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File access-control per container with Landlock

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File access-control per container with Landlock
FOSDEM 2018

Linux has multiple access-control systems, including SELinux, AppArmor, Smack or Tomoyo, that can enforce a security policy. However, it may be challenging to create and maintain such a policy per container. Moreover, a dynamically configured and unprivileged access control may better fit to container needs.

In this talk, we present a Linux Security Module (LSM) proposal called Landlock, leveraging eBPF to create flexible access-control rules. Landlock can be used as a new security layer, composing with namespaces, cgroups, seccomp and other LSMs, to sandbox applications and containers. We highlight the last Landlock patchset (v8) which brings a new way to restrict access to files.

Speakers: Mickaël Salaün