netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: don't allow CAP_NET_ADMIN to load non-netdev kernel modules

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Date:	Wed, 2 Mar 2011 08:01:52 -0800
From:	Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com>
To:	Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mjt@....msk.ru, arnd@...db.de,
	mirqus@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru,
	pekkas@...core.fi, jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
	kaber@...sh.net, eric.dumazet@...il.com, therbert@...gle.com,
	xiaosuo@...il.com, jesse@...ira.com, eugene@...hat.com,
	dan.j.rosenberg@...il.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: don't allow CAP_NET_ADMIN to load non-netdev
 kernel modules

On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 12:33:13AM +0300, Vasiliy Kulikov wrote:
> This patch restricts an ability of autoloading modules to netdev modules
> with explicit aliases.  This fixes CVE-2011-1019.
> ...
> Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>

Looks good; thanks for sorting this out.

Acked-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com>

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Ubuntu Security Team
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