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- Cloud
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Configure a Custom Seccomp Profile
In this lab, we need to create a custom seccomp profile which has a default action to allow system calls to occur and bans certain listed system calls. After that, we need to run a test container with our seccomp profile. With that, we will need to conduct some tests to see if the calls on the list were banned or not.
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Challenge
Check Seccomp Capabilities
grep SECCOMP /boot/config-$(uname -r)Expected output:
CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER=y CONFIG_SECCOMP_FILTER=y CONFIG_SECCOMP=y -
Challenge
Create Our Own Policy and Override the Default Seccomp Profile
vim /home/cloud_user/myProfile.json{ "defaultAction": "SCMP_ACT_ALLOW", "architectures": [ "SCMP_ARCH_X86_64" ], "syscalls": [ { "name": "chmod", "action": "SCMP_ACT_ERRNO" }, { "name": "fchmod", "action": "SCMP_ACT_ERRNO" }, { "name": "fchmodat", "action": "SCMP_ACT_ERRNO" }, { "name": "mkdir", "action": "SCMP_ACT_ERRNO" } ] }ESC :wq ENTER -
Challenge
Run a Container with a Custom Seccomp Profile
sudo docker run --rm -it --security-opt seccomp=/home/cloud_user/myProfile.json debian:jessie sh -
Challenge
Test the Restrictions within the Container
The following should be denied.
mkdir testExpected output:
mkdir: cannot create directory 'test': Operation not permittedThe following should work.
touch testFileThe following should be denied.
chmod +x testFileExpected output:
chmod: changing permissions of 'testFile': Operation not permitted
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