[PATCH] checkpatch: catch all world writable debugfs_create_file

From: Nicholas Mc Guire
Date: Fri Mar 13 2015 - 15:27:57 EST


Currently checkpatch will fuss if one uses world writable settings in debugfs
files by passing S_IWUGO but not when passing S_IWOTH, S_IRWXUGO or S_IALLUGO.
This patch extends the check to catches all cases exporting world writable
files

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@xxxxxxxxx>
---

The patch was tested against a set of trivial test-cases:
t_file = debugfs_create_file("id", S_IWOTH, t_dir, NULL, &t_fops);
t_file = debugfs_create_file("id", S_IWUGO, t_dir, NULL, &t_fops);
t_file = debugfs_create_file("id", S_IRWXUGO, t_dir, NULL, &t_fops);
t_file = debugfs_create_file("id", S_IALLUGO, t_dir, NULL, &t_fops);
and
t_file = debugfs_create_file("id", S_IWOTH | S_IXOTH, t_dir, NULL, &t_fops);

Patch is against 4.0-rc3 (localversion-next is -next-20150313)

scripts/checkpatch.pl | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 6b79beb..5def21c 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5356,8 +5356,14 @@ sub process {
}
}

- if ($line =~ /debugfs_create_file.*S_IWUGO/ ||
- $line =~ /DEVICE_ATTR.*S_IWUGO/ ) {
+ if ($line =~ /debugfs_create_file.*S_IWOTH/ ||
+ $line =~ /debugfs_create_file.*S_IWUGO/ ||
+ $line =~ /debugfs_create_file.*S_IRWXUGO/ ||
+ $line =~ /debugfs_create_file.*S_IALLUGO/ ||
+ $line =~ /DEVICE_ATTR.*S_IWOTH/ ||
+ $line =~ /DEVICE_ATTR.*S_IWUGO/ ||
+ $line =~ /DEVICE_ATTR.*S_IRWXUGO/ ||
+ $line =~ /DEVICE_ATTR.*S_IALLUGO/ ) {
WARN("EXPORTED_WORLD_WRITABLE",
"Exporting world writable files is usually an error. Consider more restrictive permissions.\n" . $herecurr);
}
--
1.7.10.4

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