[27/37] tehuti: move ioctl perm check closer to function start(CVE-2008-1675)

[Greg KH]

2.6.25-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us
know.

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From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>

Commit f946dffed6334f08da065a89ed65026ebf8b33b4 upstream

Noticed by davem.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
 drivers/net/tehuti.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/tehuti.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tehuti.c
@@ -649,6 +649,9 @@ static int bdx_ioctl_priv(struct net_dev
 		DBG("%d 0x%x 0x%x\n", data[0], data[1], data[2]);
 	}
 
+	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	switch (data[0]) {
 
 	case BDX_OP_READ:
@@ -664,8 +667,6 @@ static int bdx_ioctl_priv(struct net_dev
 		break;
 
 	case BDX_OP_WRITE:
-		if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
-			return -EPERM;
 		error = bdx_range_check(priv, data[1]);
 		if (error < 0)
 			return error;

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