Manpages - capng_lock.3

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NAME

capng_lock - lock the current process capabilities settings

SYNOPSIS

#include <cap-ng.h>

int capng_lock(void);

DESCRIPTION

capng_lock will take steps to prevent children of the current process to regain full privileges if the uid is 0. This should be called while possessing the CAP_SETPCAP capability in the kernel. This function will do the following if permitted by the kernel: Set the NOROOT option on for PR_SET_SECUREBITS, set the NOROOT_LOCKED option to on for PR_SET_SECUREBITS, set the PR_NO_SETUID_FIXUP option on for PR_SET_SECUREBITS, and set the PR_NO_SETUID_FIXUP_LOCKED option on for PR_SET_SECUREBITS.

RETURN VALUE

This returns 0 on success and a negative number on failure. -1 means a failure setting any of the PR_SET_SECUREBITS options.

SEE ALSO

*capng_apply*(3), *prctl*(2), *capabilities*(7)

AUTHOR

Steve Grubb

Author: dt

Created: 2022-02-20 Sun 14:55