linux/include/uapi
Tycho Andersen 4a92602aa1 openvswitch: allow management from inside user namespaces
Operations with the GENL_ADMIN_PERM flag fail permissions checks because
this flag means we call netlink_capable, which uses the init user ns.

Instead, let's introduce a new flag, GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM for operations
which should be allowed inside a user namespace.

The motivation for this is to be able to run openvswitch in unprivileged
containers. I've tested this and it seems to work, but I really have no
idea about the security consequences of this patch, so thoughts would be
much appreciated.

v2: use the GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM flag instead of a check in each function
v3: use separate ifs for UNS_ADMIN_PERM and ADMIN_PERM, instead of one
    massive one

Reported-by: James Page <james.page@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Tycho Andersen <tycho.andersen@canonical.com>
CC: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
CC: Pravin Shelar <pshelar@ovn.org>
CC: Justin Pettit <jpettit@nicira.com>
CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@ovn.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2016-02-11 09:53:19 -05:00
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asm-generic arch/*/include/uapi/asm/mman.h: : let MADV_FREE have same value for all architectures 2016-01-15 17:56:32 -08:00
drm drm/etnaviv: add further minor features and varyings count 2016-01-26 18:53:58 +01:00
linux openvswitch: allow management from inside user namespaces 2016-02-11 09:53:19 -05:00
misc
mtd mtd: mtd-user: remove stdint.h include 2015-10-19 18:19:06 -07:00
rdma staging/rdma/hfi1: Adjust EPROM partitions, add EPROM commands 2015-12-21 13:45:38 -08:00
scsi cxlflash: Fix to avoid virtual LUN failover failure 2016-01-06 20:50:08 -05:00
sound Merge remote-tracking branches 'asoc/topic/tegra', 'asoc/topic/topology', 'asoc/topic/wm8903' and 'asoc/topic/wm8904' into asoc-next 2015-12-23 00:23:52 +00:00
video
xen xen/gntdev: add ioctl for grant copy 2016-01-07 13:21:53 +00:00
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