From 6203554207728f43cfb9fd48585cd6500da73d42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:45:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] drivers/net/tehuti: use proper capability check for raw IO
access
Yeah, in practice they both mean "root", but Alan correctly points out
that anybody who gets to do raw IO space accesses should really be using
CAP_SYS_RAWIO rather than CAP_NET_ADMIN.
Pointed-out-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
---
drivers/net/tehuti.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/tehuti.c b/drivers/net/tehuti.c
index e83b166aa6b9..432e837a1760 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tehuti.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tehuti.c
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ static int bdx_ioctl_priv(struct net_device *ndev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
DBG("%d 0x%x 0x%x\n", data[0], data[1], data[2]);
}
- if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
return -EPERM;
switch (data[0]) {
--
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