linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next 4/5] mptcp: allow privileged operations from user namespaces

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Date:   Tue,  6 Sep 2022 22:55:42 +0200
From:   Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@...sares.net>
To:     Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@...ux.intel.com>,
        Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@...sares.net>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc:     Thomas Haller <thaller@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        mptcp@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 4/5] mptcp: allow privileged operations from user namespaces

From: Thomas Haller <thaller@...hat.com>

GENL_ADMIN_PERM checks that the user has CAP_NET_ADMIN in the initial
namespace by calling netlink_capable(). Instead, use GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM
which uses netlink_ns_capable(). This checks that the caller has
CAP_NET_ADMIN in the current user namespace.

See also

  commit 4a92602aa1cd ("openvswitch: allow management from inside user namespaces")

which introduced this mechanism. See also

  commit 5617c6cd6f84 ("nl80211: Allow privileged operations from user namespaces")

which introduced this for nl80211.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Haller <thaller@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@...sares.net>
---
 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c | 18 +++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index 5e142c0c597a..afc98adf2746 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -2218,17 +2218,17 @@ static const struct genl_small_ops mptcp_pm_ops[] = {
 	{
 		.cmd    = MPTCP_PM_CMD_ADD_ADDR,
 		.doit   = mptcp_nl_cmd_add_addr,
-		.flags  = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
+		.flags  = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM,
 	},
 	{
 		.cmd    = MPTCP_PM_CMD_DEL_ADDR,
 		.doit   = mptcp_nl_cmd_del_addr,
-		.flags  = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
+		.flags  = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM,
 	},
 	{
 		.cmd    = MPTCP_PM_CMD_FLUSH_ADDRS,
 		.doit   = mptcp_nl_cmd_flush_addrs,
-		.flags  = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
+		.flags  = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM,
 	},
 	{
 		.cmd    = MPTCP_PM_CMD_GET_ADDR,
@@ -2238,7 +2238,7 @@ static const struct genl_small_ops mptcp_pm_ops[] = {
 	{
 		.cmd    = MPTCP_PM_CMD_SET_LIMITS,
 		.doit   = mptcp_nl_cmd_set_limits,
-		.flags  = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
+		.flags  = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM,
 	},
 	{
 		.cmd    = MPTCP_PM_CMD_GET_LIMITS,
@@ -2247,27 +2247,27 @@ static const struct genl_small_ops mptcp_pm_ops[] = {
 	{
 		.cmd    = MPTCP_PM_CMD_SET_FLAGS,
 		.doit   = mptcp_nl_cmd_set_flags,
-		.flags  = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
+		.flags  = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM,
 	},
 	{
 		.cmd    = MPTCP_PM_CMD_ANNOUNCE,
 		.doit   = mptcp_nl_cmd_announce,
-		.flags  = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
+		.flags  = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM,
 	},
 	{
 		.cmd    = MPTCP_PM_CMD_REMOVE,
 		.doit   = mptcp_nl_cmd_remove,
-		.flags  = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
+		.flags  = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM,
 	},
 	{
 		.cmd    = MPTCP_PM_CMD_SUBFLOW_CREATE,
 		.doit   = mptcp_nl_cmd_sf_create,
-		.flags  = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
+		.flags  = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM,
 	},
 	{
 		.cmd    = MPTCP_PM_CMD_SUBFLOW_DESTROY,
 		.doit   = mptcp_nl_cmd_sf_destroy,
-		.flags  = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
+		.flags  = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM,
 	},
 };
 
-- 
2.37.2