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Diffstat (limited to 'util')
| -rw-r--r-- | util/kmod/kmod.go | 17 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/util/kmod/kmod.go b/util/kmod/kmod.go index 728357bc1..6247456a4 100644 --- a/util/kmod/kmod.go +++ b/util/kmod/kmod.go @@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import ( "go4.org/mem" "golang.org/x/sys/unix" - "kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/libcap/cap" "pault.ag/go/modprobe" "tailscale.com/util/lineread" "tailscale.com/util/multierr" @@ -65,16 +64,12 @@ func hasKernelModule(name string) (bool, error) { // result of true implies that it may be worth trying to install a module, not // that doing so will work. func canInstallModule() (bool, error) { - caps, err := cap.GetPID(0) // 0 = current process - if err == nil { - // errors from GetFlag are either due to the receiver being - // uninitialized, or the kernel gave junk results, both of which aren't - // very meaningful out of context to a user, so this error is mostly - // ignored. - b, err := caps.GetFlag(cap.Effective, cap.SYS_MODULE) - if err == nil { - return b, nil - } + var capData unix.CapUserData + if unix.Capget(&unix.CapUserHeader{ + Version: 0x20080522, // V3 added in Linux 2.6.26 + Pid: 0, // current + }, &capData) == nil { + return capData.Effective&unix.CAP_SYS_MODULE != 0, nil } // could not determine a well known result from capabilities, make an |