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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2013-02-25 21:32:25 +0000
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2014-03-11 16:10:03 -0700
commit2f590c47013d610800770be179b8fbfd7c6bb1f8 (patch)
treed0df0784cda50ff2436a105b2315bc39469504c8 /drivers
parentf7741e3b3f9d3827e7bc75118118f102553f7564 (diff)
proc connector: reject unprivileged listener bumps
commit e70ab977991964a5a7ad1182799451d067e62669 upstream. While PROC_CN_MCAST_LISTEN/IGNORE is entirely advisory, it was possible for an unprivileged user to turn off notifications for all listeners by sending PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE. Instead, require the same privileges as required for a multicast bind. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net> Cc: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net> Acked-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> Cc: Qiang Huang <h.huangqiang@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/connector/cn_proc.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
index ff18e41f5b22..094a7107301d 100644
--- a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
@@ -331,6 +331,12 @@ static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(struct cn_msg *msg,
if (msg->len != sizeof(*mc_op))
return;
+ /* Can only change if privileged. */
+ if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
+ err = EPERM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
mc_op = (enum proc_cn_mcast_op*)msg->data;
switch (*mc_op) {
case PROC_CN_MCAST_LISTEN:
@@ -343,6 +349,8 @@ static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(struct cn_msg *msg,
err = EINVAL;
break;
}
+
+out:
cn_proc_ack(err, msg->seq, msg->ack);
}