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libc: allow posix_fallocate in capability mode
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Authored by emaste on Oct 11 2017, 7:46 PM.
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posix_fallocate is logically equivalent to writing zero blocks to the desired file size and there is no reason to prevent calling it in capability mode. posix_fallocate already checked for the CAP_WRITE right, so we merely need to list it in capabilities.conf.

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Per discussion on the recent capsicum call, posix_fallocate could require CAP_PWRITE (aka CAP_WRITE | CAP_SEEK) instead of just CAP_WRITE.

Require CAP_PWRITE (CAP_WRITE | CAP_SEEK) for posix_fallocate.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Oct 12 2017, 2:04 AM
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.