Re: [PATCH] net:ppp: replace too strict capability restriction on opening /dev/ppp

This patch removes the check for CAP_NET_ADMIN in the initial namespace
when opening /dev/open. Instead, CAP_NET_ADMIN is checked in the user
namespace the net namespace was created so that /dev/ppp cat get opened
in a unprivileged container.

Cc: Hannes Frederic Sowa <redacted>
Cc: Richard Weinberger <redacted>
Cc: Guillaume Nault <redacted>
Cc: Miao Wang <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Miao Wang <redacted>
---
drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index f572b31..4b3b2b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c

@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static int ppp_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)

	/*
	 * This could (should?) be enforced by the permissions on /dev/ppp.
	 */
-	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+	if (!ns_capable(current->nsproxy->net_ns->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
		return -EPERM;