From: "Günther Noack" <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: "Jiri Slaby" <jirislaby@kernel.org>,
linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Jared Finder" <jared@finder.org>, "Jann Horn" <jannh@google.com>,
"Hanno Böck" <hanno@hboeck.de>, "Kees Cook" <kees@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] tty: Require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for all usages of TIOCL_SELMOUSEREPORT
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 10:25:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250411.6070ec138c6c@gnoack.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250411070144.3959-2-gnoack3000@gmail.com>
Hello Greg, Jared and others!
On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 09:01:45AM +0200, Günther Noack wrote:
> This requirement was overeagerly loosened in commit 2f83e38a095f
> ("tty: Permit some TIOCL_SETSEL modes without CAP_SYS_ADMIN"),
> ...
For context, the links to the previous mail thread, where this patch
was a bit too "hidden" in a sub-thread:
Original patch:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250223205449.7432-2-gnoack3000@gmail.com/
Brief additional summary for why I consider this safe:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250307.9339126c0c96@gnoack.org
Thank you!
–Günther
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2025-04-11 7:01 [PATCH RESEND] tty: Require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for all usages of TIOCL_SELMOUSEREPORT Günther Noack
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