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unix: Preserve FD_RESOLVE_BENEATH when passing an fd
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Authored by markj on May 22 2026, 10:12 PM.
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The FD_RESOLVE_BENEATH flag is supposed to be sticky. It's set when you
receive an fd from a different jail and preserved by openat(<dfd>) etc..
However, if you send the fd to yourself, the flag is stripped since
SCM_RIGHTS message don't preserve file descriptor flags.

Fix this by preserving those flags and checking for UF_RESOLVE_BENEATH
in restrict_rights().

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