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 <[email protected]> --- net/openvswitch/meter.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/openvswitch/meter.c b/net/openvswitch/meter.c index 04a060ac7fdf..e9ef050a0dd5 100644 --- a/net/openvswitch/meter.c +++ b/net/openvswitch/meter.c @@ -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 }, }; -- 2.30.2 _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
