netdev - Re: [PATCH] netfilter: ebtables: enforce CAP_NET

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Message-ID: <4B461BE3.6050200@trash.net>
Date:	Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:37:39 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
CC:	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: ebtables: enforce CAP_NET_ADMIN

Florian Westphal wrote:
> normal users are currently allowed to set/modify ebtables rules.
> Restrict it to processes with CAP_NET_ADMIN.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fwestphal@...aro.com>
> ---
>  Note that this cannot be reproduced with
>  unmodified ebtables binary because it uses SOCK_RAW.

Unbelievable that this went unnoticed for so long. Applied and
queued for -stable, thanks a lot Florian.
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