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27.Dd May 5, 2020
28.Dt CAP_SYSCTL 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm cap_sysctl
32.Nd "library for getting or setting system information in capability mode"
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libcap_sysctl
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In libcasper.h
37.In casper/cap_sysctl.h
38.Ft int
39.Fn cap_sysctl "cap_channel_t *chan" "const int *name" "u_int namelen" "void *oldp" "size_t *oldlenp" "const void *newp" "size_t newlen"
40.Ft int
41.Fn cap_sysctlbyname "cap_channel_t *chan" "const char *name" "void *oldp" "size_t *oldlenp" "const void *newp" "size_t newlen"
42.Ft int
43.Fn cap_sysctlnametomib "cap_channel_t *chan" "const char *name" "int *mibp" "size_t *sizep"
44.Ft void *
45.Fn cap_sysctl_limit_init "cap_channel_t *chan"
46.Ft void *
47.Fn cap_sysctl_limit_name "void *limit" "const char *name" "int flags"
48.Ft void *
49.Fn cap_sysctl_limit_mib "void *limit" "const int *mibp" "u_int miblen" "int flags"
50.Ft int
51.Fn cap_sysctl_limit "void *limit"
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Fn cap_sysctl ,
55.Fn cap_sysctlbyname
56and
57.Fn cap_sysctlnametomib
58functions are equivalent to
59.Xr sysctl 3 ,
60.Xr sysctlbyname 3
61and
62.Xr sysctlnametomib 3 ,
63except that they are implemented by the
64.Ql system.sysctl
65.Xr libcasper 3
66service and require a corresponding
67.Xr libcasper 3
68capability.
69.Sh LIMITS
70By default, the
71.Nm
72capability provides unrestricted access to the sysctl namespace.
73Applications typically only require access to a small number of sysctl
74variables; the
75.Fn cap_sysctl_limit
76interface can be used to restrict the sysctls that can be accessed using
77the
78.Nm
79capability.
80.Fn cap_sysctl_limit_init
81returns an opaque limit handle used to store a list of permitted sysctls
82and access rights.
83Rights are encoded using the following flags:
84.Pp
85.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
86CAP_SYSCTL_READ		allow reads of the sysctl variable
87CAP_SYSCTL_WRITE        allow writes of the sysctl variable
88CAP_SYSCTL_RDWR         allow reads and writes of the sysctl variable
89CAP_RECURSIVE           permit access to any child of the sysctl variable
90.Ed
91.Pp
92The
93.Fn cap_sysctl_limit_name
94function adds the sysctl identified by
95.Ar name
96to the limit list, and
97.Fn cap_sysctl_limit_mib
98function adds the sysctl identified by
99.Ar mibp
100to the limit list.
101The access rights for the sysctl are specified in the
102.Ar flags
103parameter; at least one of
104.Dv CAP_SYSCTL_READ ,
105.Dv CAP_SYSCTL_WRITE
106and
107.Dv CAP_SYSCTL_RDWR
108must be specified.
109.Fn cap_sysctl_limit
110applies a set of sysctl limits to the capability, denying access to sysctl
111variables not belonging to the set.
112.Pp
113Once a set of limits is applied, subsequent calls to
114.Fn cap_sysctl_limit
115will fail unless the new set is a subset of the current set.
116.Pp
117.Fn cap_sysctlnametomib
118will succeed so long as the named sysctl variable is present in the limit set,
119regardless of its access rights.
120When a sysctl variable name is added to a limit set, its MIB identifier is
121automatically added to the set.
122.Sh EXAMPLES
123The following example first opens a capability to casper, uses this
124capability to create the
125.Nm system.sysctl
126casper service, and then uses the
127.Nm
128capability to get the value of
129.Dv kern.trap_enotcap .
130.Bd -literal
131cap_channel_t *capcas, *capsysctl;
132const char *name = "kern.trap_enotcap";
133void *limit;
134int value;
135size_t size;
136
137/* Open capability to Casper. */
138capcas = cap_init();
139if (capcas == NULL)
140	err(1, "Unable to contact Casper");
141
142/* Enter capability mode sandbox. */
143if (cap_enter() < 0 && errno != ENOSYS)
144	err(1, "Unable to enter capability mode");
145
146/* Use Casper capability to create capability to the system.sysctl service. */
147capsysctl = cap_service_open(capcas, "system.sysctl");
148if (capsysctl == NULL)
149	err(1, "Unable to open system.sysctl service");
150
151/* Close Casper capability, we don't need it anymore. */
152cap_close(capcas);
153
154/* Create limit for one MIB with read access only. */
155limit = cap_sysctl_limit_init(capsysctl);
156(void)cap_sysctl_limit_name(limit, name, CAP_SYSCTL_READ);
157
158/* Limit system.sysctl. */
159if (cap_sysctl_limit(limit) < 0)
160	err(1, "Unable to set limits");
161
162/* Fetch value. */
163if (cap_sysctlbyname(capsysctl, name, &value, &size, NULL, 0) < 0)
164	err(1, "Unable to get value of sysctl");
165
166printf("The value of %s is %d.\\n", name, value);
167
168cap_close(capsysctl);
169.Ed
170.Sh SEE ALSO
171.Xr cap_enter 2 ,
172.Xr err 3 ,
173.Xr sysctl 3 ,
174.Xr sysctlbyname 3 ,
175.Xr sysctlnametomib 3 ,
176.Xr capsicum 4 ,
177.Xr nv 9
178.Sh HISTORY
179The
180.Nm cap_sysctl
181service first appeared in
182.Fx 10.3 .
183.Sh AUTHORS
184The
185.Nm cap_sysctl
186service was implemented by
187.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq Mt pawel@dawidek.net
188under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.
189.Pp
190This manual page was written by
191.An Mariusz Zaborski Aq Mt oshogbo@FreeBSD.org .
192