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Documentation: prctl/seccomp_filter
authorWill Drewry <wad@chromium.org>
Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:48:04 +0000 (16:48 -0500)
committerJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>
Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:13:22 +0000 (11:13 +1000)
commit8ac270d1e29f0428228ab2b9a8ae5e1ed4a5cd84
tree6deba4ed83da9ace758004b29d15aa0d2ec875a7
parentc6cfbeb4029610c8c330c312dcf4d514cc067554
Documentation: prctl/seccomp_filter

Documents how system call filtering using Berkeley Packet
Filter programs works and how it may be used.
Includes an example for x86 and a semi-generic
example using a macro-based code generator.

Acked-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
v18: - added acked by
     - update no new privs numbers
v17: - remove @compat note and add Pitfalls section for arch checking
       (keescook@chromium.org)
v16: -
v15: -
v14: - rebase/nochanges
v13: - rebase on to 88ebdda6159ffc15699f204c33feb3e431bf9bdc
v12: - comment on the ptrace_event use
     - update arch support comment
     - note the behavior of SECCOMP_RET_DATA when there are multiple filters
       (keescook@chromium.org)
     - lots of samples/ clean up incl 64-bit bpf-direct support
       (markus@chromium.org)
     - rebase to linux-next
v11: - overhaul return value language, updates (keescook@chromium.org)
     - comment on do_exit(SIGSYS)
v10: - update for SIGSYS
     - update for new seccomp_data layout
     - update for ptrace option use
v9: - updated bpf-direct.c for SIGILL
v8: - add PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS to the samples.
v7: - updated for all the new stuff in v7: TRAP, TRACE
    - only talk about PR_SET_SECCOMP now
    - fixed bad JLE32 check (coreyb@linux.vnet.ibm.com)
    - adds dropper.c: a simple system call disabler
v6: - tweak the language to note the requirement of
      PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS being called prior to use. (luto@mit.edu)
v5: - update sample to use system call arguments
    - adds a "fancy" example using a macro-based generator
    - cleaned up bpf in the sample
    - update docs to mention arguments
    - fix prctl value (eparis@redhat.com)
    - language cleanup (rdunlap@xenotime.net)
v4: - update for no_new_privs use
    - minor tweaks
v3: - call out BPF <-> Berkeley Packet Filter (rdunlap@xenotime.net)
    - document use of tentative always-unprivileged
    - guard sample compilation for i386 and x86_64
v2: - move code to samples (corbet@lwn.net)
Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>
Documentation/prctl/seccomp_filter.txt [new file with mode: 0644]
samples/Makefile
samples/seccomp/Makefile [new file with mode: 0644]
samples/seccomp/bpf-direct.c [new file with mode: 0644]
samples/seccomp/bpf-fancy.c [new file with mode: 0644]
samples/seccomp/bpf-helper.c [new file with mode: 0644]
samples/seccomp/bpf-helper.h [new file with mode: 0644]
samples/seccomp/dropper.c [new file with mode: 0644]