Since Linux commit 8d1b43f6a6df7bce ("tty: Restrict access to TIOCLINUX'
copy-and-paste subcommands"), the TIOCL_SETSEL, TIOCL_PASTESEL and
TIOCL_SELLOADLUT subcommands require CAP_SYS_ADMIN.
Cc: Hanno Böck <hanno@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Günther Noack <gnoack@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
man2/ioctl_console.2 | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man2/ioctl_console.2 b/man2/ioctl_console.2
index 684b4d013..abc50b786 100644
--- a/man2/ioctl_console.2
+++ b/man2/ioctl_console.2
@@ -715,12 +715,20 @@ is 0 for character-by-character selection,
or 2 for line-by-line selection.
The indicated screen characters are highlighted and saved
in a kernel buffer.
+.IP
+Since Linux 6.7, using this subcode requires the
+.B CAP_SYS_ADMIN
+capability.
.TP
.BR TIOCLINUX ", " subcode = TIOCL_PASTESEL
Paste selection.
The characters in the selection buffer are
written to
.IR fd .
+.IP
+Since Linux 6.7, using this subcode requires the
+.B CAP_SYS_ADMIN
+capability.
.TP
.BR TIOCLINUX ", " subcode = TIOCL_UNBLANKSCREEN
Unblank the screen.
@@ -729,6 +737,10 @@ Unblank the screen.
Sets contents of a 256-bit look up table defining characters in a "word",
for word-by-word selection.
(Since Linux 1.1.32.)
+.IP
+Since Linux 6.7, using this subcode requires the
+.B CAP_SYS_ADMIN
+capability.
.TP
.BR TIOCLINUX ", " subcode = TIOCL_GETSHIFTSTATE
.I argp
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