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authorMichael Weiß <michael.weiss@aisec.fraunhofer.de>2022-09-23 16:38:19 +0300
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>2022-09-27 12:31:36 +0300
commit8039371847174ff37dc3d02e83cd789dbb6140b0 (patch)
tree883d55e5963ad933648eddd2be5f2e5120525748 /net/openvswitch
parent6627a2074d5c82b3efd71c978f13f93f7ab9bf46 (diff)
downloadlinux-8039371847174ff37dc3d02e83cd789dbb6140b0.tar.xz
net: openvswitch: allow metering in non-initial user namespace
The Netlink interface for metering was restricted to global CAP_NET_ADMIN by using GENL_ADMIN_PERM. To allow metring in a non-inital user namespace, e.g., a container, this is changed to GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM. Signed-off-by: Michael Weiß <michael.weiss@aisec.fraunhofer.de> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/openvswitch')
-rw-r--r--net/openvswitch/meter.c14
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/meter.c b/net/openvswitch/meter.c
index 51111a9009bd..6e38f68f88c2 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/meter.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/meter.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static struct dp_meter *dp_meter_create(struct nlattr **a)
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
/* Allocate and set up the meter before locking anything. */
- meter = kzalloc(struct_size(meter, bands, n_bands), GFP_KERNEL);
+ meter = kzalloc(struct_size(meter, bands, n_bands), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
if (!meter)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -687,9 +687,9 @@ static const struct genl_small_ops dp_meter_genl_ops[] = {
},
{ .cmd = OVS_METER_CMD_SET,
.validate = GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT | GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP,
- .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN
- * privilege.
- */
+ .flags = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN
+ * privilege.
+ */
.doit = ovs_meter_cmd_set,
},
{ .cmd = OVS_METER_CMD_GET,
@@ -699,9 +699,9 @@ static const struct genl_small_ops dp_meter_genl_ops[] = {
},
{ .cmd = OVS_METER_CMD_DEL,
.validate = GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT | GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP,
- .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN
- * privilege.
- */
+ .flags = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN
+ * privilege.
+ */
.doit = ovs_meter_cmd_del
},
};