2.6.23-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Jean Delvare patch 0f2cbd38aa377e30df3b7602abed69464d1970aa in mainline. The sysfs interface to DMI data takes care to not make the system serial number and UUID world-readable, presumably due to privacy concerns. For consistency, we should not let the eeprom driver export these same strings to the world on Sony Vaio laptops. Instead, only make them readable by root, as we already do for BIOS passwords. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c | 23 +++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c @@ -128,13 +128,20 @@ static ssize_t eeprom_read(struct kobjec for (slice = off >> 5; slice <= (off + count - 1) >> 5; slice++) eeprom_update_client(client, slice); - /* Hide Vaio security settings to regular users (16 first bytes) */ - if (data->nature == VAIO && off < 16 && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) { - size_t in_row1 = 16 - off; - in_row1 = min(in_row1, count); - memset(buf, 0, in_row1); - if (count - in_row1 > 0) - memcpy(buf + in_row1, &data->data[16], count - in_row1); + /* Hide Vaio private settings to regular users: + - BIOS passwords: bytes 0x00 to 0x0f + - UUID: bytes 0x10 to 0x1f + - Serial number: 0xc0 to 0xdf */ + if (data->nature == VAIO && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) { + int i; + + for (i = 0; i < count; i++) { + if ((off + i <= 0x1f) || + (off + i >= 0xc0 && off + i <= 0xdf)) + buf[i] = 0; + else + buf[i] = data->data[off + i]; + } } else { memcpy(buf, &data->data[off], count); } @@ -208,7 +215,7 @@ static int eeprom_detect(struct i2c_adap if (!memcmp(name, "PCG-", 4) || !memcmp(name, "VGN-", 4)) { dev_info(&new_client->dev, "Vaio EEPROM detected, " - "enabling password protection\n"); + "enabling privacy protection\n"); data->nature = VAIO; } } -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/