Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:47:37 -0500 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: [Coverity] Untrusted user data in kernel |
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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.
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