Re: [Coverity] Untrusted user data in kernel

[Bill Davidsen]

James Morris wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Patrick McHardy wrote:
>
>
> > James Morris wrote:
> >
> >
> > > This at least needs CAP_NET_ADMIN.
> >
> > It is already checked in do_ip6t_set_ctl(). Otherwise anyone could
> > replace iptables rules :)
>
>
> That's what I meant, you need the capability to do anything bad :-)

Are you saying that processes with capability don't make mistakes? This 
isn't a bug related to untrusted users doing privileged operations, it's 
a case of using unchecked user data.


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