3.16.77-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Ori Nimron <orinimron123@xxxxxxxxx> commit e69dbd4619e7674c1679cba49afd9dd9ac347eef upstream. When creating a raw AF_IEEE802154 socket, CAP_NET_RAW needs to be checked first. Signed-off-by: Ori Nimron <orinimron123@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Stefan Schmidt <stefan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust filename] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ieee802154/af_ieee802154.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/net/ieee802154/af_ieee802154.c +++ b/net/ieee802154/af_ieee802154.c @@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ static int ieee802154_create(struct net switch (sock->type) { case SOCK_RAW: + rc = -EPERM; + if (!capable(CAP_NET_RAW)) + goto out; proto = &ieee802154_raw_prot; ops = &ieee802154_raw_ops; break;