linux-kernel - Re: [patch] ADJ_OFFSET_SS

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Date:	Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:07:40 -0700
From:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
To:	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Cc:	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [patch] ADJ_OFFSET_SS_READ and capabilities


On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 09:32 +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> Hi Roman, John,
> 
> ADJ_OFFSET_SS_READ is a read-only operation.  Therefore, it seems
> reasonable not to require any capability (as is the case when 'modes'
> is zero.  See the patch below.  Does this change seem reasonable?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Michael
> 
> --- linux-2.6.26-rc5/kernel/time/ntp.c	2008-06-13 11:16:51.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.26-rc5-p/kernel/time/ntp.c	2008-06-22 07:31:43.000000000 +0200
> @@ -281,7 +281,8 @@
>   	int result;
> 
>   	/* In order to modify anything, you gotta be super-user! */
> -	if (txc->modes && !capable(CAP_SYS_TIME))
> +	if (txc->modes && txc->modes != ADJ_OFFSET_SS_READ &&
> +	    !capable(CAP_SYS_TIME))
>   		return -EPERM;
> 
>   	/* Now we validate the data before disabling interrupts */
> 


Hey Michael,
	This seems like an ok change, but we'd first want to fix the issue you
pointed out earlier which would make sure adjtimex() read calls don't
cause side effects.

thanks
-john



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