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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/tcpdump/tcpdump.c')
-rw-r--r-- | contrib/tcpdump/tcpdump.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/tcpdump/tcpdump.c b/contrib/tcpdump/tcpdump.c index 511e1af..9c5e960 100644 --- a/contrib/tcpdump/tcpdump.c +++ b/contrib/tcpdump/tcpdump.c @@ -1486,7 +1486,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) if (RFileName == NULL && VFileName == NULL) { static const unsigned long cmds[] = { BIOCGSTATS }; - cap_rights_init(&rights, CAP_IOCTL, CAP_READ); + /* + * The various libpcap devices use a combination of + * read (bpf), ioctl (bpf, netmap), poll (netmap). + * Grant the relevant access rights, sorted by name. + */ + cap_rights_init(&rights, CAP_EVENT, CAP_IOCTL, CAP_READ); if (cap_rights_limit(pcap_fileno(pd), &rights) < 0 && errno != ENOSYS) { error("unable to limit pcap descriptor"); |