Merge tag 'landlock-5.19-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mic/linux

Pull Landlock updates from Mickaël Salaün:

 - improve the path_rename LSM hook implementations for RENAME_EXCHANGE;

 - fix a too-restrictive filesystem control for a rare corner case;

 - set the nested sandbox limitation to 16 layers;

 - add a new LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REFER access right to properly handle
   file reparenting (i.e. full rename and link support);

 - add new tests and documentation;

 - format code with clang-format to make it easier to maintain and
   contribute.

* tag 'landlock-5.19-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mic/linux: (30 commits)
  landlock: Explain how to support Landlock
  landlock: Add design choices documentation for filesystem access rights
  landlock: Document good practices about filesystem policies
  landlock: Document LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REFER and ABI versioning
  samples/landlock: Add support for file reparenting
  selftests/landlock: Add 11 new test suites dedicated to file reparenting
  landlock: Add support for file reparenting with LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REFER
  LSM: Remove double path_rename hook calls for RENAME_EXCHANGE
  landlock: Move filesystem helpers and add a new one
  landlock: Fix same-layer rule unions
  landlock: Create find_rule() from unmask_layers()
  landlock: Reduce the maximum number of layers to 16
  landlock: Define access_mask_t to enforce a consistent access mask size
  selftests/landlock: Test landlock_create_ruleset(2) argument check ordering
  landlock: Change landlock_restrict_self(2) check ordering
  landlock: Change landlock_add_rule(2) argument check ordering
  selftests/landlock: Add tests for O_PATH
  selftests/landlock: Fully test file rename with "remove" access
  selftests/landlock: Extend access right tests to directories
  selftests/landlock: Add tests for unknown access rights
  ...

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/security/landlock.rst b/Documentation/security/landlock.rst
index 3df68cb1d10f..5c77730b4479 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/landlock.rst
+++ b/Documentation/security/landlock.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Landlock LSM: kernel documentation
 ==================================
 
 :Author: Mickaël Salaün
-:Date: March 2021
+:Date: May 2022
 
 Landlock's goal is to create scoped access-control (i.e. sandboxing).  To
 harden a whole system, this feature should be available to any process,
@@ -42,6 +42,21 @@ Guiding principles for safe access controls
 * Computation related to Landlock operations (e.g. enforcing a ruleset) shall
   only impact the processes requesting them.
 
+Design choices
+==============
+
+Filesystem access rights
+------------------------
+
+All access rights are tied to an inode and what can be accessed through it.
+Reading the content of a directory doesn't imply to be allowed to read the
+content of a listed inode.  Indeed, a file name is local to its parent
+directory, and an inode can be referenced by multiple file names thanks to
+(hard) links.  Being able to unlink a file only has a direct impact on the
+directory, not the unlinked inode.  This is the reason why
+`LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REMOVE_FILE` or `LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REFER` are not allowed
+to be tied to files but only to directories.
+
 Tests
 =====