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-rw-r--r--drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/md/dm-log-userspace-transfer.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/staging/pohmelfs/config.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/video/uvesafb.c2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netlink.h1
-rw-r--r--net/netlink/af_netlink.c6
-rw-r--r--security/commoncap.c3
7 files changed, 5 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index 8cbfaa6..fe81c85 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -2177,7 +2177,7 @@ static void drbd_connector_callback(struct cn_msg *req, struct netlink_skb_parms
return;
}
- if (!cap_raised(nsp->eff_cap, CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
+ if (!cap_raised(current_cap(), CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
retcode = ERR_PERM;
goto fail;
}
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-log-userspace-transfer.c b/drivers/md/dm-log-userspace-transfer.c
index 049eaf1..1f23e04 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-log-userspace-transfer.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-log-userspace-transfer.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static void cn_ulog_callback(struct cn_msg *msg, struct netlink_skb_parms *nsp)
{
struct dm_ulog_request *tfr = (struct dm_ulog_request *)(msg + 1);
- if (!cap_raised(nsp->eff_cap, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ if (!cap_raised(current_cap(), CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return;
spin_lock(&receiving_list_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/config.c b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/config.c
index 89279ba..39413b7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/config.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/config.c
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ static void pohmelfs_cn_callback(struct cn_msg *msg, struct netlink_skb_parms *n
{
int err;
- if (!cap_raised(nsp->eff_cap, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ if (!cap_raised(current_cap(), CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return;
switch (msg->flags) {
diff --git a/drivers/video/uvesafb.c b/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
index 52ec095..5180a21 100644
--- a/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static void uvesafb_cn_callback(struct cn_msg *msg, struct netlink_skb_parms *ns
struct uvesafb_task *utask;
struct uvesafb_ktask *task;
- if (!cap_raised(nsp->eff_cap, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ if (!cap_raised(current_cap(), CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return;
if (msg->seq >= UVESAFB_TASKS_MAX)
diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 66823b8..4c4ac3f 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ struct netlink_skb_parms {
struct ucred creds; /* Skb credentials */
__u32 pid;
__u32 dst_group;
- kernel_cap_t eff_cap;
};
#define NETLINK_CB(skb) (*(struct netlink_skb_parms*)&((skb)->cb))
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 97ecd92..a808fb1 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1364,12 +1364,6 @@ static int netlink_sendmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = dst_group;
memcpy(NETLINK_CREDS(skb), &siocb->scm->creds, sizeof(struct ucred));
- /* What can I do? Netlink is asynchronous, so that
- we will have to save current capabilities to
- check them, when this message will be delivered
- to corresponding kernel module. --ANK (980802)
- */
-
err = -EFAULT;
if (memcpy_fromiovec(skb_put(skb, len), msg->msg_iov, len)) {
kfree_skb(skb);
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 64c2ed9c..a83e607 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -52,13 +52,12 @@ static void warn_setuid_and_fcaps_mixed(const char *fname)
int cap_netlink_send(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- NETLINK_CB(skb).eff_cap = current_cap();
return 0;
}
int cap_netlink_recv(struct sk_buff *skb, int cap)
{
- if (!cap_raised(NETLINK_CB(skb).eff_cap, cap))
+ if (!cap_raised(current_cap(), cap))
return -EPERM;
return 0;
}
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