netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 3/5] sock: ULP infrastructure

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Date:   Tue, 08 Aug 2017 12:38:58 -0400
From:   Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:     Tom Herbert <tom@...ntonium.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, rohit@...ntonium.net, davejwatson@...com,
        john.fastabend@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 3/5] sock: ULP infrastructure

Tom Herbert <tom@...ntonium.net> writes:

> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
> +	if (!ulp && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
> +		rcu_read_unlock();
> +		request_module("%s", name);
> +		rcu_read_lock();
> +		ulp = ulp_find(name);
> +	}
> +#endif

It looks to me that this allows users with only CAP_NET_ADMIN
privileges to load every module?