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33.Dd March 9, 2023
34.Dt CAP_RIGHTS_LIMIT 2
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm cap_rights_limit
38.Nd limit capability rights
39.Sh LIBRARY
40.Lb libc
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.In sys/capsicum.h
43.Ft int
44.Fn cap_rights_limit "int fd" "const cap_rights_t *rights"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46When a file descriptor is created by a function such as
47.Xr accept 2 ,
48.Xr accept4 2 ,
49.Xr fhopen 2 ,
50.Xr kqueue 2 ,
51.Xr mq_open 2 ,
52.Xr open 2 ,
53.Xr openat 2 ,
54.Xr pdfork 2 ,
55.Xr pipe 2 ,
56.Xr shm_open 2 ,
57.Xr socket 2
58or
59.Xr socketpair 2 ,
60it is assigned all capability rights.
61Those rights can be reduced (but never expanded) by using the
62.Fn cap_rights_limit
63system call.
64Once capability rights are reduced, operations on the file descriptor will be
65limited to those permitted by
66.Fa rights .
67.Pp
68The
69.Fa rights
70argument should be prepared using
71.Xr cap_rights_init 3
72family of functions.
73.Pp
74Capability rights assigned to a file descriptor can be obtained with the
75.Xr cap_rights_get 3
76function.
77.Pp
78The complete list of the capability rights can be found in the
79.Xr rights 4
80manual page.
81.Sh RETURN VALUES
82.Rv -std
83.Sh EXAMPLES
84The following example demonstrates how to limit file descriptor capability
85rights to allow reading only.
86.Bd -literal
87cap_rights_t setrights;
88char buf[1];
89int fd;
90
91fd = open("/tmp/foo", O_RDWR);
92if (fd < 0)
93	err(1, "open() failed");
94
95if (cap_enter() < 0)
96	err(1, "cap_enter() failed");
97
98cap_rights_init(&setrights, CAP_READ);
99if (cap_rights_limit(fd, &setrights) < 0)
100	err(1, "cap_rights_limit() failed");
101
102buf[0] = 'X';
103
104if (write(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)) > 0)
105	errx(1, "write() succeeded!");
106
107if (read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)) < 0)
108	err(1, "read() failed");
109.Ed
110.Sh ERRORS
111.Fn cap_rights_limit
112succeeds unless:
113.Bl -tag -width Er
114.It Bq Er EBADF
115The
116.Fa fd
117argument is not a valid active descriptor.
118.It Bq Er EINVAL
119An invalid right has been requested in
120.Fa rights .
121.It Bq Er ENOSYS
122The running kernel was compiled without
123.Cd "options CAPABILITY_MODE" .
124.It Bq Er ENOTCAPABLE
125The
126.Fa rights
127argument contains capability rights not present for the given file descriptor.
128Capability rights list can only be reduced, never expanded.
129.El
130.Sh SEE ALSO
131.Xr accept 2 ,
132.Xr accept4 2 ,
133.Xr cap_enter 2 ,
134.Xr fhopen 2 ,
135.Xr kqueue 2 ,
136.Xr mq_open 2 ,
137.Xr open 2 ,
138.Xr openat 2 ,
139.Xr pdfork 2 ,
140.Xr pipe 2 ,
141.Xr read 2 ,
142.Xr shm_open 2 ,
143.Xr socket 2 ,
144.Xr socketpair 2 ,
145.Xr write 2 ,
146.Xr cap_rights_get 3 ,
147.Xr cap_rights_init 3 ,
148.Xr err 3 ,
149.Xr capsicum 4 ,
150.Xr rights 4
151.Sh HISTORY
152The
153.Fn cap_rights_limit
154function first appeared in
155.Fx 8.3 .
156Support for capabilities and capabilities mode was developed as part of the
157.Tn TrustedBSD
158Project.
159.Sh AUTHORS
160This function was created by
161.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq Mt pawel@dawidek.net
162under sponsorship of the FreeBSD Foundation.
163