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Introduces the LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_IOCTL_DEV right and increments the Landlock ABI version to 5. This access right applies to device-custom IOCTL commands when they are invoked on block or character device files. Like the truncate right, this right is associated with a file descriptor at the time of open(2), and gets respected even when the file descriptor is used outside of the thread which it was originally opened in. Therefore, a newly enabled Landlock policy does not apply to file descriptors which are already open. If the LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_IOCTL_DEV right is handled, only a small number of safe IOCTL commands will be permitted on newly opened device files. These include FIOCLEX, FIONCLEX, FIONBIO and FIOASYNC, as well as other IOCTL commands for regular files which are implemented in fs/ioctl.c. Noteworthy scenarios which require special attention: TTY devices are often passed into a process from the parent process, and so a newly enabled Landlock policy does not retroactively apply to them automatically. In the past, TTY devices have often supported IOCTL commands like TIOCSTI and some TIOCLINUX subcommands, which were letting callers control the TTY input buffer (and simulate keypresses). This should be restricted to CAP_SYS_ADMIN programs on modern kernels though. Known limitations: The LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_IOCTL_DEV access right is a coarse-grained control over IOCTL commands. Landlock users may use path-based restrictions in combination with their knowledge about the file system layout to control what IOCTLs can be done. Cc: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Günther Noack <gnoack@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240419161122.2023765-2-gnoack@google.com Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
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