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Commit dfc47ef8 authored by Eric W. Biederman's avatar Eric W. Biederman Committed by David S. Miller
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net: Push capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) into the rtnl methods



- In rtnetlink_rcv_msg convert the capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) check
  to ns_capable(net->user-ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN).  Allowing unprivileged
  users to make netlink calls to modify their local network
  namespace.

- In the rtnetlink doit methods add capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) so
  that calls that are not safe for unprivileged users are still
  protected.

Later patches will remove the extra capable calls from methods
that are safe for unprivilged users.

Acked-by: default avatarSerge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatar"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 464dc801
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