Re: [PATCH] crypto: user - Allow CRYPTO_MSG_GETALG without CAP_NET_ADMIN

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On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:51:06PM +0000, Matthias-Christian Ott wrote:
> 
> CRYPTO_USER requires CAP_NET_ADMIN for all operations. Most information
> provided by CRYPTO_MSG_GETALG is also accessible through /proc/modules
> and AF_ALG. CRYPTO_MSG_GETALG should not require CAP_NET_ADMIN so that
> processes without CAP_NET_ADMIN can use CRYPTO_MSG_GETALG to get cipher
> details, such as cipher priorities, for AF_ALG.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthias-Christian Ott <ott@xxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied.
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