[276/289] econet: fix CVE-2010-3850

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Dec 07 2010 - 20:07:46 EST


2.6.36-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Phil Blundell <philb@xxxxxxx>

commit 16c41745c7b92a243d0874f534c1655196c64b74 upstream.

Add missing check for capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) in SIOCSIFADDR operation.

Signed-off-by: Phil Blundell <philb@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
net/econet/af_econet.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/net/econet/af_econet.c
+++ b/net/econet/af_econet.c
@@ -661,6 +661,9 @@ static int ec_dev_ioctl(struct socket *s
err = 0;
switch (cmd) {
case SIOCSIFADDR:
+ if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+
edev = dev->ec_ptr;
if (edev == NULL) {
/* Magic up a new one. */


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