[PATCH v2 8/8] landlock: Document errata

From: Mickaël Salaün
Date: Tue Mar 18 2025 - 12:17:31 EST


Explain errata use case and include documentation from each errata file.

This is a dedicated commit to avoid backporting issues.

Cc: Günther Noack <gnoack@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mikhail Ivanov <ivanov.mikhail1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tahera Fahimi <fahimitahera@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250318161443.279194-9-mic@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Changes since v1:
- New patch.
---
Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
index ad587f53fe41..80b090729975 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Landlock: unprivileged access control
=====================================

:Author: Mickaël Salaün
-:Date: January 2025
+:Date: March 2025

The goal of Landlock is to enable restriction of ambient rights (e.g. global
filesystem or network access) for a set of processes. Because Landlock
@@ -663,6 +663,28 @@ To be able to explicitly allow TCP operations (e.g., adding a network rule with
``EAFNOSUPPORT`` error, which can safely be ignored because this kind of TCP
operation is already not possible.

+Errata
+======
+
+These errata identify visible fixes (e.g., loosen restrictions) that should be
+applied to any kernel according to their supported Landlock ABI. Because user
+space updates and kernel updates might not be applied at the same time, user
+space may need to check if specific features are fixed and can now be leveraged
+with the running kernel. To get these errata, use the
+``LANDLOCK_CREATE_RULESET_ERRATA`` flag with sys_landlock_create_ruleset().
+
+ABI v4
+------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: security/landlock/errata/abi-4.h
+ :identifiers: erratum_1
+
+ABI v6
+------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: security/landlock/errata/abi-6.h
+ :identifiers: erratum_2
+
Questions and answers
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