This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
RDMA/core: Require admin capabilities to set system parameters
to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
rdma-core-require-admin-capabilities-to-set-system-parameters.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From c38d23a54445f9a8aa6831fafc9af0496ba02f9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 21:17:49 +0300
Subject: RDMA/core: Require admin capabilities to set system parameters
From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit c38d23a54445f9a8aa6831fafc9af0496ba02f9e upstream.
Like any other set command, require admin permissions to do it.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 2b34c5580226 ("RDMA/core: Add command to set ib_core device net namspace sharing mode")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/75d329fdd7381b52cbdf87910bef16c9965abb1f.1696443438.git.leon@xxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c
@@ -2316,6 +2316,7 @@ static const struct rdma_nl_cbs nldev_cb
},
[RDMA_NLDEV_CMD_SYS_SET] = {
.doit = nldev_set_sys_set_doit,
+ .flags = RDMA_NL_ADMIN_PERM,
},
[RDMA_NLDEV_CMD_STAT_SET] = {
.doit = nldev_stat_set_doit,
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from leonro@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-5.15/rdma-mlx5-fix-null-string-error.patch
queue-5.15/rdma-cma-fix-truncation-compilation-warning-in-make_cma_ports.patch
queue-5.15/rdma-core-require-admin-capabilities-to-set-system-parameters.patch
