Re: [PATCH RFC 0/9] socket filtering using nf_tables

From: Pablo Neira Ayuso
Date: Wed Mar 12 2014 - 05:27:24 EST


On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:15:00AM +0100, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> > 7/9:
> > whole nft_expr_autoload() looks scary from security point of view.
> > If I'm reading it correctly, the code will do request_module() based on
> > userspace request to attach filter?
>
> Only root can invoke that code so far.

Oops, this is obviously wrong. This request_module part needs a fix
indeed for the non-root part.
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