netdev - [PATCH net-next] ethtool: Make more commands available to unprivileged processes

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Date:	Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:05:41 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] ethtool: Make more commands available to
 unprivileged processes

'Get' commands should generally not require CAP_NET_ADMIN, with
the exception of those that expose internal state.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
---
The one command I'm not sure about is ETHTOOL_STATS.  It might reveal
too much detail about network traffic.  That said, /proc/net/dev and
/sys/class/net/*/statistics are already world-readable.

Ben.

 net/core/ethtool.c |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index c73d0a5..cbf033d 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -1443,6 +1443,7 @@ int dev_ethtool(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr)
 	case ETHTOOL_GSET:
 	case ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO:
 	case ETHTOOL_GMSGLVL:
+	case ETHTOOL_GLINK:
 	case ETHTOOL_GCOALESCE:
 	case ETHTOOL_GRINGPARAM:
 	case ETHTOOL_GPAUSEPARAM:
@@ -1451,6 +1452,7 @@ int dev_ethtool(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr)
 	case ETHTOOL_GSG:
 	case ETHTOOL_GSSET_INFO:
 	case ETHTOOL_GSTRINGS:
+	case ETHTOOL_GSTATS:
 	case ETHTOOL_GTSO:
 	case ETHTOOL_GPERMADDR:
 	case ETHTOOL_GUFO:
@@ -1463,8 +1465,11 @@ int dev_ethtool(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr)
 	case ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLCNT:
 	case ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRULE:
 	case ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL:
+	case ETHTOOL_GRXFHINDIR:
 	case ETHTOOL_GFEATURES:
+	case ETHTOOL_GCHANNELS:
 	case ETHTOOL_GET_TS_INFO:
+	case ETHTOOL_GEEE:
 		break;
 	default:
 		if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
-- 
1.7.7.6


-- 
Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.

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