netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: Fix permission check in netlink

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Message-Id: <20140225.183600.689378417138341310.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:36:00 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mike.pecovnik@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: Fix permission check in netlink_connect()

From: Mike Pecovnik <mike.pecovnik@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:11:16 +0100

> netlink_sendmsg() was changed to prevent non-root processes from sending
> messages with dst_pid != 0.
> netlink_connect() however still only checks if nladdr->nl_groups is set.
> This patch modifies netlink_connect() to check for the same condition.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Pecovnik <mike.pecovnik@...il.com>

Applied, thank you.
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