IP_TRANSPARENT requires root (more precisely CAP_NET_ADMIN privielges)
for IPV6.
However as I see right now this check was missed from the IPv6
implementation.
Acked-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
break;
case IPV6_TRANSPARENT:
+ if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
+ retv = -EPERM;
+ break;
+ }
if (optlen < sizeof(int))
goto e_inval;
/* we don't have a separate transparent bit for IPV6 we use the one in the IPv4 socket */