linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] tty: Permit some TIOCL_SETSEL modes without CAP_SYS

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Message-ID: <fceb96ee879249d18be0261e57388542@finder.org>
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 08:03:27 -0800
From: Jared Finder <jared@...der.org>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: kees@...nel.org, gnoack@...gle.com, hanno@...eck.de, jannh@...gle.com,
 jirislaby@...nel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, regressions@...ts.linux.dev,
 stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tty: Permit some TIOCL_SETSEL modes without
 CAP_SYS_ADMIN

On 2025-02-08 07:28, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 08, 2025 at 07:18:22AM -0800, Jared Finder wrote:
>> Hi, I'm the original reporter of this regression (noticed because it
>> impacted GNU Emacs) and I'm wondering if there's any traction on 
>> creating an
>> updated patch? This thread appears to have stalled out. I haven't seen 
>> any
>> reply for three weeks.
> 
> It's already in 6.14-rc1 as commit 2f83e38a095f ("tty: Permit some
> TIOCL_SETSEL modes without CAP_SYS_ADMIN").

Great! Is this expected to get backported to 6.7 through 6.13? I would 
like to note the expected resolution correctly in Emacs' bug tracker.

   -- MJF