From 7e84a1aebd4807f8f6a370fa49662311bed68ce9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lizzie Dixon <_@lizzie.io> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 01:18:22 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] More obsolete and "gated-by"s in docs/security/seccomp.md Have used "obsolete" is "pre-2.6". These are all sourced from the manpages. Signed-off-by: Lizzie Dixon <_@lizzie.io> --- docs/security/seccomp.md | 22 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/security/seccomp.md b/docs/security/seccomp.md index c9b7459c53..03297c97db 100644 --- a/docs/security/seccomp.md +++ b/docs/security/seccomp.md @@ -121,29 +121,29 @@ the reason each syscall is blocked rather than white-listed. |---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `acct` | Accounting syscall which could let containers disable their own resource limits or process accounting. Also gated by `CAP_SYS_PACCT`. | | `add_key` | Prevent containers from using the kernel keyring, which is not namespaced. | -| `adjtimex` | Similar to `clock_settime` and `settimeofday`, time/date is not namespaced. | +| `adjtimex` | Similar to `clock_settime` and `settimeofday`, time/date is not namespaced. Also gated by `CAP_SYS_TIME` | | `bpf` | Deny loading potentially persistent bpf programs into kernel, already gated by `CAP_SYS_ADMIN`. | -| `clock_adjtime` | Time/date is not namespaced. | -| `clock_settime` | Time/date is not namespaced. | +| `clock_adjtime` | Time/date is not namespaced. Also gated by `CAP_SYS_TIME`. | +| `clock_settime` | Time/date is not namespaced. Also gated by `CAP_SYS_TIME`. | | `clone` | Deny cloning new namespaces. Also gated by `CAP_SYS_ADMIN` for CLONE_* flags, except `CLONE_USERNS`. | -| `create_module` | Deny manipulation and functions on kernel modules. | +| `create_module` | Deny manipulation and functions on kernel modules. Obsolete. Also gated by `CAP_SYS_MODULE` | | `delete_module` | Deny manipulation and functions on kernel modules. Also gated by `CAP_SYS_MODULE`. | | `finit_module` | Deny manipulation and functions on kernel modules. Also gated by `CAP_SYS_MODULE`. | -| `get_kernel_syms` | Deny retrieval of exported kernel and module symbols. | +| `get_kernel_syms` | Deny retrieval of exported kernel and module symbols. Obsolete. | | `get_mempolicy` | Syscall that modifies kernel memory and NUMA settings. Already gated by `CAP_SYS_NICE`. | | `init_module` | Deny manipulation and functions on kernel modules. Also gated by `CAP_SYS_MODULE`. | | `ioperm` | Prevent containers from modifying kernel I/O privilege levels. Already gated by `CAP_SYS_RAWIO`. | | `iopl` | Prevent containers from modifying kernel I/O privilege levels. Already gated by `CAP_SYS_RAWIO`. | | `kcmp` | Restrict process inspection capabilities, already blocked by dropping `CAP_PTRACE`. | -| `kexec_file_load` | Sister syscall of `kexec_load` that does the same thing, slightly different arguments. | -| `kexec_load` | Deny loading a new kernel for later execution. | +| `kexec_file_load` | Sister syscall of `kexec_load` that does the same thing, slightly different arguments. Also gated by `CAP_SYS_BOOT`. | +| `kexec_load` | Deny loading a new kernel for later execution. Also gated by `CAP_SYS_BOOT`. | | `keyctl` | Prevent containers from using the kernel keyring, which is not namespaced. | -| `lookup_dcookie` | Tracing/profiling syscall, which could leak a lot of information on the host. | +| `lookup_dcookie` | Tracing/profiling syscall, which could leak a lot of information on the host. Also gated by `CAP_SYS_ADMIN`. | | `mbind` | Syscall that modifies kernel memory and NUMA settings. Already gated by `CAP_SYS_NICE`. | | `mount` | Deny mounting, already gated by `CAP_SYS_ADMIN`. | | `move_pages` | Syscall that modifies kernel memory and NUMA settings. | | `name_to_handle_at` | Sister syscall to `open_by_handle_at`. Already gated by `CAP_SYS_NICE`. | -| `nfsservctl` | Deny interaction with the kernel nfs daemon. | +| `nfsservctl` | Deny interaction with the kernel nfs daemon. Obsolete since Linux 3.1. | | `open_by_handle_at` | Cause of an old container breakout. Also gated by `CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH`. | | `perf_event_open` | Tracing/profiling syscall, which could leak a lot of information on the host. | | `personality` | Prevent container from enabling BSD emulation. Not inherently dangerous, but poorly tested, potential for a lot of kernel vulns. | @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ the reason each syscall is blocked rather than white-listed. | `process_vm_readv` | Restrict process inspection capabilities, already blocked by dropping `CAP_PTRACE`. | | `process_vm_writev` | Restrict process inspection capabilities, already blocked by dropping `CAP_PTRACE`. | | `ptrace` | Tracing/profiling syscall, which could leak a lot of information on the host. Already blocked by dropping `CAP_PTRACE`. | -| `query_module` | Deny manipulation and functions on kernel modules. | +| `query_module` | Deny manipulation and functions on kernel modules. Obsolete. | | `quotactl` | Quota syscall which could let containers disable their own resource limits or process accounting. Also gated by `CAP_SYS_ADMIN`. | | `reboot` | Don't let containers reboot the host. Also gated by `CAP_SYS_BOOT`. | | `request_key` | Prevent containers from using the kernel keyring, which is not namespaced. | @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ the reason each syscall is blocked rather than white-listed. | `sysfs` | Obsolete syscall. | | `_sysctl` | Obsolete, replaced by /proc/sys. | | `umount` | Should be a privileged operation. Also gated by `CAP_SYS_ADMIN`. | -| `umount2` | Should be a privileged operation. | +| `umount2` | Should be a privileged operation. Also gated by `CAP_SYS_ADMIN`. | | `unshare` | Deny cloning new namespaces for processes. Also gated by `CAP_SYS_ADMIN`, with the exception of `unshare --user`. | | `uselib` | Older syscall related to shared libraries, unused for a long time. | | `userfaultfd` | Userspace page fault handling, largely needed for process migration. |