[PATCH] man/man2const/F_{ADD,GET}_SEALS.2const: document F_SEAL_EXEC
Pratyush Yadav <[email protected]> Fri, 29 May 2026 14:40:44 +0200
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From: "Pratyush Yadav (Google)" <[email protected]> F_SEAL_EXEC was added in Linux v6.3. It seals the exec bits of the memfd. Document it. Signed-off-by: Pratyush Yadav (Google) <[email protected]> --- Notes: I discovered this was missing when working on [0]. I had to look at the code to figure out how it was supposed to behave. Disclaimer: I used help from Gemini to write this patch, mainly because I don't know the man page syntax. If the man-pages project also uses the AI-assisted tags as Linux, feel free to add: Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro [0] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/[email protected]/ man/man2const/F_GET_SEALS.2const | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/man2const/F_GET_SEALS.2const b/man/man2const/F_GET_SEALS.2const index 175025c10..2de8009a8 100644 --- a/man/man2const/F_GET_SEALS.2const +++ b/man/man2const/F_GET_SEALS.2const @@ -176,6 +176,25 @@ will fail with Using this seal, one process can create a memory buffer that it can continue to modify while sharing that buffer on a "read-only" basis with other processes. +.TP +.BR F_SEAL_EXEC " (since Linux 6.3)" +If this seal is set, the execute bits in the file mode cannot be modified. +Any attempt to modify these bits via +.BR chmod (2), +.BR fchmod (2), +or similar calls will fail with +.BR EPERM . +This preserves the execute bits as they were at the time of sealing, +making the file either permanently executable or permanently unexecutable. +.IP +If this seal is applied to a file that is already executable, +the kernel also implicitly applies +.BR F_SEAL_SHRINK , +.BR F_SEAL_GROW , +.BR F_SEAL_WRITE , +and +.BR F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE , +preventing any further modifications to the contents of the file. .SH RETURN VALUE .TP .B F_GET_SEALS base-commit: 9db8ca91f920b9aba40ed68de6b8da0ca9dbefaa -- 2.54.0.1013.g208068f2d8-goog