Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 574F9C61DA4 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2023 17:12:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231208AbjCIRM5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Mar 2023 12:12:57 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:48804 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231132AbjCIRMh (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Mar 2023 12:12:37 -0500 Received: from ams.source.kernel.org (ams.source.kernel.org [145.40.68.75]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1944AED687; Thu, 9 Mar 2023 09:09:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ams.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8A8EBB8202B; Thu, 9 Mar 2023 17:09:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EFCCFC433EF; Thu, 9 Mar 2023 17:09:34 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1678381778; bh=0Cz7KsUt/fCU6LY87KPK94qpE4MCaZAsPMVhUUTz8Lo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=scNDY+yGl43XfIEDX8ZUv1HrVuNRggLIov4ya6JlHd0oqqbfVj0FUpYgTIyInYrsd kM7ZfOy/JVQFAQiYnSAx6a5GQqaBm3x2sE0OH2KsgBNLNxOKcCdcq6sSlCk4cm8VSv SrIRqof5pU2nirXoTrCuVGeXkOyeK/fPWLxWeBQ6+pGdWpaD6s3di0/7ZlqZXAcrou Mcct2tvhxACtblEHG2ODNWJ0VTjZGFroeSZRXiqcb0xCx8HdmKCF8wvWZ8s3kyyUi5 JnvnhesTN/nnD3u1PlrbHO4KIZcVLYVwoE+j5FVknmP3vPbmKMMG01CxDoMwYlbXn+ VQc9BGV7rK+qQ== Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 18:09:27 +0100 From: Christian Brauner To: Anjali Kulkarni Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, zbr@ioremap.net, johannes@sipsolutions.net, ecree.xilinx@gmail.com, leon@kernel.org, keescook@chromium.org, socketcan@hartkopp.net, petrm@nvidia.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] connector/cn_proc: Allow non-root users access Message-ID: <20230309170927.jzeksgqwstd6vunp@wittgenstein> References: <20230309031953.2350213-1-anjali.k.kulkarni@oracle.com> <20230309031953.2350213-5-anjali.k.kulkarni@oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20230309031953.2350213-5-anjali.k.kulkarni@oracle.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 07:19:52PM -0800, Anjali Kulkarni wrote: > The patch allows non-root users to receive cn proc connector > notifications, as anyone can normally get process start/exit status from > /proc. The reason for not allowing non-root users to receive multicast > messages is long gone, as described in this thread: > https://linux-kernel.vger.kernel.narkive.com/CpJFcnra/multicast-netlink-for-non-root-process Sorry that thread is kinda convoluted. Could you please provide a summary in the commit message and explain why this isn't an issue anymore?