proc connector: reject unprivileged listener bumps
authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:32:25 +0000 (21:32 +0000)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:03:18 +0000 (15:03 +0000)
commit7c4bf08d3fa22613b628fc967953f581564a13ad
treeadb72d50ec0c3b9b37902742ab20400497a71d26
parentab94b06b25d7678af3dcbb20b46349822607e0ad
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>
drivers/connector/cn_proc.c