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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index ebd2f993d608..0ef05750dadc 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -483,10 +483,11 @@ modprobe ======== The full path to the usermode helper for autoloading kernel modules, -by default "/sbin/modprobe". This binary is executed when the kernel -requests a module. For example, if userspace passes an unknown -filesystem type to mount(), then the kernel will automatically request -the corresponding filesystem module by executing this usermode helper. +by default ``CONFIG_MODPROBE_PATH``, which in turn defaults to +"/sbin/modprobe". This binary is executed when the kernel requests a +module. For example, if userspace passes an unknown filesystem type +to mount(), then the kernel will automatically request the +corresponding filesystem module by executing this usermode helper. This usermode helper should insert the needed module into the kernel. This sysctl only affects module autoloading. It has no effect on the @@ -1464,11 +1465,22 @@ unprivileged_bpf_disabled ========================= Writing 1 to this entry will disable unprivileged calls to ``bpf()``; -once disabled, calling ``bpf()`` without ``CAP_SYS_ADMIN`` will return -``-EPERM``. +once disabled, calling ``bpf()`` without ``CAP_SYS_ADMIN`` or ``CAP_BPF`` +will return ``-EPERM``. Once set to 1, this can't be cleared from the +running kernel anymore. -Once set, this can't be cleared. +Writing 2 to this entry will also disable unprivileged calls to ``bpf()``, +however, an admin can still change this setting later on, if needed, by +writing 0 or 1 to this entry. +If ``BPF_UNPRIV_DEFAULT_OFF`` is enabled in the kernel config, then this +entry will default to 2 instead of 0. + += ============================================================= +0 Unprivileged calls to ``bpf()`` are enabled +1 Unprivileged calls to ``bpf()`` are disabled without recovery +2 Unprivileged calls to ``bpf()`` are disabled += ============================================================= watchdog ======== |