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-rw-r--r--src/lxc/conf.c17
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/lxc/conf.c b/src/lxc/conf.c
index c0d43d3..0c2ceef 100644
--- a/src/lxc/conf.c
+++ b/src/lxc/conf.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
#include "conf.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "lxc.h" /* for lxc_cgroup_set() */
+#include "caps.h" /* for lxc_caps_last_cap() */
lxc_log_define(lxc_conf, lxc);
@@ -1123,6 +1124,7 @@ static int setup_caps(struct lxc_list *caps)
{
struct lxc_list *iterator;
char *drop_entry;
+ char *ptr;
int i, capid;
lxc_list_for_each(iterator, caps) {
@@ -1140,6 +1142,21 @@ static int setup_caps(struct lxc_list *caps)
break;
}
+ if (capid < 0) {
+ /* try to see if it's numeric, so the user may specify
+ * capabilities that the running kernel knows about but
+ * we don't */
+ capid = strtol(drop_entry, &ptr, 10);
+ if (!ptr || *ptr != '\0' ||
+ capid == LONG_MIN || capid == LONG_MAX)
+ /* not a valid number */
+ capid = -1;
+ else if (capid > lxc_caps_last_cap())
+ /* we have a number but it's not a valid
+ * capability */
+ capid = -1;
+ }
+
if (capid < 0) {
ERROR("unknown capability %s", drop_entry);
return -1;