Re: [PATCH 5/6] HSI: hsi_char: Remove max_data_size from sysfs

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Apr 19 2012 - 11:15:55 EST


On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 03:05:26PM +0300, Carlos Chinea wrote:
> Remove max_data_size sysfs entry. Otherwise is possible
> to have a buffer overrun if its value is increased after
> the device is open.
>
> Signed-off-by: Carlos Chinea <carlos.chinea@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/hsi/clients/hsi_char.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hsi/clients/hsi_char.c b/drivers/hsi/clients/hsi_char.c
> index 88a050d..3ad91f6 100644
> --- a/drivers/hsi/clients/hsi_char.c
> +++ b/drivers/hsi/clients/hsi_char.c
> @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ struct hsc_client_data {
> static unsigned int hsc_major;
> /* Maximum buffer size that hsi_char will accept from userspace */
> static unsigned int max_data_size = 0x1000;
> -module_param(max_data_size, uint, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
> +module_param(max_data_size, uint, 0);

You can just change this to be read-only, that way userspace can see
what the value is, and it can't be changed.

But that's up to you, not an issue at all.

greg k-h
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