linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] thunderbolt: Make key root-only accessible

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Date:   Tue, 15 Aug 2017 08:19:12 +0300
From:   "Bernat, Yehezkel" <yehezkel.bernat@...el.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@...il.com>,
        Michael Jamet <michael.jamet@...el.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] thunderbolt: Make key root-only accessible

Non-root user may read the key back after root wrote it there.
This removes read access to everyone but root.

Signed-off-by: Yehezkel Bernat <yehezkel.bernat@...el.com>
---
 drivers/thunderbolt/switch.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/switch.c b/drivers/thunderbolt/switch.c
index 69fde0b..8510abc 100644
--- a/drivers/thunderbolt/switch.c
+++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/switch.c
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static ssize_t key_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	mutex_unlock(&switch_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(key);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(key, 0600, key_show, key_store);
 
 static ssize_t nvm_authenticate_show(struct device *dev,
 	struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
-- 
2.7.4