🛡️ Sentinel: [CRITICAL] Fix missing capability check in NATA ioctl

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🚨 Severity: CRITICAL
💡 Vulnerability: Missing authorization check on NATA_IOC_BIND and NATA_IOC_UNBIND ioctl commands in module/nata_main.c.
🎯 Impact: Unprivileged users could send malicious ioctl commands to /dev/nata_ctl, potentially causing unauthorized binding/unbinding of hardware resources, resulting in Denial of Service or privilege escalation.
🔧 Fix: Added a capability check using capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) and included <linux/capability.h>.
✅ Verification: Verified by compiling the natactl tool successfully and ensuring the fix aligns with standard Linux capability enforcement (returns -EPERM for unauthorized requests). Note: sandbox kernel module compilation may fail due to missing /lib/modules.

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