[PATCH v5 8/9] landlock: Document FS access right for pathname UNIX sockets
Mickaël Salaün
mic at digikod.net
Wed Feb 18 09:39:23 UTC 2026
On Sun, Feb 15, 2026 at 11:51:56AM +0100, Günther Noack wrote:
> Cc: Justin Suess <utilityemal77 at gmail.com>
> Cc: Mickaël Salaün <mic at digikod.net>
> Signed-off-by: Günther Noack <gnoack3000 at gmail.com>
> ---
> Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst | 16 +++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
> index 13134bccdd39..3ba73afcbc4b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
> @@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ to be explicit about the denied-by-default access rights.
> LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_SYM |
> LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REFER |
> LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_TRUNCATE |
> - LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_IOCTL_DEV,
> + LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_IOCTL_DEV |
> + LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_RESOLVE_UNIX,
> .handled_access_net =
> LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_BIND_TCP |
> LANDLOCK_ACCESS_NET_CONNECT_TCP,
> @@ -127,6 +128,12 @@ version, and only use the available subset of access rights:
> /* Removes LANDLOCK_SCOPE_* for ABI < 6 */
> ruleset_attr.scoped &= ~(LANDLOCK_SCOPE_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET |
> LANDLOCK_SCOPE_SIGNAL);
> + __attribute__((fallthrough));
> + case 7:
> + __attribute__((fallthrough));
I don't think the fallthrough attribute is needed here. Same for the
sample.
> + case 8:
> + /* Removes LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_RESOLVE_UNIX for ABI < 8 */
ABI < 9
> + ruleset_attr.handled_access_fs &= ~LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_RESOLVE_UNIX;
> }
>
> This enables the creation of an inclusive ruleset that will contain our rules.
> @@ -685,6 +692,13 @@ enforce Landlock rulesets across all threads of the calling process
> using the ``LANDLOCK_RESTRICT_SELF_TSYNC`` flag passed to
> sys_landlock_restrict_self().
>
> +Pathname UNIX sockets (ABI < 9)
> +-------------------------------
> +
> +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.
> +
> .. _kernel_support:
>
> Kernel support
> --
> 2.52.0
>
>
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