* [PATCH] Bluetooth: Require CAP_NET_ADMIN for HCI User Channel operation
@ 2013-10-01 14:40 Marcel Holtmann
2013-10-02 6:40 ` Johan Hedberg
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From: Marcel Holtmann @ 2013-10-01 14:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-bluetooth
The HCI User Channel operation is an admin operation that puts the
device into promiscuous mode for single use. It is more suitable
to require CAP_NET_ADMIN than CAP_NET_RAW.
Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
---
net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
index c09e976..5798861 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ static int hci_sock_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
goto done;
}
- if (!capable(CAP_NET_RAW)) {
+ if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
err = -EPERM;
goto done;
}
--
1.8.3.1
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