linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on Dell machines

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Wed, 4 Jan 2017 11:53:54 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
Cc:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        Michał Kępień <kernel@...pniu.pl>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
        Steven Honeyman <stevenhoneyman@...il.com>,
        Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu>,
        Jochen Eisinger <jochen@...guin-breeder.org>,
        Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@...il.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Mario Limonciello <Mario_Limonciello@...l.com>,
        Alex Hung <alex.hung@...onical.com>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on Dell machines

On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 10:39 PM, Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com> wrote:
>
> With Michał we already discussed about it, see emails. Basically you can
> enable/disable kernel modules at compile time or blacklist at runtime
> (or even chose what will be compiled into vmlinux and what as external
> .ko module). Some distributions blacklist i2c-i801.ko module...

But you understand that any of compile/not compile is not an option, right?
The case which we face will be both of them, if possible, will be
compiled as modules.

Blacklisting means making your problem the actual user's one. Not good.

> And
> there can be also problem with initialization of i2c-i801 driver (fix is
> in commit a7ae81952cda, but does not have to work at every time!). So
> that move on whitelisted machines can potentially cause disappearance of
> /dev/freefall and users will not have hdd protection which is currently
> working.


-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko