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-rw-r--r--drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c8
-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c2
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c4
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
index 9d7c99394ec..640f65c6ef8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
@@ -1752,12 +1752,12 @@ static int comedi_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
if (dev->attached)
goto ok;
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE) && dev->in_request_module) {
+ if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) && dev->in_request_module) {
DPRINTK("in request module\n");
mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
return -ENODEV;
}
- if (capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE) && dev->in_request_module)
+ if (capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) && dev->in_request_module)
goto ok;
dev->in_request_module = 1;
@@ -1770,8 +1770,8 @@ static int comedi_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
dev->in_request_module = 0;
- if (!dev->attached && !capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE)) {
- DPRINTK("not attached and not CAP_SYS_MODULE\n");
+ if (!dev->attached && !capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
+ DPRINTK("not attached and not CAP_NET_ADMIN\n");
mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
return -ENODEV;
}
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 6a94475aee8..278d489aad3 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ void dev_load(struct net *net, const char *name)
dev = __dev_get_by_name(net, name);
read_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
- if (!dev && capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE))
+ if (!dev && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
request_module("%s", name);
}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
index e92beb9e55e..6428b342b16 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ int tcp_set_default_congestion_control(const char *name)
spin_lock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
ca = tcp_ca_find(name);
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
- if (!ca && capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE)) {
+ if (!ca && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
spin_unlock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
request_module("tcp_%s", name);
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ int tcp_set_congestion_control(struct sock *sk, const char *name)
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
/* not found attempt to autoload module */
- if (!ca && capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE)) {
+ if (!ca && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
rcu_read_unlock();
request_module("tcp_%s", name);
rcu_read_lock();