Re: [PATCH] dell_rbu: Don't fallback to userhelper when loading firmware

From: Laura Abbott
Date: Mon May 16 2016 - 13:12:41 EST


On 05/16/2016 08:41 AM, Mario Limonciello wrote:
dell_rbu previously would allow a userspace application to craft the
payload after dell_rbu was loaded and abuse the udev userspace API.

Instead require the payload to be crafted and placed in
/lib/firmware/dell_rbu ahead of time.

This adjusts dell_rbu to immediately load the firmware from
/lib/firmware/dell_rbu when "init" is passed into image_type using the
kernel helper.

Looks like you missed the Signed-off-by line.

Can you also drop the Kconfig dependency on CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER?

Thanks,
Laura

---
drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c b/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
index d5f5b98..5ecf043 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ static ssize_t write_rbu_image_type(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
if (!rbu_data.entry_created) {
spin_unlock(&rbu_data.lock);
req_firm_rc = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE,
- FW_ACTION_NOHOTPLUG,
+ FW_ACTION_HOTPLUG,
"dell_rbu",
&rbu_device->dev,
GFP_KERNEL,