proc connector: reject unprivileged listener bumps
commit e70ab977 upstream. While PROC_CN_MCAST_LISTEN/IGNORE is entirely advisory, it was possible for an unprivileged user to turn off notifications for all listeners by sending PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE. Instead, require the same privileges as required for a multicast bind. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net> Cc: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net> Acked-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
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