From: Gao feng Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:30:57 +0000 (+0000) Subject: netns: fdb: allow unprivileged users to add/del fdb entries X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c5c351088ae76b46ae08dec1bb7f621e0721c78b;p=linux-beck.git netns: fdb: allow unprivileged users to add/del fdb entries Right now,only ixgdb,macvlan,vxlan and bridge implement fdb_add/fdb_del operations. these operations only operate the private data of net device. So allowing the unprivileged users who creates the userns and netns to add/del fdb entries will do no harm to other netns. Signed-off-by: Gao feng Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index 9a419b099482..c1e4db60eeca 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -2058,9 +2058,6 @@ static int rtnl_fdb_add(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg) u8 *addr; int err; - if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) - return -EPERM; - err = nlmsg_parse(nlh, sizeof(*ndm), tb, NDA_MAX, NULL); if (err < 0) return err; @@ -2127,9 +2124,6 @@ static int rtnl_fdb_del(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg) int err = -EINVAL; __u8 *addr; - if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) - return -EPERM; - if (nlmsg_len(nlh) < sizeof(*ndm)) return -EINVAL;