12 16:36:57 UTC 2025
- Move ABI requirement next to each access right to prepare adding more
access rights;
- Mention the possibility to remove the random component of a socket's
ephemeral port choice within the netns-wide ephemeral port range,
since it allows choosing the "random" ephemeral port.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Buffet <matthieu at buffet.re>
---
include/uapi/linux/landlock.h | 17 +++++++++--------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/landlock.h b/include/uapi/linux/landlock.h
index f030adc462ee..efb383af40b2 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/landlock.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/landlock.h
@@ -182,11 +182,13 @@ struct landlock_net_port_attr {
* It should be noted that port 0 passed to :manpage:`bind(2)` will bind
* to an available port from the ephemeral port range. This can be
* configured with the ``/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range`` sysctl
- * (also used for IPv6).
+ * (also used for IPv6), and within that range, on a per-socket basis
+ * with ``setsockopt(IP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE)``.
*
- * A Landlock rule with port 0 and the ``LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_BIND_TCP``
+ * A Landlock rule with port 0 and the %LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_BIND_TCP
* right means that requesting to bind on port 0 is allowed and it will
- * automatically translate to binding on the related port range.
+ * automatically translate to binding on a kernel-assigned ephemeral
+ * port.
*/
__u64 port;
};
@@ -332,13 +334,12 @@ struct landlock_net_port_attr {
* These flags enable to restrict a sandboxed process to a set of network
* actions.
*
- * This is supported since Landlock ABI version 4.
- *
* The following access rights apply to TCP port numbers:
*
- * - %LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_BIND_TCP: Bind a TCP socket to a local port.
- * - %LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_CONNECT_TCP: Connect an active TCP socket to
- * a remote port.
+ * - %LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_BIND_TCP: Bind TCP sockets to the given local
+ * port. Support added in Landlock ABI version 4.
+ * - %LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_CONNECT_TCP: Connect TCP sockets to the given
+ * remote port. Support added in Landlock ABI version 4.
*/
/* clang-format off */
#define LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_BIND_TCP (1ULL << 0)
--
2.47.3
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