netdev - [PATCH 3/6] net: Fix ns_capable check in packet_diag

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Date:	Tue, 22 Apr 2014 14:15:47 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>, Simo Sorce <ssorce@...hat.com>,
	"security\@kernel.org" <security@...nel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] net: Fix ns_capable check in packet_diag_dump


The caller needs capabilities on the namespace being queried, not on
their own namespace.  This is a security bug, although it likely has
only a minor impact.

Reported-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---
 net/packet/diag.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/packet/diag.c b/net/packet/diag.c
index f5ad130ee3b8..b34d0de24091 100644
--- a/net/packet/diag.c
+++ b/net/packet/diag.c
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ static int packet_diag_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 
 	net = sock_net(skb->sk);
 	req = nlmsg_data(cb->nlh);
-	may_report_filterinfo =
-		ns_capable(sk_user_ns(NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).sk), CAP_NET_ADMIN);
+	may_report_filterinfo = ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN);
 
 	mutex_lock(&net->packet.sklist_lock);
 	sk_for_each(sk, &net->packet.sklist) {
-- 
1.9.1

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