From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Aamir Ahmed <elb12345@hotmail.co.uk>
Cc: sd@queasysnail.net, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net,
edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
atenart@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] macsec: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:40:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <178960561671.3354472.1262902484358147109.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AS8P251MB000176E827636EA185226908C8BE2@AS8P251MB0001.EURP251.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:
On Fri, 11 Sep 2026 22:33:10 +0100 you wrote:
> macsec_changelink() operates on two netns: dev_net(dev) and the netns
> of macsec->real_dev. They differ once the macsec device is created in
> or moved to a netns other than the one holding the real device. The
> rtnl changelink path checks CAP_NET_ADMIN only against dev_net(dev), so
> a caller privileged there but not in dev_net(real_dev) can reach
> real_dev's driver:
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net,v2] macsec: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/ed502e485685
You are awesome, thank you!
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2026-09-11 21:33 [PATCH net v2] macsec: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink Aamir Ahmed
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