[PATCH] setkeys needs root
Because people can play games reprogramming keys and leaving traps for the
next user of the console.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
index 1d44f69..003dda1 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@
int i, j, k;
int ret;
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG))
+ return -EPERM;
+
kbs = kmalloc(sizeof(*kbs), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!kbs) {
ret = -ENOMEM;