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Expand Up @@ -159,10 +159,13 @@ ps_dropprivs(struct dhcpcd_ctx *ctx)
struct rlimit rzero = { .rlim_cur = 0, .rlim_max = 0 };

#ifndef __sun /* RLIMIT_NOFILE and ppoll don't mix */

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Might be worth adding __linux__ back to this instead to say that this causes dup2 to fail.
I need RLIMIT_NOFILE of zero for Dragonfly and NetBSD - that is not negotiable.

struct rlimit rnofile = { .rlim_cur = STDERR_FILENO + 1,
.rlim_max = STDERR_FILENO + 1 };

/* Prohibit new files, sockets, etc
* The control proxy *does* need to create new fd's via accept(2). */
if (ctx->ps_ctl == NULL || ctx->ps_ctl->psp_pid != getpid()) {
if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rzero) == -1)
if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rnofile) == -1)
logerr("setrlimit RLIMIT_NOFILE");
}
#endif
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Keep the manager's descriptor limit compatible with make_env.

ps_managersandbox applies RLIMIT_NOFILE before run_preinit and later script_runreason calls. When HAVE_OPEN_MEMSTREAM is unavailable, make_env calls mkstemp. With descriptors 0–2 open, the limit of STDERR_FILENO + 1 makes mkstemp fail with EMFILE, so configured interface scripts cannot receive their environment. Remove this descriptor allocation or apply the limit only after this workflow no longer needs it.

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In `@src/privsep.c` around lines 159 - 171, Update ps_managersandbox’s
RLIMIT_NOFILE handling so it does not prevent make_env from creating its
temporary file via mkstemp during run_preinit and script_runreason. Remove the
early descriptor limit or defer applying it until that workflow has completed,
while preserving the control proxy’s ability to accept new descriptors.

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