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Re: [Coverity] Untrusted user data in kernel

To: Tomas Carnecky <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Coverity] Untrusted user data in kernel
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:30:06 -0800
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:34:55 +0100
Tomas Carnecky <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  > It is already checked in do_ip6t_set_ctl(). Otherwise anyone could
>  > replace iptables rules :)
> For me it seems that only CAP_NET_ADMIN is checked and not the data.

If that's the case then I agree with you Tomas.

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