CAP_RIGHTS_LIMIT(2)

NAME
cap_rights_limit - limit capability rights

LIBRARY
libc

SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/capsicum.h>
int
cap_rights_limit(int fd, const cap_rights_t *rights);

DESCRIPTION
When a file descriptor is created by a function such as accept(2), accept4(2), fhopen(2), kqueue(2), mq_open(2), open(2), openat(2), pdfork(2), pipe(2), shm_open(2), socket(2) or socketpair(2), it is assigned all capability rights. Those rights can be reduced (but never expanded) by using the cap_rights_limit() system call. Once capability rights are reduced, operations on the file descriptor will be limited to those permitted by rights.

The rights argument should be prepared using cap_rights_init(3) family of functions.

Capability rights assigned to a file descriptor can be obtained with the cap_rights_get(3) function.

The complete list of the capability rights can be found in the rights(4) manual page.

RETURN VALUES

EXAMPLES
The following example demonstrates how to limit file descriptor capability rights to allow reading only.

    cap_rights_t setrights;
    char buf[1];
    int fd;
    fd = open("/tmp/foo", O_RDWR);
    if (fd < 0)
    	err(1, "open() failed");
    if (cap_enter() < 0)
    	err(1, "cap_enter() failed");
    cap_rights_init(&setrights, CAP_READ);
    if (cap_rights_limit(fd, &setrights) < 0)
    	err(1, "cap_rights_limit() failed");
    buf[0] = 'X';
    if (write(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)) > 0)
    	errx(1, "write() succeeded!");
    if (read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)) < 0)
    	err(1, "read() failed");

ERRORS
cap_rights_limit() succeeds unless:

[EBADF]
    The fd argument is not a valid active descriptor.

[EINVAL]
    An invalid right has been requested in rights.

[ENOTCAPABLE]
    The rights argument contains capability rights not present for the given file descriptor. Capability rights list can only be reduced, never expanded.

SEE ALSO
accept(2), accept4(2), cap_enter(2), fhopen(2), kqueue(2), mq_open(2), open(2), openat(2), pdfork(2), pipe(2), read(2), shm_open(2), socket(2), socketpair(2), write(2), cap_rights_get(3), cap_rights_init(3), err(3), capsicum(4), rights(4)

HISTORY
The cap_rights_limit() function first appeared in FreeBSD 8.3. Support for capabilities and capabilities mode was developed as part of the TrustedBSD Project.

AUTHORS
This function was created by Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pawel@dawidek.net> under sponsorship of the FreeBSD Foundation.