[PATCH net-next rfc 1/2] tuntap: forbid calling TUNSETQUEUE for a persistent device with no queues

From: Jason Wang
Date: Tue Dec 11 2012 - 06:11:37 EST


When re-establish to a persistent deivce wihout queues attached, TUNSETIFF
should be called instead of TUNSETQUEUE to do the proper permission checking.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/tun.c | 3 +++
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 14a0454..d593f56 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -1771,6 +1771,9 @@ static int tun_set_queue(struct file *file, struct ifreq *ifr)
ret = -EINVAL;
else if (tun_not_capable(tun))
ret = -EPERM;
+ /* TUNSETIFF is needed to do permission checking */
+ else if (tun->numqueues == 0)
+ ret = -EPERM;
else
ret = tun_attach(tun, file);
} else if (ifr->ifr_flags & IFF_DETACH_QUEUE)
--
1.7.1

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