linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] bpf: lirc program type should not require SYS_CAP

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Message-ID: <ZD0ArKpwnDBJZsrE@gofer.mess.org>
Date:   Mon, 17 Apr 2023 09:17:48 +0100
From:   Sean Young <sean@...s.org>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>,
        Song Liu <song@...nel.org>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>,
        Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>,
        Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] bpf: lirc program type should not require SYS_CAP_ADMIN

Make it possible to load lirc program type with just CAP_BPF. There is
nothing exceptional about lirc programs that means they require
SYS_CAP_ADMIN.

In order to attach or detach a lirc program type you need permission to
open /dev/lirc0; if you have permission to do that, you can alter all
sorts of lirc receiving options. Changing the IR protocol decoder is no
different.

Right now on a typical distribution /dev/lirc devices are only
read/write by root. Ideally we would make them group read/write like
other devices so that local users can use them without becoming root.

Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@...s.org>
---
 kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

v2: improved commit message

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 6d575505f89c..822ebc742a6a 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -2463,7 +2463,6 @@ static bool is_net_admin_prog_type(enum bpf_prog_type prog_type)
 	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_SEG6LOCAL:
 	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_SKB:
 	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_MSG:
-	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_LIRC_MODE2:
 	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_FLOW_DISSECTOR:
 	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_DEVICE:
 	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SOCK:
-- 
2.39.2