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Apply netlink-as-non-root patch

Bug #357124 reported by Scott James Remnant (Canonical)
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Tim Gardner
Ubuntu ubuntu-9.04
Jaunty
Fix Released
Low
Tim Gardner
Ubuntu ubuntu-9.04

Bug Description

The netlink socket for uevents is currently root-only, since all users can read /sys, there's no reason they shouldn't be allowed to listen to the uevents. This then allows xorg and other user-space programs to listen to them.

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/patches.git;a=blob;f=driver-core.current/driver-core-allow-non-root-users-to-listen-to-uevents.patch;h=ffcbd172f43c5cca6ece0294deb7c88cac8cf641;hb=b4a8f06022ecf4c5c279a61de89a1d3758e08e0e

Future versions of udev will publish updated uevents on a separate multicast group within the uevent netlink socket, replacing HAL.

Applying this patch now would future-proof our kernel for these newer versions of udev.

It's upstream for .30

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Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) wrote :

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-jaunty.git;a=commit;h=26e0bd0818661101fa9f8f348c56c93ca3da73ce

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Jaunty):
assignee: nobody → timg-tpi
importance: Undecided → Low
milestone: none → ubuntu-9.04
status: New → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.28-11.41

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linux (2.6.28-11.41) jaunty; urgency=low

  [ Amit Kucheria ]

  * ixp4xx: Enabled TCP SYN_COOKIES
    - LP: #346378

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * Change LPIA configuration to compile with CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_RECENT
    - LP: #355291

  [ Kay Sievers ]

  * SAUCE: driver core: allow non-root users to listen to uevents
    - LP: #357124

  [ Manoj Iyer ]

  * SAUCE: Added quirk to recognize GE0301 3G modem as an interface.
    - LP: #348861

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * Revert "SAUCE: [i915] allocate MCHBAR space & enable if necessary"
    Appears to cause hard locks in some cases.
    - LP: #349314

  [ Trond Myklebust ]

  * SAUCE: NFS: Fix the notifications when renaming onto an existing file
    - LP: #224642

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * USB: option: add QUANTA HSDPA Data Card device ids
    - LP: #353321
  * hwmon: (abituguru3) Match partial DMI board name strings
    - LP: #298798
  * zd1211rw: adding Sitecom WL-603 (0df6:0036) to the USB id list
    - LP: #339631
  * USB: unusual dev for Option N.V. ZeroCD modems
    - LP: #348861

 -- Tim Gardner <email address hidden> Sat, 04 Apr 2009 08:42:14 -0600

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Jaunty):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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