netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] sk-filter: Add ability to lock a socket filter program

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Date:	Thu, 17 Jan 2013 03:33:34 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bernat@...fy.cx
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sk-filter: Add ability to lock a socket
 filter program

From: Vincent Bernat <bernat@...fy.cx>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:55:49 +0100

> While a privileged program can open a raw socket, attach some
> restrictive filter and drop its privileges (or send the socket to an
> unprivileged program through some Unix socket), the filter can still
> be removed or modified by the unprivileged program. This commit adds a
> socket option to lock the filter (SO_LOCK_FILTER) preventing any
> modification of a socket filter program.
> 
> This is similar to OpenBSD BIOCLOCK ioctl on bpf sockets, except even
> root is not allowed change/drop the filter.
> 
> The state of the lock can be read with getsockopt(). No error is
> triggered if the state is not changed. -EPERM is returned when a user
> tries to remove the lock or to change/remove the filter while the lock
> is active. The check is done directly in sk_attach_filter() and
> sk_detach_filter() and does not affect only setsockopt() syscall.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Bernat <bernat@...fy.cx>

Looks good, applied, thanks Vincent.
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