From 75893b33aa6ac3b066acefdeadbb91bd5df71b70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Iwaniec <daniel.iwaniec92@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 23:02:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow privileged ports on WSL

---
 cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index add01e155567..cb585ba73173 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ func validateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, drvName string) { //nolint:gocyclo
 	validateInsecureRegistry()
 }
 
-// validatePorts validates that the --ports are not below 1024 for the host and not outside range
+// validatePorts validates that the --ports are not outside range
 func validatePorts(ports []string) error {
 	var exposedPorts, hostPorts, portSpecs []string
 	for _, p := range ports {
@@ -1386,19 +1386,19 @@ func validatePorts(ports []string) error {
 		}
 	}
 	for _, p := range exposedPorts {
-		if err := validatePort(p, false); err != nil {
+		if err := validatePort(p); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
 	for _, p := range hostPorts {
-		if err := validatePort(p, true); err != nil {
+		if err := validatePort(p); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func validatePort(port string, isHost bool) error {
+func validatePort(port string) error {
 	p, err := strconv.Atoi(port)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Errorf("Sorry, one of the ports provided with --ports flag is not valid: %s", port)
@@ -1406,9 +1406,6 @@ func validatePort(port string, isHost bool) error {
 	if p > 65535 || p < 1 {
 		return errors.Errorf("Sorry, one of the ports provided with --ports flag is outside range: %s", port)
 	}
-	if isHost && detect.IsMicrosoftWSL() && p < 1024 {
-		return errors.Errorf("Sorry, you cannot use privileged ports on the host (below 1024): %s", port)
-	}
 	return nil
 }