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authorMichael Weiß <michael.weiss@aisec.fraunhofer.de>2022-09-23 15:38:19 +0200
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>2022-09-27 11:31:36 +0200
commit8039371847174ff37dc3d02e83cd789dbb6140b0 (patch)
tree883d55e5963ad933648eddd2be5f2e5120525748
parent6627a2074d5c82b3efd71c978f13f93f7ab9bf46 (diff)
downloadlinux-8039371847174ff37dc3d02e83cd789dbb6140b0.tar.gz
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>
-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
 	},
 };