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.\" Copyright, the authors of the Linux man-pages project
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
.TH landlock_create_ruleset 2 2025-05-17 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
landlock_create_ruleset \- create a new Landlock ruleset
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "#include <linux/landlock.h>" " /* Definition of " LANDLOCK_* " constants */"
.BR "#include <sys/syscall.h>" " /* Definition of " SYS_* " constants */"
.B #include <unistd.h>
.P
.B int syscall(SYS_landlock_create_ruleset,
.BI " const struct landlock_ruleset_attr *" attr ,
.BI " size_t " size " , uint32_t " flags );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
A Landlock ruleset identifies a set of rules (i.e., actions on objects).
This
.BR landlock_create_ruleset ()
system call creates a new file descriptor
which identifies a ruleset.
This file descriptor can then be used by
.BR landlock_add_rule (2)
and
.BR landlock_restrict_self (2).
See
.BR landlock (7)
for a global overview.
.P
.I attr
specifies the properties of the new ruleset.
It points to the following structure:
.IP
.in +4n
.EX
struct landlock_ruleset_attr {
__u64 handled_access_fs;
__u64 handled_access_net;
};
.EE
.in
.IP
.I handled_access_fs
is a bitmask of handled filesystem actions
(see
.B Filesystem actions
in
.BR landlock (7)).
.IP
.I handled_access_net
is a bitmask of handled network actions
(see
.B Network actions
in
.BR landlock (7)).
.IP
This structure defines a set of
.IR "handled access rights" ,
a set of actions on different object types,
which should be denied by default
when the ruleset is enacted.
Vice versa,
access rights that are not specifically listed here
are not going to be denied by this ruleset when it is enacted.
.IP
For historical reasons, the
.B LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REFER
right is always denied by default,
even when its bit is not set in
.IR handled_access_fs .
In order to add new rules with this access right,
the bit must still be set explicitly
(see
.B Filesystem actions
in
.BR landlock (7)).
.IP
The explicit listing of
.I handled access rights
is required for backwards compatibility reasons.
In most use cases,
processes that use Landlock will
.I handle
a wide range or all access rights that they know about at build time
(and that they have tested with a kernel that supported them all).
.IP
This structure can grow in future Landlock versions.
.P
.I size
must be specified as
.I sizeof(struct landlock_ruleset_attr)
for compatibility reasons.
.P
.I flags
must be 0 if
.I attr
is used.
Otherwise,
.I flags
can be set to:
.TP
.B LANDLOCK_CREATE_RULESET_VERSION
If
.I attr
is NULL and
.I size
is 0, then the returned value is the highest supported Landlock ABI version
(starting at 1).
This version can be used for a best-effort security approach,
which is encouraged when user space is not pinned to a specific kernel
version.
All features documented in these man pages are available with the version
1.
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success,
.BR landlock_create_ruleset ()
returns a new Landlock ruleset file descriptor,
or a Landlock ABI version,
according to
.IR flags .
On error,
\-1 is returned and
.I errno
is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.BR landlock_create_ruleset ()
can fail for the following reasons:
.TP
.B EOPNOTSUPP
Landlock is supported by the kernel but disabled at boot time.
.TP
.B EINVAL
Unknown
.IR flags ,
or unknown access, or too small
.IR size .
.TP
.B E2BIG
.I size
is too big.
.TP
.B EFAULT
.I attr
was not a valid address.
.TP
.B ENOMSG
Empty accesses (i.e.,
.I attr
did not specify any access rights to restrict).
.SH STANDARDS
Linux.
.SH HISTORY
Linux 5.13.
.SH EXAMPLES
See
.BR landlock (7).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR landlock_add_rule (2),
.BR landlock_restrict_self (2),
.BR landlock (7)
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