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-rw-r--r--net/core/wireless.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/wireless.c b/net/core/wireless.c
index 81d6995fcfdb..d2bc72d318f7 100644
--- a/net/core/wireless.c
+++ b/net/core/wireless.c
@@ -1726,6 +1726,14 @@ int wireless_rtnetlink_get(struct net_device * dev,
if(!IW_IS_GET(request->cmd))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ /* If command is `get the encoding parameters', check if
+ * the user has the right to do it */
+ if (request->cmd == SIOCGIWENCODE ||
+ request->cmd == SIOCGIWENCODEEXT) {
+ if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+ }
+
/* Special cases */
if(request->cmd == SIOCGIWSTATS)
/* Get Wireless Stats */
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