Since we have strict control on who access the devices, it should be no problem to allow the device to appear. Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Aristeu Rozanski <aris@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 8a34d79..d0b4549 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -3126,7 +3126,7 @@ int vfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, dev_t dev) if (error) return error; - if ((S_ISCHR(mode) || S_ISBLK(mode)) && !capable(CAP_MKNOD)) + if ((S_ISCHR(mode) || S_ISBLK(mode)) && !nsown_capable(CAP_MKNOD)) return -EPERM; if (!dir->i_op->mknod) -- 1.8.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html