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Because Linux credentials are managed per thread, user space relies on some hack to synchronize credential update across threads from the same process. This is required by the Native POSIX Threads Library and implemented by set*id(2) wrappers and libcap(3) to use tgkill(2) to synchronize threads. See nptl(7) and libpsx(3). Furthermore, some runtimes like Go do not enable developers to have control over threads [1]. To avoid potential issues, and because threads are not security boundaries, let's relax the Landlock (optional) signal scoping to always allow signals sent between threads of the same process. This exception is similar to the __ptrace_may_access() one. hook_file_set_fowner() now checks if the target task is part of the same process as the caller. If this is the case, then the related signal triggered by the socket will always be allowed. Scoping of abstract UNIX sockets is not changed because kernel objects (e.g. sockets) should be tied to their creator's domain at creation time. Note that creating one Landlock domain per thread puts each of these threads (and their future children) in their own scope, which is probably not what users expect, especially in Go where we do not control threads. However, being able to drop permissions on all threads should not be restricted by signal scoping. We are working on a way to make it possible to atomically restrict all threads of a process with the same domain [2]. Add erratum for signal scoping. Closes: https://github.com/landlock-lsm/go-landlock/issues/36 Fixes: |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.