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+# apparmor.d - Full set of apparmor profiles
+# Copyright (C) 2025 Alexandre Pujol <alexandre@pujol.io>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+abi <abi/4.0>,
+
+include <tunables/global>
+
+@{exec_path} = @{lib}/ufw/ufw-init
+profile ufw-init @{exec_path} {
+  include <abstractions/base>
+  include <abstractions/nameservice-strict>
+
+  capability net_admin,
+
+  network inet dgram,
+  network inet raw,
+  network inet6 dgram,
+  network inet6 raw,
+  network netlink raw,
+
+  @{exec_path} mr,
+
+  @{sh_path}                   rix,
+  @{bin}/sysctl                rix,
+  @{bin}/xtables-legacy-multi  rix,
+  @{bin}/xtables-nft-multi     rix,
+
+  /etc/default/ufw r,
+  /etc/ufw/* r,
+
+  @{PROC}/@{pid}/net/ip_tables_names r,
+  @{PROC}/sys/net/ipv{4,6}/** rw,
+
+  include if exists <local/ufw-init>
+}
+
+# vim:syntax=apparmor