# Seccomp BPF

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/linux/seccomp-bpf/  
**Provider:** Linux — https://apis.io/providers/linux/  
**Documentation:** https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/userspace-api/seccomp_filter.html

Seccomp BPF is one of 10 APIs that [Linux](https://apis.io/providers/linux/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Security, Sandboxing, and Syscalls. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

SECure COMPuting mode with BPF filters, used to restrict which system calls a process can make for sandboxing and hardening.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/userspace-api/seccomp_filter.html

## Other Linux APIs (9)

- [Linux Kernel Userspace API](https://apis.io/apis/linux/linux-kernel-userspace-api/)
- [eBPF Userspace API](https://apis.io/apis/linux/ebpf-userspace-api/)
- [Netlink API](https://apis.io/apis/linux/netlink-api/)
- [Landlock](https://apis.io/apis/linux/landlock/)
- [procfs](https://apis.io/apis/linux/procfs/)
- [sysfs](https://apis.io/apis/linux/sysfs/)
- [systemd D-Bus API](https://apis.io/apis/linux/systemd-dbus/)
- [Linux PAM](https://apis.io/apis/linux/linux-pam/)
- [udev](https://apis.io/apis/linux/udev/)

## Tags

Security, Sandboxing, Syscalls

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/linux/seccomp-bpf/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/linux/.