Re: [PATCH v2] net: don't allow CAP_NET_ADMIN to load non-netdevkernel modules

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Mar 02 2011 - 11:04:15 EST


On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 12:33:13AM +0300, Vasiliy Kulikov wrote:
> This patch restricts an ability of autoloading modules to netdev modules
> with explicit aliases. This fixes CVE-2011-1019.
> ...
> Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good; thanks for sorting this out.

Acked-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Ubuntu Security Team
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