netdev - [PATCH net-next rfc 1/2] tuntap: forbid calling TUNSETQUEUE for a persistent device with no queues

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Date:	Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:03:46 +0800
From:	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:	mst@...hat.com, pmoore@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mprivozn@...hat.com, Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next rfc 1/2] tuntap: forbid calling TUNSETQUEUE for a persistent device with no queues

When re-establish to a persistent deivce wihout queues attached, TUNSETIFF
should be called instead of TUNSETQUEUE to do the proper permission checking.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/net/tun.c |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 14a0454..d593f56 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -1771,6 +1771,9 @@ static int tun_set_queue(struct file *file, struct ifreq *ifr)
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 		else if (tun_not_capable(tun))
 			ret = -EPERM;
+		/* TUNSETIFF is needed to do permission checking */
+		else if (tun->numqueues == 0)
+			ret = -EPERM;
 		else
 			ret = tun_attach(tun, file);
 	} else if (ifr->ifr_flags & IFF_DETACH_QUEUE)
-- 
1.7.1

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