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proc connector: reject unprivileged listener bumps
authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:32:25 +0000 (21:32 +0000)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:10:03 +0000 (16:10 -0700)
commit2f590c47013d610800770be179b8fbfd7c6bb1f8
treed0df0784cda50ff2436a105b2315bc39469504c8
parentf7741e3b3f9d3827e7bc75118118f102553f7564
proc connector: reject unprivileged listener bumps

commit e70ab977991964a5a7ad1182799451d067e62669 upstream.

While PROC_CN_MCAST_LISTEN/IGNORE is entirely advisory, it was possible
for an unprivileged user to turn off notifications for all listeners by
sending PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE. Instead, require the same privileges as
required for a multicast bind.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net>
Cc: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net>
Acked-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Cc: Qiang Huang <h.huangqiang@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/connector/cn_proc.c