[PATCH 009 of 12] md: Require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for (re-)configuring md devices via sysfs.

From: NeilBrown
Date: Tue Jun 27 2006 - 03:06:57 EST




The ioctl requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN, so sysfs should too.
Note that we don't require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for reading
attributes even though the ioctl does. There is no reason
to limit the read access, and much of the information is
already available via /proc/mdstat

cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx>

### Diffstat output
./drivers/md/md.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff .prev/drivers/md/md.c ./drivers/md/md.c
--- .prev/drivers/md/md.c 2006-06-27 12:17:33.000000000 +1000
+++ ./drivers/md/md.c 2006-06-27 12:17:33.000000000 +1000
@@ -1928,6 +1928,8 @@ rdev_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, st

if (!entry->store)
return -EIO;
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ return -EACCES;
return entry->store(rdev, page, length);
}

@@ -2861,6 +2863,8 @@ md_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, stru

if (!entry->store)
return -EIO;
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ return -EACCES;
rv = mddev_lock(mddev);
if (!rv) {
rv = entry->store(mddev, page, length);
-
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