Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpiolib: don't allow userspace to set values of input lines
From: Linus Walleij
Date: Mon Jul 16 2018 - 09:40:59 EST
On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 10:34 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> User space can currently both read and set values of input lines using
> the character device. This was not allowed by the old sysfs interface
> nor is it a correct behavior.
>
> Check the first descriptor in the set for the OUT flag when asked to
> set values and return -EPERM if the line is input.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>
Patch applied! Thanks for fixing this.
> } else if (cmd == GPIOHANDLE_SET_LINE_VALUES_IOCTL) {
> - /* TODO: check if descriptors are really output */
I wonder what kind of lazy coder leaves this kind of garbage
behind for others to fix up...
d7c51b47ac11e (Linus Walleij 2016-04-26 10:35:29 +0200 451)
} else if (cmd == GPIOHANDLE_SET_LINE_VALUES_IOCTL) {
d7c51b47ac11e (Linus Walleij 2016-04-26 10:35:29 +0200 452)
/* TODO: check if descriptors are really output */
d7c51b47ac11e (Linus Walleij 2016-04-26 10:35:29 +0200 453)
if (copy_from_user(&ghd, ip, sizeof(ghd)))
Oh that guy.
Yours,
Linus Walleij