Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] blk-zoned: allow BLKREPORTZONE without CAP_SYS_ADMIN
From: Johannes Thumshirn <hidden>
Date: 2021-08-09 09:58:24
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From: Johannes Thumshirn <hidden>
Date: 2021-08-09 09:58:24
Also in:
lkml, stable
On 09/08/2021 11:50, Niklas Cassel wrote:
From: Niklas Cassel <redacted>
A user space process should not need the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability set
in order to perform a BLKREPORTZONE ioctl.
Getting the zone report is required in order to get the write pointer.
Neither read() nor write() requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN, so it is reasonable
that a user space process that can read/write from/to the device, also
can get the write pointer. (Since e.g. writes have to be at the write
pointer.)
Fixes: 3ed05a987e0f ("blk-zoned: implement ioctls")
Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <redacted>Nit: Missing 'w'
Reviewed-by: Aravind Ramesh <redacted> Reviewed-by: Adam Manzanares <redacted> Reviewed-by: Himanshu Madhani <redacted> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.10+ ---
Looks good, Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <redacted>