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authorTycho Andersen <tycho.andersen@canonical.com>2016-02-05 17:20:52 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2016-02-11 15:53:19 +0100
commit4a92602aa1cd5bbaeedbd9536ff992f7d26fe9d1 (patch)
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parentethtool: future-proof interface for speed extensions (diff)
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openvswitch: allow management from inside user namespaces
Operations with the GENL_ADMIN_PERM flag fail permissions checks because this flag means we call netlink_capable, which uses the init user ns. Instead, let's introduce a new flag, GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM for operations which should be allowed inside a user namespace. The motivation for this is to be able to run openvswitch in unprivileged containers. I've tested this and it seems to work, but I really have no idea about the security consequences of this patch, so thoughts would be much appreciated. v2: use the GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM flag instead of a check in each function v3: use separate ifs for UNS_ADMIN_PERM and ADMIN_PERM, instead of one massive one Reported-by: James Page <james.page@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Tycho Andersen <tycho.andersen@canonical.com> CC: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> CC: Pravin Shelar <pshelar@ovn.org> CC: Justin Pettit <jpettit@nicira.com> CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@ovn.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/openvswitch/datapath.c')
-rw-r--r--net/openvswitch/datapath.c20
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index deadfdab1bc3..d6f7fe92744a 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy packet_policy[OVS_PACKET_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
static const struct genl_ops dp_packet_genl_ops[] = {
{ .cmd = OVS_PACKET_CMD_EXECUTE,
- .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
+ .flags = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
.policy = packet_policy,
.doit = ovs_packet_cmd_execute
}
@@ -1391,12 +1391,12 @@ static const struct nla_policy flow_policy[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
static const struct genl_ops dp_flow_genl_ops[] = {
{ .cmd = OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW,
- .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
+ .flags = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
.policy = flow_policy,
.doit = ovs_flow_cmd_new
},
{ .cmd = OVS_FLOW_CMD_DEL,
- .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
+ .flags = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
.policy = flow_policy,
.doit = ovs_flow_cmd_del
},
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ static const struct genl_ops dp_flow_genl_ops[] = {
.dumpit = ovs_flow_cmd_dump
},
{ .cmd = OVS_FLOW_CMD_SET,
- .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
+ .flags = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
.policy = flow_policy,
.doit = ovs_flow_cmd_set,
},
@@ -1777,12 +1777,12 @@ static const struct nla_policy datapath_policy[OVS_DP_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
static const struct genl_ops dp_datapath_genl_ops[] = {
{ .cmd = OVS_DP_CMD_NEW,
- .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
+ .flags = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
.policy = datapath_policy,
.doit = ovs_dp_cmd_new
},
{ .cmd = OVS_DP_CMD_DEL,
- .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
+ .flags = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
.policy = datapath_policy,
.doit = ovs_dp_cmd_del
},
@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ static const struct genl_ops dp_datapath_genl_ops[] = {
.dumpit = ovs_dp_cmd_dump
},
{ .cmd = OVS_DP_CMD_SET,
- .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
+ .flags = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
.policy = datapath_policy,
.doit = ovs_dp_cmd_set,
},
@@ -2158,12 +2158,12 @@ static const struct nla_policy vport_policy[OVS_VPORT_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
static const struct genl_ops dp_vport_genl_ops[] = {
{ .cmd = OVS_VPORT_CMD_NEW,
- .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
+ .flags = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
.policy = vport_policy,
.doit = ovs_vport_cmd_new
},
{ .cmd = OVS_VPORT_CMD_DEL,
- .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
+ .flags = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
.policy = vport_policy,
.doit = ovs_vport_cmd_del
},
@@ -2174,7 +2174,7 @@ static const struct genl_ops dp_vport_genl_ops[] = {
.dumpit = ovs_vport_cmd_dump
},
{ .cmd = OVS_VPORT_CMD_SET,
- .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
+ .flags = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
.policy = vport_policy,
.doit = ovs_vport_cmd_set,
},