linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] usb: core: Make default authorization mode configurable

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2024 11:55:40 +0200
From: Niko Mauno <niko.mauno@...sala.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, vesa.jaaskelainen@...sala.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] usb: core: Make default authorization mode
 configurable

On 6.2.2024 16.33, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 12:51 PM <niko.mauno@...sala.com> wrote:
..
>> +         The available values have the following meanings:
>> +               0 is unauthorized for all devices
>> +               1 is authorized for all devices (default)
>> +               2 is authorized for internal devices
>> +
>> +         If the default value is too permissive but you are unsure which mode
>> +         to use, say 2.
> 
> I'm sorry, but I don't have any clue about what to answer to this question.
> Usually, you are (or are not) authorized to do _something_, but the
> /something/ is not mentioned at all here.
> Can you please make this a bit more clear?
> Thanks!

Thanks, submitted v3 which is hopefully better in this respect.
-Niko