[GH-ISSUE #6956] Some system calls can not be whitelisted #3433

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opened 2026-05-05 09:59:52 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 2 comments
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Originally created by @pierretom on GitHub (Nov 2, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/6956

For example:
441 - epoll_pwait2
449 - futex_waitv

seccomp.keep epoll_pwait2,futex_waitv,...
seccomp.log

Also those system calls do not appear with --debug-syscalls but are present in syscalls.list.

Originally created by @pierretom on GitHub (Nov 2, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/6956 For example: 441 - epoll_pwait2 449 - futex_waitv `seccomp.keep epoll_pwait2,futex_waitv,...` [seccomp.log](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/23290787/seccomp.log) Also those system calls do not appear with `--debug-syscalls` but are present in [syscalls.list](https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/blob/master/contrib/syntax/lists/syscalls.list).
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@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2025):

The syscall lists and groups in firejail are seriously out of date by a few years. This affects the ability to name syscalls in seccomp.* (by number syntax could work) but also blacklisting of newer syscalls that provide a superset of an older blocked syscall.

If anyone wants to PR, here are the relevant files:

https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/blob/master/src/include/syscall_x86_64.h
https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/blob/master/src/include/syscall_i386.h
https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/blob/master/src/include/syscall_armeabi.h
https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/blob/master/src/include/syscall_aarch64.h

<!-- gh-comment-id:3478010586 --> @rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2025): The syscall lists and groups in firejail are seriously out of date by a few years. This affects the ability to name syscalls in `seccomp.*` (by number syntax could work) but also blacklisting of newer syscalls that provide a superset of an older blocked syscall. If anyone wants to PR, here are the relevant files: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/blob/master/src/include/syscall_x86_64.h https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/blob/master/src/include/syscall_i386.h https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/blob/master/src/include/syscall_armeabi.h https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/blob/master/src/include/syscall_aarch64.h
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@pierretom commented on GitHub (Nov 4, 2025):

Ok, work in progress.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3484912228 --> @pierretom commented on GitHub (Nov 4, 2025): Ok, work in progress.
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