git: d705a519525f - main - cap_net: do not allow new limits to drop keys from the old ones

From: Mariusz Zaborski <oshogbo_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 15:25:42 UTC
The branch main has been updated by oshogbo:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=d705a519525f2acae3c1efba11436ec6ee8aea0a

commit d705a519525f2acae3c1efba11436ec6ee8aea0a
Author:     Mariusz Zaborski <oshogbo@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-05-12 08:33:41 +0000
Commit:     Mariusz Zaborski <oshogbo@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-05-18 15:18:43 +0000

    cap_net: do not allow new limits to drop keys from the old ones
    
    If the old limit had family/hosts/sockaddr set, the new limit must
    have them too. Before, a missing key in the new limit was treated as
    "allow any", which let a caller silently extend their limits.
    
    Reported by:    Joshua Rogers of AISLE Research Team
    Reviewed by:    markj
    MFC after:      1 day
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56991
---
 lib/libcasper/services/cap_net/cap_net.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/libcasper/services/cap_net/cap_net.c b/lib/libcasper/services/cap_net/cap_net.c
index 59124e3cb54f..e04cad1d834c 100644
--- a/lib/libcasper/services/cap_net/cap_net.c
+++ b/lib/libcasper/services/cap_net/cap_net.c
@@ -1122,12 +1122,37 @@ net_connect(const nvlist_t *limits, nvlist_t *nvlin, nvlist_t *nvlout)
 	return (0);
 }
 
+/*
+ * If the old sublimit restricted a subkey, the new one must too;
+ * a missing subkey means "allow any" at request time.
+ */
+static bool
+verify_subkeys_present(const nvlist_t *oldfunclimits,
+    const nvlist_t *newfunclimit)
+{
+	void *cookie;
+	const char *name;
+
+	if (oldfunclimits == NULL)
+		return (true);
+
+	cookie = NULL;
+	while ((name = nvlist_next(oldfunclimits, NULL, &cookie)) != NULL) {
+		if (!nvlist_exists(newfunclimit, name))
+			return (false);
+	}
+	return (true);
+}
+
 static bool
 verify_only_sa_newlimts(const nvlist_t *oldfunclimits,
     const nvlist_t *newfunclimit)
 {
 	void *cookie;
 
+	if (!verify_subkeys_present(oldfunclimits, newfunclimit))
+		return (false);
+
 	cookie = NULL;
 	while (nvlist_next(newfunclimit, NULL, &cookie) != NULL) {
 		void *sacookie;
@@ -1200,6 +1225,9 @@ verify_addr2name_newlimits(const nvlist_t *oldlimits,
 		    LIMIT_NV_ADDR2NAME, NULL);
 	}
 
+	if (!verify_subkeys_present(oldfunclimits, newfunclimit))
+		return (false);
+
 	cookie = NULL;
 	while (nvlist_next(newfunclimit, NULL, &cookie) != NULL) {
 		if (strcmp(cnvlist_name(cookie), "sockaddr") == 0) {
@@ -1258,6 +1286,9 @@ verify_name2addr_newlimits(const nvlist_t *oldlimits,
 		    LIMIT_NV_NAME2ADDR, NULL);
 	}
 
+	if (!verify_subkeys_present(oldfunclimits, newfunclimit))
+		return (false);
+
 	cookie = NULL;
 	while (nvlist_next(newfunclimit, NULL, &cookie) != NULL) {
 		if (strcmp(cnvlist_name(cookie), "hosts") == 0) {