[PATCH] rocket: Don't let random users reset the controller

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Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <[email protected]>

diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude linux.vanilla-2.6.24-rc2-mm1/drivers/char/rocket.c linux-2.6.24-rc2-mm1/drivers/char/rocket.c
--- linux.vanilla-2.6.24-rc2-mm1/drivers/char/rocket.c	2007-11-16 17:55:11.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc2-mm1/drivers/char/rocket.c	2007-11-16 18:20:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -1401,6 +1399,9 @@
 {
 	int reset;
 
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	if (copy_from_user(&reset, arg, sizeof (int)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	if (reset)
-
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