lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2004]   [Dec]   [17]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [Coverity] Untrusted user data in kernel
James Morris wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Patrick McHardy wrote:
>
>
>>James Morris wrote:
>>
>>
>>>This at least needs CAP_NET_ADMIN.
>>>
>>
>>It is already checked in do_ip6t_set_ctl(). Otherwise anyone could
>>replace iptables rules :)
>
>
> That's what I meant, you need the capability to do anything bad :-)

Are you saying that processes with capability don't make mistakes? This
isn't a bug related to untrusted users doing privileged operations, it's
a case of using unchecked user data.


--
-bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
last possible moment - but no longer" -me
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 14:08    [W:0.070 / U:0.548 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site