[PATCH 4.18 177/235] gpiolib: dont allow userspace to set values of input lines

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

4.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit e5332d5437764f775cf4e3b8ca3bf592af063a02 ]

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>
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c |    8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -449,7 +449,13 @@ static long linehandle_ioctl(struct file
 
 		return 0;
 	} else if (cmd == GPIOHANDLE_SET_LINE_VALUES_IOCTL) {
-		/* TODO: check if descriptors are really output */
+		/*
+		 * All line descriptors were created at once with the same
+		 * flags so just check if the first one is really output.
+		 */
+		if (!test_bit(FLAG_IS_OUT, &lh->descs[0]->flags))
+			return -EPERM;
+
 		if (copy_from_user(&ghd, ip, sizeof(ghd)))
 			return -EFAULT;