Re: [PATCH v2] tty: Permit some TIOCL_SETSEL modes without CAP_SYS_ADMIN

From: Greg KH
Date: Sat Feb 08 2025 - 10:29:45 EST


On Sat, Feb 08, 2025 at 07:18:22AM -0800, Jared Finder wrote:
> Hi, I'm the original reporter of this regression (noticed because it
> impacted GNU Emacs) and I'm wondering if there's any traction on creating an
> updated patch? This thread appears to have stalled out. I haven't seen any
> reply for three weeks.

It's already in 6.14-rc1 as commit 2f83e38a095f ("tty: Permit some
TIOCL_SETSEL modes without CAP_SYS_ADMIN").

thanks,

greg k-h