linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] IB/qib: Validate ->show()/store() callbacks before calling them

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Message-ID: <20191107071545.GA1117452@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 7 Nov 2019 08:15:45 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:     Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@...el.com>,
        Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@...el.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB/qib: Validate ->show()/store() callbacks before
 calling them

On Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 08:50:25AM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> The permissions of the read-only or write-only sysfs files can be
> changed (as root) and the user can then try to read a write-only file or
> write to a read-only file which will lead to kernel crash here.
> 
> Protect against that by always validating the show/store callbacks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_sysfs.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>