linux-kernel - [47/68] platform: x86: acer-wmi: world-writable sysfs threeg file

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Date:	Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:23:08 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
Subject: [47/68] platform: x86: acer-wmi: world-writable sysfs threeg file

2.6.32-longterm review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>

commit b80b168f918bba4b847e884492415546b340e19d upstream.

Don't allow everybody to write to hardware registers.

Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ static ssize_t set_bool_threeg(struct de
 			return -EINVAL;
 	return count;
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(threeg, S_IWUGO | S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_bool_threeg,
+static DEVICE_ATTR(threeg, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_bool_threeg,
 	set_bool_threeg);
 
 static ssize_t show_interface(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,


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