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NAME top

   seccomp_notify_alloc, seccomp_notify_free, seccomp_notify_receive,
   seccomp_notify_respond, seccomp_notify_id_valid, seccomp_notify_fd
   - Manage seccomp notifications

SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <seccomp.h>**

   **int seccomp_notify_alloc(struct seccomp_notif** _req_**, struct seccomp_notif_resp** _resp_**)**
   **void seccomp_notify_free(struct seccomp_notif ***_req_**, struct seccomp_notif_resp ***_resp_**)**
   **int seccomp_notify_receive(int** _fd_**, struct seccomp_notif ***_req_**)**
   **int seccomp_notify_respond(int** _fd_**, struct seccomp_notif_resp ***_resp_**)**
   **int seccomp_notify_id_valid(int** _fd_**, uint64_t** _id_**)**
   **int seccomp_notify_fd(const scmp_filter_ctx** _ctx_**)**

   Link with _-lseccomp_.

DESCRIPTION top

   The **seccomp_notify_alloc**() function dynamically allocates enough
   memory for a seccomp notification and response. Note that one
   should always use these functions and not depend on the structure
   sizes in headers, since the size can vary depending on the kernel
   version. This function takes care to ask the kernel how big each
   structure should be, and allocates the right amount of memory. The
   **seccomp_notify_free**() function frees memory allocated by
   **seccomp_notify_alloc**().

   The **seccomp_notify_receive**() function receives a notification from
   a seccomp notify fd (obtained from **seccomp_notify_fd**()).

   The **seccomp_notify_respond**() function sends a response to a
   particular notification. The id field should be the same as the id
   from the request, so that the kernel knows which request this
   response corresponds to.

   The **seccomp_notify_id_valid**() function checks to see if the
   syscall from a particular notification request is still valid,
   i.e. if the task is still alive. See NOTES below for details on
   race conditions.

   The **seccomp_notify_fd**() returns the notification fd of a filter
   after it has been loaded.

RETURN VALUE top

   The **seccomp_notify_fd**() returns the notification fd of the loaded
   filter, -1 if a notification fd has not yet been created, and
   -EINVAL if the filter context is invalid.

   The **seccomp_notify_id_valid**() returns 0 if the id is valid, and
   -ENOENT if it is not.

   The **seccomp_notify_alloc**(), **seccomp_notify_receive**(), and
   **seccomp_notify_respond**() functions return zero on success,  or one
   of the following error codes on failure:

   **-ECANCELED**
          There was a system failure beyond the control of the
          library, check the _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ value for more information.

   **-EFAULT**
          Internal libseccomp failure.

   **-ENOMEM**
          The library was unable to allocate enough memory.

   **-EOPNOTSUPP**
          The library doesn't support the particular operation.

NOTES top

   Care should be taken to avoid two different time of check/time of
   use errors.  First, after opening any resources relevant to the
   pid for a notification (e.g.  /proc/pid/mem for reading tracee
   memory to make policy decisions), applications should call
   **seccomp_notify_id_valid**() to make sure that the resources the
   application has opened correspond to the right pid, i.e. that the
   pid didn't die and a different task take its place.

   Second, the classic time of check/time of use issue with seccomp
   memory should also be avoided: applications should copy any memory
   they wish to use to make decisions from the tracee into its own
   address space before applying any policy decisions, since a multi-
   threaded tracee may edit the memory at any time, including after
   it's used to make a policy decision.

   A complete example of how to avoid these two races is available in
   the Linux Kernel source tree at **/samples/seccomp/user-trap.c.**

AUTHOR top

   Tycho Andersen <tycho@tycho.ws>

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tycho@tycho.ws 30 May 2020 seccompnotifyalloc(3)

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