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diff --git a/lib/caputils.c b/lib/caputils.c
index 987533a..23866c0 100644
--- a/lib/caputils.c
+++ b/lib/caputils.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
#include "caputils.h"
#include "pathnames.h"
#include "procfs.h"
+#include "nls.h"
static int test_cap(unsigned int cap)
{
@@ -87,6 +88,43 @@ int cap_last_cap(void)
return cap;
}
+void cap_permitted_to_ambient(void)
+{
+ /* We use capabilities system calls to propagate the permitted
+ * capabilities into the ambient set because we may have
+ * already forked so be in async-signal-safe context. */
+ struct __user_cap_header_struct header = {
+ .version = _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3,
+ .pid = 0,
+ };
+ struct __user_cap_data_struct payload[_LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_3] = {{ 0 }};
+ uint64_t effective, cap;
+
+ if (capget(&header, payload) < 0)
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("capget failed"));
+
+ /* In order the make capabilities ambient, we first need to ensure
+ * that they are all inheritable. */
+ payload[0].inheritable = payload[0].permitted;
+ payload[1].inheritable = payload[1].permitted;
+
+ if (capset(&header, payload) < 0)
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("capset failed"));
+
+ effective = ((uint64_t)payload[1].effective << 32) | (uint64_t)payload[0].effective;
+
+ for (cap = 0; cap < (sizeof(effective) * 8); cap++) {
+ /* This is the same check as cap_valid(), but using
+ * the runtime value for the last valid cap. */
+ if (cap > (uint64_t) cap_last_cap())
+ continue;
+
+ if ((effective & (1ULL << cap))
+ && prctl(PR_CAP_AMBIENT, PR_CAP_AMBIENT_RAISE, cap, 0, 0) < 0)
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("prctl(PR_CAP_AMBIENT) failed"));
+ }
+}
+
#ifdef TEST_PROGRAM_CAPUTILS
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{