git: 56f758066c82 - stable/13 - security(7): security.bsd.see*: Be more accurate
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 13:43:43 UTC
The branch stable/13 has been updated by olce:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=56f758066c8272ce37394365945ae62c10456e49
commit 56f758066c8272ce37394365945ae62c10456e49
Author: Olivier Certner <olce.freebsd@certner.fr>
AuthorDate: 2023-08-17 23:54:48 +0000
Commit: Olivier Certner <olce@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-12-21 13:38:22 +0000
security(7): security.bsd.see*: Be more accurate
Reviewed by: mhorne, pauamma_gundo.com
Sponsored by: Kumacom SAS
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D41108
(cherry picked from commit 61b6e00bee1d39e9c688e728fbf3a4efcdb61e66)
Approved by: markj (mentor)
---
share/man/man7/security.7 | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man7/security.7 b/share/man/man7/security.7
index e84d3cf4fb4b..785cfcb6c7e5 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/security.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/security.7
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd January 14, 2022
+.Dd August 18, 2023
.Dt SECURITY 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -956,16 +956,18 @@ Backwards compatibility shims for the interim sysctls under
will not be added.
.Bl -tag -width security.bsd.unprivileged_proc_debug
.It Dv security.bsd.see_other_uids
-Controls visibility of processes owned by different uid.
+Controls visibility and reachability of subjects (e.g., processes) and objects
+(e.g., sockets) owned by a different uid.
The knob directly affects the
.Dv kern.proc
sysctls filtering of data, which results in restricted output from
utilities like
.Xr ps 1 .
.It Dv security.bsd.see_other_gids
-Same, for processes owned by different gid.
+Same, for subjects and objects owned by a different gid.
.It Dv security.bsd.see_jail_proc
-Same, for processes belonging to a jail.
+Same, for subjects and objects belonging to a different jail, including
+sub-jails.
.It Dv security.bsd.conservative_signals
When enabled, unprivileged users are only allowed to send job control
and usual termination signals like