tty: Permit some TIOCL_SETSEL modes without CAP_SYS_ADMIN
With this, processes without CAP_SYS_ADMIN are able to use TIOCLINUX with subcode TIOCL_SETSEL, in the selection modes TIOCL_SETPOINTER, TIOCL_SELCLEAR and TIOCL_SELMOUSEREPORT. TIOCL_SETSEL was previously changed to require CAP_SYS_ADMIN, as this IOCTL let callers change the selection buffer and could be used to simulate keypresses. These three TIOCL_SETSEL selection modes, however, are safe to use, as they do not modify the selection buffer. This fixes a mouse support regression that affected Emacs (invisible mouse cursor). Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ee3ec63269b43b34e1c90dd8c9743bf8@finder.org Fixes: 8d1b43f6 ("tty: Restrict access to TIOCLINUX' copy-and-paste subcommands") Signed-off-by:Günther Noack <gnoack@google.com> Reviewed-by:
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250110142122.1013222-1-gnoack@google.com Signed-off-by:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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