Hi,

        Check the permissions when user-space try to read the
encryption parameters via SIOCGIWENCODEEXT. This is trivial and
probably should go in 2.6.17...
        Bug was found by Brian Eaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, thanks !

        Have fun...

        Jean

Signed-off-by: Jean Tourrilhes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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diff -u -p linux/net/core/dev.j1.c linux/net/core/dev.c
--- linux/net/core/dev.j1.c     2006-04-04 15:42:53.000000000 -0700
+++ linux/net/core/dev.c        2006-04-04 15:44:14.000000000 -0700
@@ -2698,7 +2698,8 @@ int dev_ioctl(unsigned int cmd, void __u
                                /* If command is `set a parameter', or
                                 * `get the encoding parameters', check if
                                 * the user has the right to do it */
-                               if (IW_IS_SET(cmd) || cmd == SIOCGIWENCODE) {
+                               if (IW_IS_SET(cmd) || cmd == SIOCGIWENCODE
+                                   || cmd == SIOCGIWENCODEEXT) {
                                        if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
                                                return -EPERM;
                                }
-
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