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sys_linux: add support for seccomp filters

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The Linux secure computing (seccomp) facility allows a process to
install a filter in the kernel that will allow only specific system
calls to be made. The process is killed when trying to make other system
calls. This is useful to reduce the kernel attack surface and possibly
prevent kernel exploits when the process is compromised.

Use the libseccomp library to add rules and load the filter into the
kernel. Keep a list of system calls that are always allowed after
chronyd is initialized. Restrict arguments that may be passed to the
socket(), setsockopt(), fcntl(), and ioctl() system calls. Arguments
to socketcall(), which is used on some architectures as a multiplexer
instead of separate socket system calls, are not restricted for now.
The mailonchange directive is not allowed as it calls sendmail.

Calls made by the libraries that chronyd is using have to be covered
too. It's difficult to determine which system calls they need as it may
change after an upgrade and it may depend on their configuration (e.g.
resolver in libc). There are also differences between architectures. It
can all break very easily and is therefore disabled by default. It can
be enabled with the new -F option.

This is based on a patch from Andrew Griffiths <agriffit@redhat.com>.
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Miroslav Lichvar
2014-06-16 16:21:25 +02:00
parent ea2858b323
commit 434faeecb8
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@@ -1029,6 +1029,11 @@ switch after start in order to drop root privileges. It overrides the
@code{user} directive (default @code{@DEFAULT_USER@}). It may be set to a
non-root user only when @code{chronyd} is compiled with support for Linux
capabilities (libcap).
@item -F <level>
This option configures a system call filter when @code{chronyd} is compiled with
support for the Linux secure computing (seccomp) facility. In level 1 the
process is killed when a forbidden system call is made, in level -1 the SYSSIG
signal is thrown instead and in level 0 the filter is disabled (default 0).
@item -q
When run in this mode, @code{chronyd} will set the system clock once
and exit. It will not detach from the terminal.