package capabilities import ( "github.com/dotcloud/docker/pkg/libcontainer" "github.com/syndtr/gocapability/capability" "os" ) // DropCapabilities drops capabilities for the current process based // on the container's configuration. func DropCapabilities(container *libcontainer.Container) error { if drop := getCapabilitiesMask(container); len(drop) > 0 { c, err := capability.NewPid(os.Getpid()) if err != nil { return err } c.Unset(capability.CAPS|capability.BOUNDS, drop...) if err := c.Apply(capability.CAPS | capability.BOUNDS); err != nil { return err } } return nil } // getCapabilitiesMask returns the specific cap mask values for the libcontainer types func getCapabilitiesMask(container *libcontainer.Container) []capability.Cap { drop := []capability.Cap{} for _, c := range container.CapabilitiesMask { drop = append(drop, c.Value) } return drop }