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| author | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> | 2006-06-22 23:07:52 (GMT) |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net> | 2006-06-23 09:07:44 (GMT) |
| commit | ca6bb5d7ab22ac79f608fe6cbc6b12de6a5a19f0 (patch) | |
| tree | 7255df98fa5692c498605d2bd80402ec866f134a /include/linux | |
| parent | f4b8ea7849544114e9d3d682df4d400180854677 (diff) | |
| download | linux-fsl-qoriq-ca6bb5d7ab22ac79f608fe6cbc6b12de6a5a19f0.tar.xz | |
[NET]: Require CAP_NET_ADMIN to create tuntap devices.
The tuntap driver allows an admin to create persistent devices and
assign ownership of them to individual users. Unfortunately, relaxing
the permissions on the /dev/net/tun device node so that they can
actually use those devices will _also_ allow those users to create
arbitrary new devices of their own. This patch corrects that, and
adjusts the recommended permissions for the device node accordingly.
Signed-off-By: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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