netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next v2] ip-vrf: recommend using CAP_BPF rather than CAP_SYS

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Message-Id: 
 <169280342168.26154.6028605816933015881.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 15:10:21 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Maximilian Bosch <maximilian@...sch.me>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next v2] ip-vrf: recommend using CAP_BPF rather than
 CAP_SYS_ADMIN

Hello:

This patch was applied to iproute2/iproute2.git (main)
by Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>:

On Tue, 22 Aug 2023 14:33:07 +0200 you wrote:
> The CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability allows far too much, to quote
> `capabilities(7)`:
> 
>     Note: this capability is overloaded; see Notes to kernel developers, below.
> 
> In the case of `ip-vrf(8)` this is needed to load a BPF program.
> According to the same section of the same man-page, using `CAP_BPF` is
> preferred if that's the reason for `CAP_SYS_ADMIN`;
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [iproute2-next,v2] ip-vrf: recommend using CAP_BPF rather than CAP_SYS_ADMIN
    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git/commit/?id=df210e83e0fa

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