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Syscall-Interception Sandbox

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An execution sandbox that intercepts application system calls in a user-space kernel implementation, validating or rejecting them before they reach the host kernel.

Responsibility. Provides stronger-than-container isolation without per-container guest kernels.

Also known as: User-space kernel sandbox

Variant of Execution Sandbox abstract

When to choose. Choose when stronger isolation than standard containers is needed with modest overhead, e.g., interactive real-time services that cannot tolerate VM boot latency, provided the workload's syscalls are supported.

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Sources

  1. Ch9.3: T. Nguyen, "Sandboxing and Transparency Foundations," in Mastering Agentic AI Systems: Guide for the NVIDIA NCP-AAI Exam, 1st ed. 2026, ch. 9.3. ISBN: 9798244538229.