[PATCH] md: require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for (re-)configuring md devices via sysfs
authorNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:44:19 +0000 (04:44 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:24:17 +0000 (13:24 -0700)
The ioctl requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN, so sysfs should too.  Note that we don't
require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for reading attributes even though the ioctl does.
There is no reason to limit the read access, and much of the information is
already available via /proc/mdstat

Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
drivers/md/md.c

index c0da5ee..a5286be 100644 (file)
@@ -1926,6 +1926,8 @@ rdev_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
 
        if (!entry->store)
                return -EIO;
+       if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+               return -EACCES;
        return entry->store(rdev, page, length);
 }
 
@@ -2859,6 +2861,8 @@ md_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
 
        if (!entry->store)
                return -EIO;
+       if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+               return -EACCES;
        rv = mddev_lock(mddev);
        if (!rv) {
                rv = entry->store(mddev, page, length);