[PATCH 1/2] alfred: drop CAP_NET_RAW when binding to the device fails
Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:26:28 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.open-mesh.lists.batman |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
netsock_open() and netsock_open4() raise the CAP_NET_RAW effective
capability around the two SO_BINDTODEVICE setsockopt() calls and drop it
again with enable_raw_bind_capability(0). When either setsockopt() fails
the "goto err" jumps straight to the socket cleanup and skipped the drop.
The daemon was then still using the CAP_NET_RAW.
Route the bind failures through a new err_bind label that drops the
capability before the existing error cleanup.
Fixes: b0877b387ba1 ("alfred: Drop capabilities when not needed")
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]>
---
netsock.c | 14 ++++++++++----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/netsock.c b/netsock.c
index 60b2285..54148e2 100644
--- a/netsock.c
+++ b/netsock.c
@@ -317,14 +317,14 @@ static int netsock_open(struct globals *globals, struct interface *interface)
if (setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BINDTODEVICE, interface->interface,
strlen(interface->interface) + 1)) {
perror("can't bind to device");
- goto err;
+ goto err_bind;
}
if (setsockopt(sock_mc, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BINDTODEVICE,
interface->interface,
strlen(interface->interface) + 1)) {
perror("can't bind to device");
- goto err;
+ goto err_bind;
}
enable_raw_bind_capability(0);
@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@ static int netsock_open(struct globals *globals, struct interface *interface)
interface->netsock_mcast = sock_mc;
return 0;
+
+err_bind:
+ enable_raw_bind_capability(0);
err:
close(sock);
close(sock_mc);
@@ -464,13 +467,13 @@ static int netsock_open4(struct globals *globals, struct interface *interface)
if (setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BINDTODEVICE, interface->interface,
strlen(interface->interface) + 1)) {
perror("ipv4: can't bind to device");
- goto err;
+ goto err_bind;
}
if (setsockopt(sock_mc, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BINDTODEVICE,
interface->interface, strlen(interface->interface) + 1)) {
perror("ipv4: can't bind to device");
- goto err;
+ goto err_bind;
}
enable_raw_bind_capability(0);
@@ -558,6 +561,9 @@ static int netsock_open4(struct globals *globals, struct interface *interface)
interface->netsock_mcast = sock_mc;
return 0;
+
+err_bind:
+ enable_raw_bind_capability(0);
err:
close(sock);
close(sock_mc);
--
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