Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | | Date | Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:32:59 +0200 | | From | Michael Kerrisk <> | | Subject | [patch] ADJ_OFFSET_SS_READ and capabilities | |
Hi Roman, John,
ADJ_OFFSET_SS_READ is a read-only operation. Therefore, it seems
reasonable not to require any capability (as is the case when 'modes'
is zero. See the patch below. Does this change seem reasonable?
Cheers,
Michael
--- linux-2.6.26-rc5/kernel/time/ntp.c 2008-06-13 11:16:51.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.26-rc5-p/kernel/time/ntp.c 2008-06-22 07:31:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@
int result;
/* In order to modify anything, you gotta be super-user! */
- if (txc->modes && !capable(CAP_SYS_TIME))
+ if (txc->modes && txc->modes != ADJ_OFFSET_SS_READ &&
+ !capable(CAP_SYS_TIME))
return -EPERM;
/* Now we validate the data before disabling interrupts */
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