From: Cyril Lacoux Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:02:30 +0000 Subject: Allow normal users to send ioctl requests Origin: https://bugs.debian.org/672677 --- src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -Nurp broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271.orig/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c --- broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271.orig/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c 2020-01-11 01:53:58.507062628 +0200 +++ broadcom-wl-6.30.223.271/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c 2020-01-11 02:06:15.233672677 +0200 @@ -1663,11 +1663,7 @@ wl_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct } WL_LOCK(wl); - if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) { - bcmerror = BCME_EPERM; - } else { - bcmerror = wlc_ioctl(wl->wlc, ioc.cmd, buf, ioc.len, wlif->wlcif); - } + bcmerror = wlc_ioctl(wl->wlc, ioc.cmd, buf, ioc.len, wlif->wlcif); WL_UNLOCK(wl); done1: