netdev - Re: [PATCH next v3] bonding: Display LACP info only to CAP_NET

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Date:	Tue, 23 Jun 2015 03:12:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	maheshb@...gle.com
Cc:	j.vosburgh@...il.com, andy@...yhouse.net, vfalico@...il.com,
	nikolay@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH next v3] bonding: Display LACP info only to
 CAP_NET_ADMIN capable user

From: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:30:54 -0700

> Actor and Partner details can be accessed via proc-fs, sys-fs
> entries or netlink interface. These interfaces are world readable
> at this moment. The earlier patch-series made the LACP communication
> secure to avoid nuisance attack from within the same L2 domain but
> it did not prevent "someone unprivileged" looking at that information
> on host and perform the same act.
> 
> This patch essentially avoids spitting those entries if the user
> in question does not have enough privileges.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks.
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