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Seccomp

seccomp (short for secure computing) is a computer security facility in the Linux kernel. seccomp allows a process to make a one-way transition into a "secure" state where it cannot make any system calls except exit(), sigreturn(), read() and write() to already-open file descriptors. Should it attempt any other system calls, the kernel will either just…

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Software using seccomp or seccomp-bpf

AndroidAndroid 8.0SystemdSandboxingQEMU
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Computer securityLinux kernelProcessSystem callsFile descriptors
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License
GNU General Public License
Operating system
Linux
Original author
Andrea Arcangeli
Release
March 8, 2005; 21 years ago (2005-03-08)
Type
Sandboxing
Written in
C

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Seccomp

Nodes56
Edges55
Triples56
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035714
Components1

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Seccomp

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related to Software using seccomp or seccomp-bpf · 33
Seccomp → Adobe Flash Player, Android, AppArmor, Arcangeli's CPUShare, As, Chrome, Docker, Dropbox, Exherbo Linux, February, File, Firefox OS, Firejail, Flatpakminijail, GNOME, Google, However, JPEG, KVM, Linus Torvalds
related to External links · 11
Seccomp → Archived, August, Google's Chromium, In-Depth, Jake Edgeseccomp-nurse, Linux, Linux Software, LWN, Mitigating Security Bugs, Official, Preventing
related to history · 5
Seccomp → Andrea Arcangeli, It, January, Linux, March
License · 1
Seccomp → GNU General Public License
Operating system · 1
Seccomp → Linux
Original author · 1
Seccomp → Andrea Arcangeli
Release · 1
Seccomp → March 8, 2005; 21 years ago (2005-03-08)
Type · 1
Seccomp → Sandboxing
Website · 1
Seccomp → code.google.com/archive/p/seccompsandbox/wikis/overview.wiki
Written in · 1
Seccomp → C

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linux seccomp-bpf kernel system used using sandboxing calls process sandbox since chrome uses security google version secure allows file applications

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SeccompLicenseGNU General Public License1.00infobox
SeccompOperating systemLinux1.00infobox
SeccompOriginal authorAndrea Arcangeli1.00infobox
SeccompReleaseMarch 8, 2005; 21 years ago (2005-03-08)1.00infobox
SeccompTypeSandboxing1.00infobox
SeccompWebsitecode.google.com/archive/p/seccompsandbox/wikis/overview.wiki1.00infobox
SeccompWritten inC1.00infobox
Seccomprelated to External linksOfficial0.60section
Seccomprelated to External linksArchived0.60section
Seccomprelated to External linksGoogle's Chromium0.60section
Seccomprelated to External linksLWN0.60section
Seccomprelated to External linksAugust0.60section

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