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authorTobias Brunner <tobias@strongswan.org>2013-06-24 18:22:31 +0200
committerTobias Brunner <tobias@strongswan.org>2013-06-25 17:16:32 +0200
commit41b8546ac0a8c95496d1812f35eefa696cf8212c (patch)
tree2029603e9d3200599d2f99bc76ad4227c681c882 /src/libhydra/plugins/kernel_netlink
parenta2eb581781ca291c9053131be7ec99013e9c83ee (diff)
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capabilities: Only plugins that require CAP_NET_ADMIN demand it
The daemon as such does not require this capability.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/libhydra/plugins/kernel_netlink')
-rw-r--r--src/libhydra/plugins/kernel_netlink/kernel_netlink_plugin.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libhydra/plugins/kernel_netlink/kernel_netlink_plugin.c b/src/libhydra/plugins/kernel_netlink/kernel_netlink_plugin.c
index 0eb00dadf..2db03d854 100644
--- a/src/libhydra/plugins/kernel_netlink/kernel_netlink_plugin.c
+++ b/src/libhydra/plugins/kernel_netlink/kernel_netlink_plugin.c
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ plugin_t *kernel_netlink_plugin_create()
{
private_kernel_netlink_plugin_t *this;
+ if (!lib->caps->keep(lib->caps, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+ { /* required to bind/use XFRM sockets / create routing tables */
+ DBG1(DBG_KNL, "kernel-netlink plugin requires CAP_NET_ADMIN "
+ "capability");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
INIT(this,
.public = {
.plugin = {