Re: [PATCH] usb: serial: Perform verification for FTDI FT232R devices

From: Johan Hovold
Date: Thu Oct 23 2014 - 07:22:41 EST


On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 12:18:15PM +0100, One Thousand Gnomes wrote:
> > > drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c | 111 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > > drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.h | 41 ++++++++++++++++
> > > 2 files changed, 151 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > Funny patch, you should have saved it for April 1, otherwise people
> > might have actually taken this seriously :)
> >
> > Patches as performance art, now I've seen everything...
>
> Chuckle. Sillyness aside a pure detection version of that patch might be
> useful so it can warn users "Running Windows may damage your adapter" 8)
>
> Is the 0x0000, 0x0401 they end up with consistent - can we add that to the
> default table so end users can at least make use of devices that have
> been attacked by malware ?

Way ahead of you. ;)

http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=141405129201389&w=2

Johan
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