linux-kernel - RE: [syzbot] WARNING in rtl8152

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Message-ID: <c2edad5b52a24acb8574bc490b4abcdd@realtek.com>
Date:   Fri, 14 May 2021 07:49:50 +0000
From:   Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:     Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        syzbot <syzbot+95afd23673f5dd295c57@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com" <syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com>,
        nic_swsd <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>
Subject: RE: [syzbot] WARNING in rtl8152_probe

Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2021 2:42 PM
[...]
> Imagine you are at a conference and two people sit down next to you, one
> on either side.  The one accidentally spills coffee on your lap.  The
> other plugs in a USB device to your laptop.  Now you are infected with
> spyware.

I don't think I could find out such devices by only checking the information
of the hardware. That is, there is no way now to avoid other devices to
use our driver.

Best Regards,
Hayes