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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2020-10-15 13:02:36 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2020-10-15 13:06:36 +0200
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parent025584732ff965ecadc119a3e63cc7f435a3f72a (diff)
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seccomp.2: Warn reader that SECCOMP_RET_TRACE can be overridden
Highlight to the reader that if another filter returns a higher-precedence action value, then the ptracer will not be notified. Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--man2/seccomp.24
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diff --git a/man2/seccomp.2 b/man2/seccomp.2
index 9d42f22f93..4cacbbde5d 100644
--- a/man2/seccomp.2
+++ b/man2/seccomp.2
@@ -606,6 +606,10 @@ allow use of
of other
sandboxed processes\(emwithout extreme care;
ptracers can use this mechanism to escape from the seccomp sandbox.)
+.IP
+Note that a tracer process will not be notified
+if another filter returns an action value with a precedence greater than
+.BR SECCOMP_RET_TRACE .
.TP
.BR SECCOMP_RET_LOG " (since Linux 4.14)"
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